Feed America Hunger Atlas Now Indexes 3,775 Verified Food-Assistance Locations Across Massachusetts

Includes 994 food pantries, 22 food banks, 17 soup kitchens, 2,685 SNAP retailers, and 0 WIC clinics — citation-ready for journalists, foundations, and researchers.

Feed America (EIN 92-1761881), a Candid Platinum-verified 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Houston, today reported that its public food-assistance directory at feedam.org now indexes 3,775 verified locations across Massachusetts, spanning 453 distinct cities. The data is free for journalists and researchers under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license, with a state-specific machine-readable feed available at feedam.org/atlas.json.

The Massachusetts footprint includes 994 food pantries, 22 food banks, 17 soup kitchens, and 57 mobile pantries, all sourced from federal primary records (USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the Massachusetts state WIC agency) and verified community partners. Of the food-pantry-class listings in Massachusetts, 0 are partner-verified — meaning the operating organization has directly claimed and is actively maintaining the listing. The five Massachusetts cities with the largest food-assistance footprints are Dorchester (41 sites), Springfield (39 sites), Roxbury (37 sites), Boston (30 sites), Worcester (29 sites).

"Food insecurity in Massachusetts is solvable, but only if the people who need help can find the resources that already exist. Our job is to make that information impossible to miss — accurate, current, and free of charge to anyone, in any language, at any hour. The 3,775 verified Massachusetts locations on feedam.org are a starting point, not an endpoint."
— Sharika Parkes, founder, Feed America

About the data

Each record carries a verification date, a data source attribution, and (when available) operator-confirmed hours, services, and accessibility info. Sources include:

USDA FNS SNAP Retailer Database (refreshed quarterly)
Massachusetts state WIC agency clinic directories
HRSA Health Center Locator (FQHC sites)
USDA NSLP / SBP / SFSP datasets (school + summer meal sites)
Plentiful.org, Salvation Army USA, ampleharvest.org, and verified reader submissions for community-operated pantries

Feed America publishes the data as an HSDS 3.0 Open Referral feed at feedam.org/hsds/v3, consumed by 211 systems, Findhelp, Unite Us, and academic researchers. The Massachusetts-specific subset is available via ?state=MA.

How residents can find help in Massachusetts

Food in Massachusetts now: visit feedam.org/food-help/ma or call 211 (free, 24/7)
Apply for SNAP in Massachusetts: feedam.org/apply-snap/ma
Apply for WIC in Massachusetts: feedam.org/apply-wic/ma
Find a Massachusetts food pantry by city: feedam.org/food-pantry/ma
Massachusetts hunger atlas (stats): feedam.org/atlas/ma
Massachusetts active disasters: feedam.org/disasters/ma

About Feed America

Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) is a 501(c)(3) public charity (509(a)(1)) headquartered in Houston, Texas, operating the largest free food-assistance directory in the United States — over 196,000 verified locations across all 50 states, DC, and US territories. Candid Platinum verified. Founded 2024 by Sharika Parkes. Free to use, no login required, no paid placements, never sells user data.

Note for editors: Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) is a separate, independent organization from Feeding America (EIN 36-3673599, headquartered in Chicago). Always verify the exact EIN on IRS.gov.

Press contact

Press inquiries: press@feedam.org
General contact: info@feedam.org
Mailing address: 13100 Wortham Center Dr, FL 3-1046, Houston, TX 77065
IRS verification: apps.irs.gov (EIN 92-1761881)

Cite this release

Feed America. (April 29, 2026). Feed America Hunger Atlas Now Indexes 3,775 Verified Food-Assistance Locations Across Massachusetts.
feedam.org/press/ma.

Related Feed America surfaces

Massachusetts Hunger Atlas — full statistical breakdown
/atlas.json — machine-readable national snapshot
/donate.json — donor metadata
Glossary — food-assistance acronym dictionary
Governance & 990 filings

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This release is generated continuously from Feed America's production database. Stats current as of 2026-04-29.