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Food Distribution Network Management

01 Food Distribution Network Management · 86 edit slice
21
orgs
86
activities
0
strategies
CA
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 21 organizations and 86 activities — CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK, FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK and others. Activity concentrates in California (90%) and Arizona (10%).
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK and FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
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who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
California 90% · 19 orgs
Arizona 10% · 2 orgs
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California accounts for 90% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 21

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funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

USDA 12
Government
105 major food donors 1
Corporate
Amazon 1
Corporate
Bank of America 1
Corporate
Bridgespan Group 1
Foundation
CalFresh 1
Government
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) 1
Government
California Department of Social Services (CalHEAP) 1
Government
Corporate and retail food donors 1
Government
Costco 1
Corporate
Costco, Target, Safeway 1
Corporate
Cruise 1
Corporate
Darden Restaurants Foundation 1
Corporate
Darden Restaurants Inc. Foundation 1
Corporate
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Feeding America Network
shared by 11 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 6 orgs
CalFresh Government
shared by 5 orgs
Amazon Partner
shared by 2 orgs
California Department of Social Services Government
shared by 2 orgs
Kaiser Permanente Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Merced County Food Bank Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Starbucks Partner
shared by 2 orgs
State of California Government
shared by 2 orgs
Target Partner
shared by 2 orgs
US Bank Partner
shared by 2 orgs
112 partner agencies Partner
shared by 1 org
112 partner organizations Partner
shared by 1 org
174+ agency partners Partner
shared by 1 org
2-1-1 Orange County Partner
shared by 1 org
2-1-1 Sacramento Partner
shared by 1 org
scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

487.5M
Pounds distributed
from 13 orgs
93.1M
Meals provided
from 9 orgs
7.1M
People served
from 17 orgs
54K
Partner organizations
from 19 orgs
46K
Volunteers
from 6 orgs
1K
Staff
from 6 orgs