Private partners donate money to address hunger in North Carolina

Shalaunda Bacon,

RALEIGH, N.C. –Β Governor Josh Stein announced that organizations across North Carolina have stepped up to donate nearly $4 million to fight hunger in North Carolina.

These donations follow last week’s announcementΒ that the State of North Carolina and other partners would grant $18 million to fight hunger across the state. Through these efforts, the total amount raised to fight hunger since the federal government shutdown began impacting SNAP benefits is now nearly $22 million.

New donations to address hunger total nearly $4 million and include:

  • The Duke Endowment:Β $1 million to Feeding the Carolinas for N.C. and S.C.
  • Dogwood Health Trust:Β $700,000 to farmers and food banks
  • Food Lion Feeds:Β $771,000
  • Coca-Cola Consolidated:$500,000
  • The Leon Levine Foundation:Β $425,000 to GiveDirectly for North and South Carolinians
  • Centene Foundation:$200,000
  • Cone Health Foundation:Β $72,000
  • North Carolina Retail Merchants Association/Carolinas Food Industry Council:Β $50,000
  • Empire Eats:$5,000

These organizations join the nearly $8 million in private contributions and more than $10 million in support for food banks from the State of North Carolina announced last week.

More than 1.4 million North Carolinians, including hundreds of thousands of children, veterans, people with disabilities, and working families, rely on SNAP benefits to afford the rising cost of groceries. For every one meal a food bank provides to families, SNAP providesΒ nine.