Give to Last Mile Food Rescue

Your donation helps end food insecurity

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    Support us to end hunger in our community

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    Help put food into people’s hands, not the landfill

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    Enable us to make an even larger impact

Give to Last Mile Food Rescue in Cincinnati

Donors Are the Key Ingredient

Last Mile Food Rescue is a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization that depends on support from individuals like you to deliver our mission to keep food out of landfills and feed those who face food insecurity.

 

We appreciate your generosity.

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    By Mail

    Send your donation by mail to:

    Last Mile Food Rescue
    1775 Mentor Ave, Suite 405
    Cincinnati, OH 45212

Give Today and Transform Lives

Hunger is a problem we can solve together. Right now, 1 in 5 families in our community face food insecurity, unsure where their next meal will come from. At the same time, millions of pounds of perfectly good food are wasted every year.

With your support, we rescue food and deliver it where it’s needed most.

Your gift - large or small - makes a big difference:

  • $25 fuels a food rescue that delivers enough food for 75 meals to a pantry, foodbank, or shelter.
  • $100 helps rescue over 3,000 pounds of food, turning surplus into nourishment.
  • $1,200 funds one full day of fleet operations, drivers, two vans, a box truck, and fuel.
  • $5,000 funds one week of operations for our refrigerated container.
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The Impact of Your Generosity

When you donate, you’re not just giving money; you’re giving stability to people facing hunger.

Last Mile turns every dollar into action, rescuing and delivering food that would otherwise be wasted. With your support, we maximize every contribution to create systemic change in our community.

Together, we can rescue food, feed families, and reduce waste.

Corporate Engagement

Last Mile Food Rescue is excited to partner with our business community to meet their social impact goals and further our mission to end food insecurity and waste throughout Greater Cincinnati.

More and more customers and employees are choosing to connect with brands that care about them, their values and the world at large.

Want to engage your team and make a critical difference in the lives of your food insecure neighbors? Partner with us.

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Why I Chose a Legacy Gift to Last Mile: A Message from John Pepper

Retired CEO and Chairman of Procter & Gamble, former Chairman of The Walt Disney Company, and long-time supporter and board member of Last Mile Food Rescue, John Pepper has made a transformational bequest to us. Watch as he shares what led him to make this forward-looking decision. 

“Planned giving is one of the most meaningful ways to build a better future. I’m proud to support Last Mile in this way, and I hope you’ll join me.” - John Pepper

Our Supporters

A heartfelt thanks to our donors and sponsors for their commitment to Last Mile. With their support, we can make sure that good food goes to people, not landfills.

Click to see our 2024 supporters
Food Rescue Visionary ($100,000+) 

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield 

Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation 

Food Rescue Trailblazer ($50,000–$99,999) 

Doug and Sheila Bray  

Charles H. Dater Foundation  

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center – All Children Thrive  

City of Cincinnati  

Fifth Third Bank  

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation  

Julie and Steve Shifman  

United Way of Greater Cincinnati  

Food Waste Champion ($25,000–$49,999) 

Anonymous  

Clement and Ann Buenger Foundation  

David Lindner  

Hamilton County Solid Waste Management  

Harold C. Schott Foundation  

John and Francie Pepper  

L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation  

Procter & Gamble Foundation  

St. Elizabeth Healthcare  

Sutphin Family Foundation  

The Unnewehr Foundation  

United Dairy Farmer  

   

Impact Partner ($15,000–$24,999) 

Bank of America Charitable Foundation  

The Butler Foundation  

SAFE Team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center  

Thomas J. Emery Memorial  

Thornwell Family Foundation  

Urban Sustainability Director's Network  

World Wildlife Fund, Inc.  

   

Last Mile Change Maker ($5,000–$14,999) 

Leslie Alexander Foundation  

Ray and Kelly Attiyah  

Bobenread Family Fund  

Coca Cola  

CPPS Christian Heritage Mission Fund  

The Edelweiss Foundation  

Matt Fischer /Curiosity 

The Ed and Joann Hubert Family Family  

The Elsa M. Heisel Sule Foundation  

Eleanor Haussler  

Kim and Gary Heiman Family Foundation  

Good Shepherd Church  

Horizon Community Funds  

Jodi Geiser  

John and Betsy LaMacchia  

Johnson & Johnson  

The Kroger Foundation  

Kohnen Family Foundation  

Todd and Leslie Omaits  

SC Ministry Foundation  

Michelle Strutz  

Kathy Thornton  & Robert Keith

Warren County Foundation  

William P. Anderson Foundation  

Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation  

 Hunger Hero ($1,000–$4,999) 

513 Fund  

Doug Bell  

Bellarmine Chapel  

Jenny and Jim Berg  

Pete Blackshaw  

Clifton Brown III  

Ed and Eileen Budo  

Crutchfield Family Giving Fund  

Andrew Cron  

Nita Sheppard Dotson  

Thomas and Laura Fernandez  

John and Tricia Gavigan  

Teresa Geiser  

James Goldman  

Bill Goldberg  

Marianne Gorby  

Joe Stagaman and Tracey Grabowski  

Gwyn Initiative  

Mary Hais  

Hank Kerschen  

John Lanier  

Lanier Family  

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection  

Middletown Community Foundation  

Michelman  

Dan and Barb Molloy  

Chai Nadig  

Reverb  

Ridgeway Foundation  

Carol Rosenau  

Ken and Susan Schlachter  

Rosemary K. Schlachter  

Julie Setser  

Ari Shifman and Kayla Frimer  

Jay Shifman  

Doug Skidmore  

Mariane Stackpole  

Neil Tilow  

Becky Tucker  

Barbara and Daman Turner  

Aaron Vennemeyer  

Ted and Teresa Werner  

Click to see our 2023 supporters

Diamond Level
($50,000 and up)

Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Hamilton Co. R3Source Impact
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Hamilton County
Charles H. Dater Foundation
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
The SAFE Team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The R.C. Durr Foundation
United Dairy Farmers
Anonymous

Platinum Level
($25,000-$49,999)

Leslie Alexander Foundation
Millstone Fund
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Harold C. Schott Foundation
James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation
Citibank
Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile Foundation
Louis M. Groen Foundation
Bank of America
Kroger
Western & Southern
Procter & Gamble
The Spaulding Foundation
The Unnewehr Foundation
Doug & Sheila Bray
L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation

Gold Level
($15,000-$24,999)

Difference Makers Legacy Fund
John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust
Sutphin Family Foundation
Thornwell Family Foundation
The Edelweiss Foundation
Peter & Mary Levin Family Foundation
The Joe Burrow Foundation

Silver Level
($5,000-14,999)

Fifth Third Bank Employee Giving
The Boots on the Ground Fund
Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
William P. Anderson Foundation
Scripps Howard Fund
Duke Energy Foundation
Eleanor Haussler
LaMacchia Family Foundation
SC Ministry Foundation
Ray & Kelly Attiyah
Jodi Geiser
Matt Fischer
Todd Omaits

Bronze Level
($1,000-$4,999)

Middletown Foundation
Social Venture Partners
Magnified Giving
Andrew Cron
Doug Bell
Julie Shifman
Jay & Shirley Joyce
John Gavigan
84.51
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Warren County Solid Waste
Aaron Vennemeyer
Ken & Susan Schlachter
Nita Sheppard Dotson
Ed & Eileen Budo

Friends of Last Mile

Robert Smyth
Russell Proctor
Beth Guttman
Carol Roseneau
Jim Friedman
Keara Sontag
Anirudha Vaddadi
Tom Niehaus
Amy Cook
Karen Greive
Tiffany Major
Robert Fried
Jeffrey Koehn
Kevin Clark
Patricia Wilken
Jeremy Donelan
Mary Knight
Roberta Steward
Anne Rogers
Barbara Fillion
Bill Goldberg
Christopher Budo
Cynthia Prows
Hank Kerschen
Jessica Nielsen
Joseph Conklin
Logan Conner
Melissa Meyer
Thomas Behler