All Faiths Food Bank serves more than 80,000 people in Sarasota and DeSoto counties each year, a shocking number in an affluent community like ours. But as the cost of food, housing and childcare goes up—it takes $104,000 for a Sarasota family of four to meet basic needs––so does the threat of food insecurity. An increasing number of local families “are one blown tire away from not being able to pay their rent—forget saving or having any buffer,” All Faiths CEO Nelle Miller says. “We’re here to help.”

5

Number of core programs at the food bank, including mobile pantries, a produce program, a veterans pantry, a school and family pantry program, and a backpack program for students that provides healthy food on weekends and holidays

725

Points of distribution where All Faiths Food Bank provides food to local residents each month

300

Number of organizations, from churches to schools to social services agencies, the agency partners with

18 Percent

Increase in need between 2023 and 2024. In the first half of 2025, need was up 18 percent over the same time period in 2024

20.4 Million

Number of meals the food bank provided to local families in 2024

35,398

Number of children the food bank reached through its summer programs in 2024

55,000

Number of hours the food bank’s 3,000 volunteers donate every year

90

Number of food bank employees

6 Billion

Approximate number of meals for people in need that could be eliminated due to the passage of Donald Trump’s Budget Reconciliation Bill in July. The bill cuts federal funding from programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid