Your extra food can feed a neighbor tonight.
Post surplus food in 2 minutes. A local food pantry claims it and coordinates the pickup — and you get a receipt to save for your taxes, automatically.
Built for homes, restaurants, businesses, and food pantries.
The receipt is generated automatically; for individuals a deduction applies only if you itemize, while businesses can use the enhanced food-inventory deduction. We’re not tax advisors — see how tax receipts work.
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1 in 8 Mainers faces hunger — including 50,600 children.
The food already exists. Pantry moves it from the people who have extra to the neighbors who need it.
Feeding America Map the Meal Gap 2025 (2023 data) · USDA ERR-358
Helping Maine fight food waste — one donation at a time.
Join your neighbors in building a stronger, better-fed community.
See the network near you
Every pin is a local food pantry ready to receive donations. When neighbors and businesses post surplus food, it goes to places like these — see how close help already is.
It’s four steps. And it actually feels good.
From fridge to receipt in minutes.
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Are you a donor?
Post surplus food in 2 minutes — a local food pantry claims it and coordinates the pickup.
Are you a food pantry?
Post your needs, claim a nearby donation, and schedule the pickup.
Add your items
Snap a photo, scan a barcode, say it out loud, or type — we identify the items and estimate the tax value automatically.
Pick a local pantry
See pantries near you on a map. Choose one or let us match you.
Schedule pickup
Set a time window that works for you, then coordinate the handoff with the pantry by message — many donors simply set the box outside.
Get your tax receipt
A professional receipt is generated automatically. Download anytime for your taxes.
Who it’s for
Home Donors
Clean out your fridge, feed your block.
- Tax receipt for every donation
- See exactly where food goes
- Takes about 2 minutes
Restaurants
Turn end-of-day surplus into a tax deduction.
- Automatic tax receipts for every donation
- Business name and EIN on your acknowledgments
- QuickBooks integration coming soon
- Recurring donation reminders
Food Pantries
See what's available near you, coordinate pickup in seconds.
- Real-time donation feed
- List your needs by photo, voice, or scan
- Pickup scheduling
- Community impact dashboard
For Restaurants
Closing up? Here’s how the night goes.
8:55 PM
Post the surplus by photo or voice before you lock up — it takes about two minutes.
Overnight
Nearby pantries that take prepared food are alerted. One claims it.
Morning
Picked up or dropped off — and the receipt lands in your inbox, and your bookkeeper’s.
~9 lbs of prepared food ≈ $28.80 fair-market value
See what a month of end-of-night donations could be worthYou set the value. A business’s deduction is generally cost basis plus half the appreciation under IRC §170(e)(3) — your accountant applies it at tax time.
If it’s safe enough to serve a paying customer, you’re covered — federal law (Bill Emerson Act, strengthened 2023) protects good-faith food donors.
Good News
Stories from the Pantry community
Community StoriesThe College Students Who Turned Leftover Dining-Hall Food Into 20 Million Meals
What began in 2011 when a few University of Maryland students refused to watch good dining-hall food hit the dumpster is now a national movement that has recovered more than 24 million pounds of food.
4 min read
Tax TipsThe 2023 Law That Made It Even Safer to Donate Surplus Food
The Food Donation Improvement Act expanded America's decades-old donor protections — covering direct donations and reduced-price sales for the first time.
4 min read
Global StoriesFrance Made Food Waste Illegal — and Donations Soared
Since 2016, French supermarkets have been banned from trashing edible food. The result: tens of thousands of tons rescued every year and a sharp rise in donations.
4 min read
Protected under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
Federal law protects food donors from liability when donating in good faith.
Save your receipt for your taxes
Pantry Tax Receipt · Sample
Donor: Jane Smith
Items: Organic Produce (5 lbs)
Your value estimate: $7.50
Recipient: Community Pantry
✓ 501(c)(3) status shown when verified
Businesses get the same receipt — itemized, in the pantry’s name
Business Donation Acknowledgment · Sample
HALLOWELL FOODBANK INC, a tax-exempt organization, acknowledges receiving from Demo Bistro the following donated food:
3 pizzas (prepared food, ~9 lbs)
No goods or services were provided in exchange for this contribution.
- Itemized and donee-named — everything your accountant asks for.
- Add your bookkeeper’s email once and every receipt is CC’d automatically.