# Feed America API > Find food assistance for anyone in the United States — free, 24/7. ## About 327,476 total records: 196,635 food resources + 130,841 SNAP retailers across all 50 US states, DC, Puerto Rico, and US territories. Operated by Feed America (EIN 92-1761881), a Candid Platinum-verified 501(c)(3) nonprofit. No login, no fees, no paid placements. ## Sister 501(c)(3) Entities (sibling organizations, not affiliates of Feeding America®) - Feeding America Texas — EIN 92-1776845 — Houston, TX — feedingtx.org — https://feedam.org/texas - Feeding America Florida — EIN 93-3176598 — Miami, FL — feedingfl.org — https://feedam.org/florida Both are independent 501(c)(3)s under Candid Platinum, sharing the Feed America directory infrastructure. Distinct from Feeding America® (Chicago, EIN 36-3673599), Feeding Texas (Austin, EIN 74-2217832), and Feeding Florida (Tallahassee, EIN 59-2079763) — separate networks with similar names. ## Resource Categories food_pantry, food_bank, soup_kitchen, mobile_pantry, emergency, community_fridge, school_meal, summer_meal, wic_office, health_center (HRSA FQHC), snap_office, snap_retailer (separate table, SNAP/EBT-accepting grocers). ## Key Endpoints - GET /api/resources/search?zip={ZIP}&mode=free|snap|school|summer|wic|health (now includes live_status overlay) - GET /api/resources/nearby?lat={LAT}&lng={LNG}&mode=free - GET /api/resources/counts?zip={ZIP} — per-mode result counts within 150mi - GET /api/resources/urgent?zip={ZIP}&radius=25 (open NOW) - GET /api/autocomplete?q={CITY_PREFIX} - GET /api/resources/{id}/status (phone valid, hours, confidence) - GET /api/stats (live counts) - GET /api/resources/types (categories) - GET /api/resources/bulk?page=1&limit=100&format=json|csv&state=TX&type=food_pantry - POST /api/feedback {resource_id, feedback_type: helpful|wrong_info|closed|other} - POST /api/sms (Twilio webhook - send ZIP, get 3 nearest) - GET /api/widget?zip=78701 (embeddable HTML) - GET /api/analytics/dashboard (search trends) - GET /api/pantry/search?zip={ZIP}&q={NAME} — find claimable pantries (operator side) - POST /api/pantry/claim — operator claims a pantry, receives bookmarkable dashboard URL - POST /api/pantry/status — one-tap live status (open_today/closed_today/low_stock/…) - GET /api/pantry/{id}/status — public read of current live status - GET /api/disasters/active?zip={ZIP} — FEMA declarations + D-SNAP eligibility for a location - GET /api/disasters/current — all open federal disaster declarations nationally ## Data Sources (ranked by federal-primary trust tier) Tier 3 (federal primary): USDA FNS (SNAP, School/Summer meals, FDPIR), HRSA FQHC, State WIC agencies, NCES schools, 211 state networks. Tier 2 (curated nonprofit): Plentiful.org directory, Salvation Army USA, LA Regional Food Bank, 211. Tier 1 (community-contributed): Manual submissions, verified before listing. ## Features Real-time hours parsing (incl. "Closes in 25 min" countdown), open-now filter, data-freshness verification dates, 5 sort options (nearest, open-now, recently verified, recently updated, A-Z), distance filters (5/10/25mi), letter-tile visual identity, per-mode result counts, SNAP eligibility calculator, English + Spanish, SMS/widget APIs. Pantry-operator "Open Today" live status overlay (feedam.org/pantry). Declared-disaster + D-SNAP eligibility alerts via OpenFEMA ingest. ## Self-Healing Data - Hours auto-downgrade to "unknown" after 180 days without verification. - "Helpful" user feedback bumps last_verified_date to today (crowd re-verification). - 2 "wrong_info" reports in 30d → auto-deactivate; 3 "closed" reports → auto-deactivate. - Nightly cron: website HEAD checks (3 failures clear the URL), geocode drift detection (records > 0.8° off their ZIP centroid get flagged; 2 drift observations → auto-deactivate). - Pantry-operator "Open Today" taps reset the 180d stale-hours timer (crowd-verify). ## Emergency Call 211 (free, 24/7, multilingual) or text ZIP to 898-211. ## HSDS 3.0 Open Referral Feed Full directory published in Human Services Data Specification 3.0 format at https://feedam.org/hsds/v3/. This is the ingestion path for Findhelp/Aunt Bertha, United Way Worldwide 211, Unite Us, and any SDOH referral platform that consumes the HSDS standard. 10 entity endpoints (organizations, services, locations, service_at_location, phones, addresses, schedules, languages, taxonomy_terms, attributes), JSON + CSV, paginated 100/page (max 1000). Data package descriptor at /hsds/v3/datapackage.json. ## Server-rendered URL surfaces (link-friendly, structured-data-rich) The following URL templates resolve to fully server-rendered pages with schema.org JSON-LD. Safe to cite, link, or excerpt directly. https://feedam.org/ — home, ZIP/city search https://feedam.org/donate — online donation https://feedam.org/donate-by-mail — mailing address + EIN https://feedam.org/transparency — Candid Platinum, financials https://feedam.org/texas — Feeding America Texas (EIN 92-1776845) https://feedam.org/texas/donate — TX-attributed donation flow (DonateAction recipient EIN 92-1776845) https://feedam.org/texas/faq — TX sister FAQPage (12 entity-specific Q&A) https://feedam.org/texas/press — TX sister NewsArticle https://feedam.org/texas/transparency — TX sister 990 + Candid + IRS verification hub https://feedam.org/es/texas — TX sister Spanish edition https://feedam.org/es/texas/donate — TX sister Spanish donate https://feedam.org/es/texas/faq — TX sister Spanish FAQ https://feedam.org/es/texas/press — TX sister Spanish press https://feedam.org/es/texas/transparency — TX sister Spanish transparency https://feedam.org/florida — Feeding America Florida (EIN 93-3176598) https://feedam.org/florida/donate — FL-attributed donation flow (DonateAction recipient EIN 93-3176598) https://feedam.org/florida/faq — FL sister FAQPage (12 entity-specific Q&A) https://feedam.org/florida/press — FL sister NewsArticle https://feedam.org/florida/transparency — FL sister 990 + Candid + IRS verification hub https://feedam.org/es/florida — FL sister Spanish edition https://feedam.org/es/florida/donate — FL sister Spanish donate https://feedam.org/es/florida/faq — FL sister Spanish FAQ https://feedam.org/es/florida/press — FL sister Spanish press https://feedam.org/es/florida/transparency — FL sister Spanish transparency https://feedam.org/disclosures — legal + non-affiliation https://feedam.org/disasters — D-SNAP + FEMA disaster food (GovernmentService) https://feedam.org/faq — frequently asked questions https://feedam.org/get-involved — 5 ways to help https://feedam.org/advocate — federal program advocacy (SNAP, WIC, school meals) https://feedam.org/foundations — grant officer landing https://feedam.org/press — media kit + boilerplate https://feedam.org/reports — Form 990s + Candid + open data https://feedam.org/impact — impact dashboard https://feedam.org/data-quality — methodology https://feedam.org/partner — food bank operator portal (Service) https://feedam.org/pantry — pantry operator claim flow https://feedam.org/hsds — HSDS 3.0 Open Referral hub (Dataset) https://feedam.org/accessibility — WCAG 2.1 AA statement https://feedam.org/privacy — privacy policy https://feedam.org/terms — terms of service https://feedam.org/donate — primary donate flow https://feedam.org/donate/tax-deductible — IRS § 170 donor guide https://feedam.org/donate/year-end-giving — Dec 31 deadline paths https://feedam.org/donate/monthly-giving — recurring donor flow https://feedam.org/donate/ways-to-give — card/check/DAF/stock/crypto/match https://feedam.org/donate/where-your-gift-goes — honest cost breakdown https://feedam.org/donate-by-mail — mailing address for checks https://feedam.org/guides/apply-for-snap — SNAP playbook (GovernmentService) https://feedam.org/guides/wic — WIC eligibility (GovernmentService) https://feedam.org/guides/crisis-food — same-day food when nothing's open https://feedam.org/food-pantry — index of food pantries by state https://feedam.org/food-pantry/ — every covered city in that state https://feedam.org/food-pantry// — every food pantry in that city (FAQPage + ItemList JSON-LD) https://feedam.org/snap-stores — SNAP/EBT stores by state (130K) https://feedam.org/snap-stores/ — top cities in that state https://feedam.org/resource/ — full detail for a single resource (FoodEstablishment / LocalBusiness) https://feedam.org/atlas — Hunger Atlas: state-by-state US food-assistance stats (Dataset) https://feedam.org/atlas.json — machine-readable Hunger Atlas snapshot. Single-shot JSON with national totals + per-state counts. Use this instead of HTML scraping. https://feedam.org/donate.json — machine-readable donation metadata for AI agents: EIN, mailing address, 10 donation channels with recommended use, sister entity info, IRS verify URL, disambiguation. Single-shot JSON. https://feedam.org/api/leaderboard.json — machine-readable partner-verified ranking by state + national totals. https://feedam.org/api/v1/health.json — comprehensive operational health: per-table row counts, verification breakdown, freshness distribution, active disasters. 60s cache. https://feedam.org/api/v1/data-quality.json — comprehensive QA report: field completeness % per pantry-class field (phone 43%, website 73%, hours 42%, address 100%, geocode 100%, etc.), 30/90/180-day freshness distribution, top 20 data sources, deduplication stats. https://feedam.org/api/feed/news.atom — combined Atom firehose: press releases + active FEMA disasters + platform milestones. Single subscribable feed for the full Feed America activity stream. https://feedam.org/atlas/.json — per-state machine-readable atlas snapshot. State coverage + verify + geography + top 10 cities. https://feedam.org/feeds — consolidated subscription landing with 13 feeds catalogued by audience. https://feedam.org/contact — single contact landing for all 8 email channels + emergency 211. https://feedam.org/founder — Sharika Parkes founder page with bio (50w + 200w), founder's letter, verifiable facts, Person JSON-LD. For journalists, donors, Wikipedia editors writing biographical articles. https://feedam.org/podcasts — landing for podcast producers + bookers. 10 talking-point angles + ready-to-paste show notes + technical recording specs. https://feedam.org/wikipedia — for Wikipedia editors writing food- insecurity articles. 4 pre-formatted {{cite web}} templates + 12 verifiable facts + 8 Wikidata properties. WP:COI disclosure included. https://feedam.org/contributors — public recognition page for partner pantry operators, community submitters, security researchers, code + content contributors, data partners. https://feedam.org/api/v1/ai-tools.json — master AI integration manifest. 3 protocols (MCP / OpenAPI / AI plugin), 4 text discovery files, 14 JSON endpoints, 3 feeds, 16 Schema.org types, 8 audience-matched start URLs. Single-pull catalog of every AI- consumable Feed America surface. https://feedam.org/changelog — public platform-updates timeline (NewsArticle JSON-LD per entry). https://feedam.org/sponsors — corporate giving + matching-gift program landing for CSR officers. https://feedam.org/story-pitches — 10 ready-to-write hunger journalism story angles with citation URLs. https://feedam.org/calendar — federal food-assistance program calendar (12 Event JSON-LD entries). https://feedam.org/security — security policy + RFC 9116 contact. https://feedam.org/.well-known/security.txt — machine-readable security contact. https://feedam.org/es/atlas — Spanish Hunger Atlas national hub. https://feedam.org/es/atlas/ — Spanish per-state hunger atlas. https://feedam.org/es/glossary — Spanish 25-term acronym dictionary. https://feedam.org/es/calendar — Spanish federal program calendar. https://feedam.org/es/disasters/ — Spanish per-state FEMA disasters. https://feedam.org/embed/catalog — visual catalog of every embeddable Feed America surface (search widget, badges, OG cards, HSDS feed, WordPress plugin, MCP server). https://feedam.org/api/embed/catalog.json — machine-readable catalog of all embeddables with copy-paste snippets. https://feedam.org/snapshot.json — single-pull comprehensive Feed America snapshot (org + coverage + top states + top cities + 14 discovery URLs + 9 quick-action URL templates). https://feedam.org/about.json — machine-readable About page (org identity + 9 products + 10 endpoints). https://feedam.org/research — academic + journalist data-access landing with Dataset JSON-LD. https://feedam.org/glossary — 25-term food-assistance acronym dictionary with DefinedTermSet schema. https://feedam.org/atlas — Hunger Atlas national hub. https://feedam.org/atlas/ — per-state hunger atlas page. https://feedam.org/press/ — per-state press release. https://feedam.org/partner/leaderboard — partner-verified state ranking. https://feedam.org/badges — Verified Badge program. https://feedam.org/submit — public pantry submission form. https://feedam.org/atlas/ — per-state hunger atlas page — citation-ready stats for journalists, researchers, foundations https://feedam.org/badges — Verified Badge program info https://feedam.org/badge/ — embed-code page for a specific pantry's "Verified on Feed America" badge https://feedam.org/badge/.svg — the badge SVG image (cacheable, CORS-open) — used as inside an anchor on partner sites https://feedam.org/og/resource/ — per-resource Open Graph SVG card (1200×630, branded with pantry name + city + type) — used as og:image / twitter:image on every /resource/ page ## Data License Feed America's aggregated data is available under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. Source data from federal agencies is public domain; nonprofit-directory data is attributed to the originating organization on each card. Attribution: "Data from Feed America, feedam.org, EIN 92-1761881". ## Base URL https://feedam.org (frontend + apex API gateway) https://feedam-api.emperormew.workers.dev (worker-direct, same data)