We provide free food for anyone in need.

Visit our pantry located at Evangel Church, 39–21 Crescent Street in Long Island City, NY 11101. We’re open from 9AM to 4PM Monday through Friday, and 9AM to 12PM on Saturdays.

Please note that the current wait time can be up to 4 hours long.

A cart that can carry 50 pounds of groceries or more

An umbrella, in the event of inclement weather

If you are unable to visit us in person and want to request free grocery delivery, please call us at (718) 361-5454. We will get food to you, but there could be a wait of 2 to 3 weeks.

Expect a variety of food: raw vegetables, fresh fruit, frozen meat and cheese, canned goods, grains, and milk. Things can change based on our donation, but we are able to provide one bag from each of our sections.

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You can make tax deductible donations through our GoFundMe or through our PayPal. If you choose PayPal, we get a greater percentage of the money, and encourage you to make a monthly contribution if you can.

Your donations will go towards purchasing groceries and essential supplies for those in need, and to reducing wait times. We have a reach of 130,000 people per month, but we’re critically underfunded at the moment.

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If you have volunteered with us or donated, or simply want to help us spread the word and get us help, please use the graphics in 

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9 Million Reasons is operating New York City’s largest and farthest reaching community food pantry. We serve more New Yorkers than any other organization of our kind, distributing high-quality groceries and essential supplies to vulnerable members predominantly living in The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Upper Manhattan.

With 9 million people living in this city, we can think of 9 million reasons to give back. We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit with two full-time staffers and a volunteer network in the thousands. In addition to our pantry, we work to bring resources to our neighbors, including ESL and GED classes, job training and résumé workshops, and community events. These projects are currently on hold due to our extensive focus on the pantry during the pandemic and ongoing economic crisis.

Since March 2020 we’ve been putting all of our efforts and energy into feeding the hungry. Food insecurity in NYC has doubled to two million and the need for good food is not declining. To help meet the demand, we’ve partnered with New York Cares, an organization that brings in an average of 30 volunteers a day, who move up to 60,000 pounds of food in seven hours. We serve more than 30,000 families per month, many of whom are from immigrant and undocumented communities.

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We are always looking for volunteers to help at our food pantry located at Evangel Church in Long Island City. Our volunteers work on one of three projects: packing groceries, delivering them, and answering phone calls for orders.

 to find a role and a shift that works for you

Every project has a limited number of spaces available per day. If you don’t see any projects listed, it means that volunteer sign-ups are full—but we still might need help! Feel free to call us at 718-361-2817 to see if there are any cancellations, or pick a later date.

9 Million Reasons is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and accessible working environment for all volunteers, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities (we can make accommodations). We do not tolerate sexual or racial harassment of any kind. In light of Covid-19, we are also following all current CDC guidelines to ensure the safety of our volunteers.

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9 Million Reasons is NYC’s largest and farthest reaching community food pantry. We provide free food for anyone in need.

NYC’s largest and farthest reaching community food pantry. We provide free food for anyone in need.