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Where to find food assistance around Boston

Here's a list of food resources in the Boston area.

By Frances Klemm and Annie Jonas

October 27, 2025

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More than a million people in Massachusetts could lose access to federal food assistance starting Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues for another week. Governor Maura Healey says the Trump administration is to blame for the crisis, which could leave many families without the money they depend on for groceries.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, will stop processing food benefits for November, according to a notice posted on its website. SNAP helps low-income families buy food, and losing those benefits would be a major blow for many in Massachusetts.

“President Trump has chosen to take away food from people all around this country,” Gov. Maura Healey said Friday at a press conference at Nubian Markets in Roxbury, according to the Boston Globe. “That’s going to mean that 1 million people in Massachusetts are not going to have their food benefits starting next week.”

Massachusetts residents receive about $240 million in SNAP benefits every month, according to Healey. Among those recipients, 32 percent are children, 31 percent are people with disabilities, and 26 percent are seniors — vulnerable groups that would be especially impacted if benefits stop.

The government shutdown comes on top of other challenges facing the SNAP program. The One Big Beautiful Bill, passed in July, added new work requirements and set new eligibility rules for some SNAP recipients that could prevent up to 150,000 Massachusetts residents from receiving food benefits next year, Healey said.

Beyond household impacts, a pause on SNAP funding pauses will affect about 5,500 grocery stores and farms in Massachusetts that rely on SNAP purchases, meaning local businesses could also face financial strain.

We gathered a list of local organizations and food pantries in the Boston area. You can also find more than 600 organizations providing food assistance in the region listed by the Greater Boston Food Bank.

Where to access food support in the Boston area

Allston-Brighton

• Allston-Brighton APAC Food Pantry (406 Cambridge St.)

• West End House Boys & Girls Club (105 Allston St.) 
• Allston-Brighton Food Pantry (404 Washington St.)
• Tifereth Raphael kosher food pantry (77 Englewood Ave.)

Back Bay

• Church of the Covenant Food Pantry (67 Newbury St.)

• Rice Sticks and Tea Asian Food Pantry (351 Boylston St.)

• Friday Night Supper Program (351 Boylston St.)

• Women’s Lunch Place (67 Newbury St.)

• Victory Programs Boston Living Center Meals Program (29 Stanhope St.)

Brookline

• Brookline Food Pantry (226 High St., Community Room; 210 Harvard St. United Parish; 55A Egmont St. – for Boston Housing Authority residents)

Cambridge

• Cambridge Economic Opportunity Commission (11 Inman St.)

• East End House Pantry (105 Spring St.)

• Cambridge Community Center (5 Callender St.)

• Harvard Square Churches Meal Program (0 Garden St.)

• Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House Food Pantry (71 Cherry St.)

• Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church Project Manna Food Pantry (146 Hampshire St.)

• Salvation Army Cambridge Corps Food Pantry (402 Massachusetts Ave.)

• St. Paul’s AME Church Pantry (85 Bishop Allen Dr.)

• St. James Episcopal/ Helping Hand Food Pantry (1991 Massachusetts Ave.)

Charlestown

• CWS/Charlestown Adult Education (76 Monument St.)

• DISH Food Pantry at Bunker Hill Community College (250 Rutherford Ave.)

• Harvest on Vine (49 Vine St.)

Chelsea

• Chelsea Jewish Foundation Food Pantry (165 Captains Row)

• La Colaborativa (63 Sixth St.); Revival International Center of Chelsea (278 Broadway)

• Salvation Army Chelsea Food Pantry (258 Chestnut St.)

• St. Luke’s-San Lucas Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen (201 Washington Ave.)

• Selah Day Resource Center (738 Broadway St. Unit B)

Dorchester

• Bethel Tabernacle Pentecostal Church (12 Bicknell St.)

• Berea Church Pantry (108 Seaver St.)

• Cape Verdean Association of Boston (242 Bowdoin St.)

• BCYF Perkins Community Center (155 Talbot Ave.)

• Catholic Charities Boston Yawkey Center (185 Columbia Rd.)

• Codman Square Health Center (450 Washington St.)

• Dorchester House (1353 Dorchester Ave.)

• Eglise Baptiste Haitienne (1 Dix St.)

• Faith Christian Church (301 Harvard St.)

• Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (895 Blue Hill Ave.)

• Holy Tabernacle Church (70 Washington St.)

• Greater Anointing Church Pantry (20 Charlotte St.)

• Pilgrim Church Food Pantry and Community Lunch (540 Columbia Rd.)

• St. Mary’s Food Pantry (14 Cushing Ave.)

• UMASS Boston U-ACCESS Food Pantry (100 William T Morrissey Blvd, Campus Center Suite 2300)

• YMCA of Greater Boston Mobile Market (multiple locations)

Downtown Boston

• The Paulist Center Emergency Food Pantry (5 Park Street Place) 

• The Franciscan Food Center (100 Arch St.)

• St. Francis House Meals (39 Boylston St.)

East Boston

• East Boston Community Soup Kitchen (28 Paris St.)

• BCYF Paris Street (112 Paris St.) 

Everett

• The Family Church (1691 Revere Beach Pkwy)

• Everett Mobile Market (117 Edith St.)

• Grace Food Pantry (50 Church St.)

Jamaica Plain

• Boston Children’s Hospital Family Food Connections (30 Bickford St.)
• First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain Food Pantry (3702 Washington St.)

Malden

• Emmanuel Baptist Church (20 Hillside Ave.)

• Bread of Life Food Pantry (54 Eastern Ave.)

• Freedom Hill Community Church Pantry (77 Kennedy Dr.)

• Malden YMCA Food Market (99 Dartmouth St.)

Mattapan

• Glad Tidings Food Pantry (573 Norfolk St.)

• Shirley’s Food Pantry (213 River St.)

Mission Hill

• ABCD Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center (714 Parker St.)

North End

• ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Services (1 Michelangelo St.)

Revere

• Revere City Hall (281 Broadway)

• First Congregational Church Pantry (230 Beach St.)

Roslindale

• Fair Foods at BCYF Roslindale (6 Cummins Highway)

Roxbury

• People’s Baptist Church Food Pantry (134 Camden St.)

• Grant A.M.E. Church (1906 Washington St.)

• ICNA Relief Halal Food Pantry (1234 Columbus Ave.)

• Islamic Multi Service Organization (722 Shawmut Ave.)

• Rosie’s Place (889 Harrison Ave.)

• United Emmanuel Holiness Church (65 Windsor St.)

• Whittier Street Health Center (1290 Tremont St.)

Salem

• The Salvation Army North Shore (93 North St.)

• The Market by Salem Pantry (47 Leavitt St.)

Somerville

• Elizabeth Peabody House Food Pantry (277 Broadway)

• Somerville YMCA Free Little Pantries (101 Highland Ave.)

• Mission Church Shepherd’s Kitchen (130 Highland Ave.)

• Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development (59 Cross St.)

• Somerville Homeless Coalition/Project SOUP (165 Broadway)

South Boston

• Fourth Presbyterian Church of South Boston Food Pantry (340 Dorchester St.)

• St. Monica’s Parish Food Pantry (331 Old Colony Ave.)

• South Boston Community Health Center (409 West Broadway)

South End

• ABCD South End Neighborhood Action Program (554 Columbus Ave.)

• Boston Medical Center Food Pantry (850 Harrison Ave. Yawkey Building Basement)

• Haley House Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen (23 Dartmouth St.)

• Salvation Army South End (1500 Washington St.)

• Union United Methodist Church Food Pantry (485 Columbus Ave.)

West End

ABCD West End (151 Cambridge St.)

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