Whether you’re looking to improve logistics, engage more volunteers, or scale across regions, Food Rescue Hero gives you the tools and support to get there faster.
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FOOD RESCUE HERO™ MAKES IT EASY TO
Scale your food rescue impact
The Food Rescue Hero Platform
Connect your operations, volunteers, data, and fundraising all in one place. Purpose-built by a food rescue organization, for food rescue organizations.
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY & AUTOMATION
Scale your impact by streamlining time-consuming operations
Transform your existing operations by automating volunteer scheduling, food donor coordination, and rescue tracking, while using real-time dashboards to streamline your workflows, enabling you to scale your food rescue impact without increasing headcount.
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Grow satisfied volunteers who expand your rescue capacity
Boost volunteer engagement through our user-friendly mobile app and built-in sharing tools, turning satisfied volunteers into community ambassadors who recruit their networks and expand your rescue capacity.
DATA INTELLIGENCE & GROWTH ANALYTICS
Make strategic decisions with confidence using clear, real-time insights
Centralize food rescue data into real-time dashboards and reporting tools that provide actionable insights into your food rescue trends, carbon impact data, distribution equity analysis, volunteer performance, and more, offering visibility to inform strategic decisions.
PARTNER SUPPORT & SUCCESS FRAMEWORK
Access an engaged partner network and ongoing expert support
Join a proven network of food rescue organizations and tap into Food Rescue University, ongoing guidance from our Partner Success Team, and shared best practices from partners nationwide.
FUNDRAISING & REVENUE GENERATION
Turn every rescue into a funding opportunity
Capture emotional momentum immediately after rescues with built-in mobile donation tools that transform your platform into a fundraising channel while providing you with data-driven insights that convert your volunteer engagement into revenue streams.
Created by a food rescue,
for all food rescues.
Technology that works – because we use it, too.
Food Rescue Hero was built by a nonprofit, for nonprofits. Our platform continues to power 412 Food Rescue by scaling our ability to distribute surplus food in Pittsburgh while simultaneously making logistics easy for dispatchers, food donors, nonprofit distribution partners, and volunteers.
And it’s designed to do the same for you.
Over
280
pounds of food redirected
Currently
20
partners use Food Rescue Hero in 2 countries
Over
800
food rescues coordinated
More than
63,000
registered volunteer drivers—Food Rescue Heroes
A national community of food recovery peers + resources
The Food Rescue Hero Network is a collective of food rescue organizations and allied organizations with a shared mission to scale food recovery—to measurably reduce food waste, food insecurity and impact climate change.
When you adopt our platform, you also join a national community of food recovery leaders. We provide onboarding, training, and ongoing support to help you succeed.
412 Food Rescue (Pittsburgh, PA)
Philly Food Rescue (Philadelphia, PA)
Hunger Network (Cleveland, OH)
Northern Virginia Food Rescue (VA)
Food Finders (Los Angeles, CA)
Haven’s Harvest (New Haven, CT)
Vancouver Food Runners (Vancouver, B.C.)
Last Mile Food Rescue (Cincinnati, OH)
Table to Table (Northern NJ)
White Pony Express (Contra Costa, CA)
530 Food Rescue (Butte County, CA)
Supply Hive (Des Moines, IA)
Lake Erie Food Rescue (Erie, PA)
302 Food Rescue (DE)
Lakeshore Food Rescue (Holland, MI)
Kentucky Harvest (Louisville, KY)
We Don’t Waste (Denver & Boulder, CO)
Chicago Food Rescue (Chicago, IL)
Feed Tahoe (South Lake Tahoe, CA)
Potluck Food Rescue (Little Rock, AR)
ResQ2Feed (Oneida County, NY)
Second Helpings Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Tamiami Food Rescue (Tampa-Miami, FL)
Up to 40% of food produced is wasted.
1 in 8 Americans is experiencing food insecurity.
Food rescue influences real lives.
92%
of food recipients agreed that rescued food helped to make ends meet.
86%
reported increased access to healthier food.
450M
lbs of CO₂ emissions have been prevented through utilizing the Food Rescue Hero platform.
Let's get your food rescue operations running smoothly.
Whether you're looking to improve logistics, engage more volunteers, or scale across regions, Food Rescue Hero gives you the tools and support to get there faster.
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Food Rescue Hero is thrilled to announce that Second Helpings Atlanta has joined the Food Rescue Hero Network! Now, residents in the Atlanta region can use the Second Helpings Atlanta…
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