Ongoing Opportunities for Support

Several ongoing partnerships benefit the Food Depository with your purchase.

Eat at Cheesecake Factory

Cook County Cheesecake Factory locations will donate $0.125 per slice of a select flavor of their cheesecake, to be split 50/50 with the Food Depository and Feeding America.

Choose Gotham Greens

Gotham Greens, a global leader in urban agriculture, grows premium-quality leafy greens, lettuces and herbs in “The World’s Largest Rooftop Farm,” located in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. The company’s packaged salads can be found at grocery stores throughout Chicagoland and are co-branded with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, raising critical awareness for hunger relief throughout our community. Since launching in Chicago in Fall 2015, Gotham Greens has donated thousands of pounds of their pesticide-free produce to the Food Depository, providing year-round fresh produce donations to our communities.

Run with Team Greater Chicago Food Depository

Runners who would like to make their Chicago Marathon experience more meaningful may raise funds for the Food Depository as part of the Charity Program. Visit the Food Depository’s Charity Team page for more information.

Shop with Amazon Smile

You shop. Amazon gives. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the Food Depository. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Support the Food Depository by starting your shopping here.

Go to Bat with Binny’s

Binny’s Beverage Depot has teamed up with the Food Depository for Binny’s Goes to Bat. For every Cubs lead off batter who gets a hit in the first inning, Binny’s donates $100 to the Food Depository. Learn more and see the current giving total for this season on the Binny’s site.

Round Up with Pampered Chef

Pampered Chef has been fighting hunger for over 20 years through their Round Up from the Heart program. There are two ways that donations can be generated through this year-long campaign: Through a partnership with Feeding America, customers may round up their cooking show orders to the nearest dollar or more. Funds generated through “round ups” at cooking shows hosted in Cook County are donated the Food Depository.

Track Your Exercise with Charity Miles

A free iPhone and Android app that enables people to earn money for charity while walking, running or biking. The selected charity then earns money for every mile covered. Walkers and runners earn 25¢ per mile and bikers earn 10¢ per mile. In partnership with Feeding America, the Food Depository will receive 65% of revenue generated by the Charity Miles app in Cook County.

Buy Garrett Popcorn

Buy a Feeding America branded tin of Garrett Popcorn in any Chicago-area retail store and 10% of the sale price will be donated to the Food Depository. Find a Garrett store.

Find Tickets with Tix4Cause

When you purchase event tickets from tix4cause and select the Food Depository as the benefiting charity, up to 100% of the proceeds go to us. The service is totally free and, as a member, you’ll see suggestions for tickets you’d like. Perhaps you have tickets you can’t use – tix4cause can make sure they don’t go to waste!