Discover Businesses That Give Back ❤️

Dallas, TX

Nonprofit restaurant that pays and trains youth released from juvenile detention in a year-long post-release culinary internship teaching real-world restaurant and life skills.

St. Louis, MO

Provides restorative employment for people without safe and stable housing — the bakery's only paid workers are formerly-homeless bakers earning wages and rebuilding stability.

Summerville, SC

Opens every Thanksgiving to serve free meals, buffet style, to anyone who needs a hot plate and a welcoming place to spend the holiday — a decade-long tradition that fed 200+ people last year.

Rockville, MD

Employs graduates of Sunflower Bakery's training program for adults with developmental and learning disabilities, giving them valued, ongoing roles on staff.

St. Louis, MO

Took the food truck directly into tornado-hit north St. Louis neighborhoods on Memorial Day, cooking for and delivering meals to survivors who couldn't leave their homes.

Payson, AZ

Launched a free-drink program for first responders after a house fire broke out next door and threatened the coffee shop itself.

Chicago, IL

Hosts pay-what-you-can community suppers every Monday through the winter, with proceeds donated to a different local food pantry each month.

Weston, WV

Handed out 1,000 free sandwiches to community members who lost food in local flooding, using meat and buns donated by the community.

Chicago, IL

Hires and trains homeless and at-risk military veterans; proceeds from every purchase go toward helping veterans rebuild their lives.

Denver, CO

Owner offered a free meal to anyone grieving a mother, wife, or child around Mother's Day; hundreds came, some sharing photos and stories of loss.

Grand Island, NE

Donated 25% of a day's sales to a bride who lost her wedding items in an EF3 tornado.

Brooklyn, NY

Donates food to the local food bank, gives a free meal to anyone who comes in hungry no questions asked, and provided meals for hospital workers during COVID.

Jesup, GA

Drove to Nehunta and served free tacos to families and first responders during the Brantley County wildfire evacuations.

Waycross, GA

Drove to Nehunta and served free meals to families and first responders during the Brantley County wildfire evacuations.

Colorado Springs, CO

Offered a free weekly meal to furloughed and unpaid government workers for as long as the federal shutdown lasted.

Peoria, IL

Donated $1,000 to the Peoria Public Schools Foundation after offering free one-topping pizzas to kids affected by SNAP benefit delays.

Evanston, IL

Donates unsold Danishes, donuts, croissants, coffee cakes, and bread to Interfaith Action of Evanston, which distributes them across the city's soup kitchens.

Tuttle, OK

Owner Jamie Clark regularly feeds Tuttle High School students on free/reduced lunch, no charge, and sponsors food-insecure families in the community.

Pinellas Park, FL

Owner gave a free meal to a stranger; the moment went viral and raised over $200,000, which strangers used to buy her a home.

Lawton, OK

Partnered with Chick-fil-A and a local Chevrolet dealership to deliver free lunch to faculty and staff at three Lawton high schools.

Clinton, WA

Owner created a no-questions-asked "Island Menu" of free sandwiches for anyone who needs one, funded entirely by customer donations.

San Leandro, CA

This business consistently donates food to people on the street as seen on TikTok and Instagram.