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Capital Area Food Bank

Can a regional food bank scale hunger relief across a major metro by combining food distribution with wraparound services, data-driven partner coordination, and operational finance automation?

HQWashington, DC (4900 Puerto Rico Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20017)
IndustryNonprofit / Hunger Relief
The story

Capital Area Food Bank is a long-standing nonprofit serving Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia, focused on hunger relief and food distribution. The organization has evolved from direct food distribution to a broader 'Food+' model pairing food access with wraparound services. Operationally, it has invested in data infrastructure (Service Insights/Link2Feed) and AP automation (Tipalti + NetSuite) to scale efficiently. There is no embedded finance product offered to end users; the finance stack exists purely to support organizational operations and donation processing.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2019
Operates as DC region's largest hunger relief organization, partnering with 400+ nonprofits to distribute food for 60 million meals annually.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
Classy
Accounting
NetSuite
Accounting gap: minor