Food Assistance


  • Auburn Towers Food Pantry
    412-665-0223
    6290 Auburn Street, Pittsburgh 15206

  • Bethany Baptist Church Food Pantry (serves Homewood and Wilkinsburg)
    7745 Tioga Street, Pittsburgh, 15208
    (412)242-3255
    Operating Hours: 3rd Saturday, noon – 2:00 p.m.
    Contact: Tyrone Jones

  • BTC Center, Inc. (Homewood)
    (412) 241-6804
    7241 Race Street, Pittsburgh, 15208
    Operating Hours: 4th Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
    Contact: Iburia Scott-Johnson

  • Corpus Christi Food Pantry
    412-731-3020
    1550 Lincoln Avenue (Lincoln – Lemington) Pittsburgh  15206

  • East End Cooperative Ministries (East Liberty)
    (412) 362-6854 or (412) 361-5549
    250 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh  15206
    The food pantry is open Monday – Friday, 1 PM – 3 PM
    The soup kitchen is open Monday – Friday, 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

  • Good Samaritan COGIC Food Pantry (Homewood)
    (412) 243-7633
    1030 N. Lang Avenue,  Pittsburgh 15208
    Operating Hours:  3rd Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m
    Contact: Pastor Ruth Lattimore

  • Greater Pittsburgh Area Food Bank Produce to People program     
    Faison School, 7430 Tioga Street, Pittsburgh  15208
    Operating hours: Monthly (2nd Saturday) 10:00am–noon

  • J.C. Hairston Food Pantry (Larimer)
    (412) 441-7839
    6th Mt. Zion Baptist Church
    6556 Shetland Avenue, Pittsburgh 15206
    Contact for Hours of Operation

  • Mt. Ararat Community Center (Larimer)
    412-441-1883
    271 Paulson Avenue, Pittsburgh  15206
    Stop by to receive perishable items such as meats and vegetables, meals, and groceries. There is food for those in an emergency as well as the elderly, among others.

  • Nazarene Baptist Church (Homewood)
    (412) 441-8243
    7053 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh  15208
    Operating Hours: 3rd Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
    Contact: Alma McKelvia

  • Salvation Army – Homewood Corps Community Food Pantry
    (412) 394-4885
    8020 Frankstown Avenue, Pittsburgh  15221
    Open Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 3:30 PM; Wednesday, Emergencies Only

  • Shiloh Community Missionary Baptist Church (Soup kitchen in Homewood)
    (412) 441-8710
    6940 Frankstown Avenue,  Pittsburgh 15208
    Operating Hours: Tuesdays, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
    Contact: Phyllis Forston

  • St. Charles Lwanga (Homewood)
    (412) 731-3020
    7114 Kelly Street,  Pittsburgh   15208
    Food pantry operating hours:
    1st Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    3rd Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    Contact: Veronica Snyder

  • Urban League of Pittsburgh – Hunger Services
    Call 1-866-395-3663. Messages are recorded 24 hours a day.
    The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh shares a deep commitment to ending hunger in the Pittsburgh region. Hunger Services offers three programs to help secure food for your family, including Emergency Food Assistance (EFA), Food for Early Development (FED), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  These services are provided to individuals or families who reside in Allegheny county.

  • YMCA Food Bank Distribution
    (412) 243-2900
    YMCA Homewood-Brushton, 7140 Bennett Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
    1:00 – 3:00 pm. on 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month