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In 2025, hunger remained a pressing reality for millions of families across the United States. Rising food costs, housing instability, climate pressures, and ongoing supply chain challenges continued to strain communities particularly when it came to access to fresh, nutritious food.
Even as our supporters helped us exceed our Season of Giving goals, our focus at Move For Hunger remained on building momentum.
With your support, our team stepped up, strengthening systems, expanding partnerships, and scaling a model designed to meet people where they already are.
The result was our largest impact year on record; not because of the work that was done, but because the network moved further, faster, and more intentionally than ever before.
2025 Impact by the Numbers
In 2025, Move For Hunger and its partners achieved measurable progress across every core area of our work:
- Over 17 million pounds of food collected and delivered
- Over 14 million meals provided to communities in need
- Nearly 9 million pounds of fresh food transported to food banks
- Over 2,300 food rescues completed nationwide
- 615 food banks and pantries served, expanding access across the country
- Over 8,500 metric tons of CO₂ removed from the road
Each of these figures represents more than growth – they reflect food saved from waste, logistics optimized for impact, and partnerships activated at scale.
Compared to 2024, this progress was significant:
- Nearly 2 million more pounds of food delivered
- Over 1.6 million additional meals provided
- More than 1.2 million additional pounds of fresh food transported
- Network growth by nearly 25%, serving new food banks and pantries
- Over 300 additional food rescues
- An increase of more than 2,500 metric tons of CO₂ removed from the atmosphere
This wasn’t accidental. It was the outcome of a model built for scale and sustained engagement.
Turning Movement Into Impact
Move For Hunger’s approach is rooted in a simple idea: hunger relief shouldn’t rely solely on emergency response. It should be embedded into the systems that already move people, goods, and resources every day.
By working alongside moving companies, multifamily housing providers, real estate professionals, corporate partners, and community organizations, we intercept food before it goes to waste and deliver it where it’s needed most…efficiently, responsibly, and at scale.
In 2025, that approach translated into:
- Faster delivery of food to communities facing urgent need
- Greater access to fresh food, not just shelf-stable items
- A growing national network capable of responding across regions
And in key moments throughout the year, that impact was amplified through events and activations that helped fuel awareness, engagement, and participation.
Moments That Powered the Mission
Some of 2025’s most visible moments were also among its most impactful.
During Music City Drop, fifty participants rappelled 20 stories down the Omni Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee – an unforgettable experience that helped raise the equivalent of more than 680,000 meals for families in need. Thanks to our corporate supporters including Rice Krispies Treats, People Magazine, Kroger, Dollar General, and Apex Moving + Storage, the event combined bold storytelling with tangible outcomes that directly advanced our mission.
At WERC Global ’25, Move For Hunger engaged attendees through the Putt for Hunger mini-golf activation, weaving hunger relief into the conference experience itself. With support from Cartus, Atlas Van Lines (Canada) Ltd., KPMG, Fidelity Residential Solutions, and Deloitte Tax, the activation helped provide more than 50,000 meals, reinforcing that awareness and action are strongest when they happen together. WERC Global ‘25 also featured a meal packing event, sponsored by Bristol Global Mobility, Reindeer Logistics, and The Paxton Companies.
Throughout 2025, our Multifamily Program continued to grow, engaging residents and onsite teams through food drives, community-based initiatives, and hands-on events that embedded hunger relief directly into the places people live. This included a one-of-a-kind meal kit packing event at the 2025 Apartment Innovation and Marketing (AIM) Conference, where multifamily professionals, alongside sponsors Updater, CORT, ALN, and AIM, came together to pack meal kits for Los Angeles residents impacted by devastating wildfires.
Each of these efforts supported the same outcome: more food delivered, more communities served, and a stronger, more resilient hunger relief system.
National Visibility, Local Impact
In 2025, Move For Hunger’s work also reached new audiences through national media coverage and industry recognition including the honor of ringing the closing bell at NASDAQ.
These moments of visibility weren’t about accolades. They were about shining a spotlight on hunger, food waste, and the power of partnerships. They were also about inviting more organizations, companies, and individuals to become part of the solution.
Press stories, partner features, and thought leadership throughout the year reinforced a simple truth: addressing hunger at scale requires collaboration across sectors, and Move For Hunger’s model is uniquely positioned to make that collaboration work.
Hunger Relief and Climate Action, Together
By rescuing surplus food and transporting it through optimized routes already in use, Move For Hunger reduced emissions while increasing access to food. In 2025 alone, our work kept over 8,500 metric tons of CO₂ off the road and demonstrated that sustainable practices and hunger relief are not separate goals, but interconnected solutions.
Looking Ahead
Hunger remains a complex challenge, and the work ahead is significant. But 2025 demonstrated what’s possible when systems are aligned and people move together.
Each partnership activated, each mile driven with purpose, and each pound of food rescued strengthened a model designed to adapt and to grow.
As we move into 2026, our focus remains clear:
- Expanding access to fresh food
- Deepening partnerships across industries
- Investing in scalable, efficient infrastructure
- Continuing to align hunger relief with sustainability
Progress doesn’t happen all at once. It happens when movement becomes intentional, and when that movement becomes meals.
