User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /admin # /saved is a per-device private page (localStorage bookmarks) with no # indexable content. Shared-list mode (/saved?ids=X,Y,Z) also generates # an infinite permutation space that would waste crawl budget — the # actual resource pages Google should index are linked from /saved via # so it still finds them. Disallow: /saved # Note: /?q=... search URLs are intentionally crawlable. Googlebot # executes JS and renders ItemList JSON-LD on those pages, which # surfaces our resource catalog. Canonical tag points to / so # duplicate-content penalties don't apply. # Server-rendered SSR surfaces — explicit allow so partner crawlers # (and AI search engines that respect explicit signals over implicit # ones) know these are the indexable, structured-data-rich pages we # want them to focus on. R7+R8 added per-city pages for snap-stores # and school-meals on top of the existing /food-pantry hierarchy. Allow: /resource/ Allow: /food-pantry Allow: /food-pantry/ Allow: /snap-stores Allow: /snap-stores/ Allow: /school-meals Allow: /school-meals/ Allow: /health-centers Allow: /health-centers/ Allow: /wic-offices Allow: /wic-offices/ Allow: /head-start Allow: /head-start/ Allow: /tribal-food Allow: /tribal-food/ Allow: /senior-commodity Allow: /senior-commodity/ Allow: /diaper-banks Allow: /diaper-banks/ Allow: /community-fridges Allow: /community-fridges/ Allow: /restaurant-meals-program Allow: /restaurant-meals-program/ Allow: /mental-health Allow: /mental-health/ Allow: /ryan-white Allow: /ryan-white/ Allow: /opioid-treatment Allow: /opioid-treatment/ Allow: /rural-health-clinics Allow: /rural-health-clinics/ Allow: /va-medical Allow: /va-medical/ Allow: /area-agencies-aging Allow: /area-agencies-aging/ Allow: /state-assistance Allow: /state-assistance/ Allow: /hospice-care Allow: /hospice-care/ Allow: /home-health Allow: /home-health/ Allow: /wic-vendors Allow: /wic-vendors/ Allow: /ihs-health Allow: /ihs-health/ Allow: /tribal-government Allow: /tribal-government/ Allow: /tribal-schools Allow: /tribal-schools/ Allow: /dialysis Allow: /dialysis/ Allow: /community-clinics Allow: /community-clinics/ Allow: /free-clinics Allow: /free-clinics/ Allow: /adult-day-care Allow: /adult-day-care/ Allow: /disability-housing Allow: /disability-housing/ Allow: /senior-housing Allow: /senior-housing/ Allow: /counties Allow: /counties/ Allow: /guides Allow: /guides/ Allow: /es Allow: /es/ # 2026 Q2 high-volume "near me" landings + federal-program hubs. # Phase 9-12 added these as standalone SSR pages with FAQPage + # HowTo + GovernmentService schema. Listing each explicitly so # crawl-budget bots prioritise them over deeper pagination. Allow: /food-help Allow: /food-help/ Allow: /food-pantry-near-me Allow: /food-bank-near-me Allow: /free-food-today Allow: /wic-near-me Allow: /summer-meals-near-me Allow: /school-meals-near-me Allow: /snap-eligibility Allow: /snap-benefits-2026 Allow: /es/snap-benefits-2026 Allow: /wic-income-limits-2026 Allow: /es/wic-income-limits-2026 Allow: /2026-food-assistance-changes Allow: /es/2026-food-assistance-changes Allow: /free-grocery-near-me Allow: /es/free-grocery-near-me Allow: /emergency-food-assistance Allow: /es/emergency-food-assistance Allow: /food-stamps-application-step-by-step Allow: /es/food-stamps-application-step-by-step Allow: /how-much-food-stamps-will-i-get-2026 Allow: /es/how-much-food-stamps-will-i-get-2026 Allow: /what-can-i-buy-with-snap-ebt Allow: /es/what-can-i-buy-with-snap-ebt Allow: /how-to-find-food-pantry Allow: /es/how-to-find-food-pantry Allow: /food-help-for-veterans Allow: /es/food-help-for-veterans Allow: /food-help-for-college-students Allow: /es/food-help-for-college-students Allow: /food-help-for-immigrants Allow: /es/food-help-for-immigrants Allow: /food-help-for-homeless Allow: /es/food-help-for-homeless Allow: /food-help-for-disabled Allow: /es/food-help-for-disabled Allow: /food-help-for-rural-areas Allow: /es/food-help-for-rural-areas Allow: /food-help-for-single-parents Allow: /es/food-help-for-single-parents Allow: /summer-ebt-2026 Allow: /es/summer-ebt-2026 Allow: /snap-recertification-guide Allow: /es/snap-recertification-guide Allow: /states-without-summer-ebt-2026 Allow: /es/states-without-summer-ebt-2026 Allow: /ebt-card-lost-stolen Allow: /es/ebt-card-lost-stolen Allow: /snap-interview-questions Allow: /es/snap-interview-questions Allow: /expedited-snap-7-day Allow: /es/expedited-snap-7-day Allow: /food-help-for-pregnant-women Allow: /es/food-help-for-pregnant-women Allow: /snap-online-grocery-shopping Allow: /es/snap-online-grocery-shopping Allow: /food-help-for-foster-youth Allow: /es/food-help-for-foster-youth Allow: /food-help-for-native-americans Allow: /es/food-help-for-native-americans Allow: /food-help-for-children Allow: /es/food-help-for-children Allow: /abawd-work-requirement-snap Allow: /es/abawd-work-requirement-snap Allow: /heat-and-eat-snap-utility-deduction Allow: /es/heat-and-eat-snap-utility-deduction Allow: /food-help-for-formerly-incarcerated Allow: /es/food-help-for-formerly-incarcerated Allow: /food-help-for-domestic-violence-survivors Allow: /es/food-help-for-domestic-violence-survivors Allow: /lifeline-cellphone-with-snap Allow: /es/lifeline-cellphone-with-snap Allow: /food-help-for-gig-workers Allow: /es/food-help-for-gig-workers Allow: /food-help-during-government-shutdown Allow: /es/food-help-during-government-shutdown Allow: /food-help-for-lgbtq-youth Allow: /es/food-help-for-lgbtq-youth Allow: /food-help-for-farmworkers Allow: /es/food-help-for-farmworkers Allow: /d-snap-disaster-food-assistance Allow: /es/d-snap-disaster-food-assistance Allow: /food-help-for-truckers Allow: /es/food-help-for-truckers Allow: /food-help-for-asylum-seekers Allow: /es/food-help-for-asylum-seekers Allow: /thanksgiving-food-help-2026 Allow: /es/thanksgiving-food-help-2026 Allow: /food-help-with-no-id Allow: /es/food-help-with-no-id Allow: /snap-restaurant-meals-program-rmp Allow: /es/snap-restaurant-meals-program-rmp Allow: /snap-employment-and-training Allow: /es/snap-employment-and-training Allow: /food-help-after-job-loss Allow: /es/food-help-after-job-loss Allow: /food-help-for-refugees Allow: /es/food-help-for-refugees Allow: /christmas-food-help-2026 Allow: /es/christmas-food-help-2026 Allow: /halal-kosher-food-pantries Allow: /es/halal-kosher-food-pantries Allow: /food-help-for-cancer-patients Allow: /es/food-help-for-cancer-patients Allow: /diabetic-friendly-food-pantry Allow: /es/diabetic-friendly-food-pantry Allow: /food-help-for-hiv-aids-patients Allow: /es/food-help-for-hiv-aids-patients Allow: /food-help-after-divorce Allow: /es/food-help-after-divorce Allow: /food-help-after-eviction Allow: /es/food-help-after-eviction Allow: /food-help-for-mental-illness Allow: /es/food-help-for-mental-illness Allow: /food-help-for-substance-recovery Allow: /es/food-help-for-substance-recovery Allow: /food-help-for-celiac-disease Allow: /es/food-help-for-celiac-disease Allow: /food-help-after-childbirth Allow: /es/food-help-after-childbirth Allow: /food-help-for-kidney-disease Allow: /es/food-help-for-kidney-disease Allow: /food-help-after-stroke Allow: /es/food-help-after-stroke Allow: /food-help-for-pets-of-snap-recipients Allow: /es/food-help-for-pets-of-snap-recipients Allow: /food-help-for-eating-disorders Allow: /es/food-help-for-eating-disorders Allow: /food-help-for-vegan-vegetarian Allow: /es/food-help-for-vegan-vegetarian Allow: /food-help-for-medicare-recipients Allow: /es/food-help-for-medicare-recipients Allow: /food-help-for-blind-low-vision Allow: /es/food-help-for-blind-low-vision Allow: /food-help-for-deaf-hard-of-hearing Allow: /es/food-help-for-deaf-hard-of-hearing Allow: /food-help-for-autism-spectrum Allow: /es/food-help-for-autism-spectrum Allow: /food-help-for-grandparents-raising-grandchildren Allow: /es/food-help-for-grandparents-raising-grandchildren Allow: /food-help-for-pregnant-teens Allow: /es/food-help-for-pregnant-teens Allow: /food-help-for-traumatic-brain-injury Allow: /es/food-help-for-traumatic-brain-injury Allow: /food-help-for-multiple-sclerosis Allow: /es/food-help-for-multiple-sclerosis Allow: /food-help-for-parkinsons Allow: /es/food-help-for-parkinsons Allow: /food-help-for-arthritis Allow: /es/food-help-for-arthritis Allow: /food-help-for-medicaid-recipients Allow: /es/food-help-for-medicaid-recipients Allow: /food-help-for-low-iron-anemia Allow: /es/food-help-for-low-iron-anemia Allow: /food-help-for-food-allergies Allow: /es/food-help-for-food-allergies Allow: /food-help-for-osteoporosis Allow: /es/food-help-for-osteoporosis Allow: /food-help-for-fibromyalgia Allow: /es/food-help-for-fibromyalgia Allow: /food-help-for-thyroid-disease Allow: /es/food-help-for-thyroid-disease Allow: /food-help-for-IBD-crohns-colitis Allow: /es/food-help-for-IBD-crohns-colitis Allow: /food-help-for-pcos Allow: /es/food-help-for-pcos Allow: /food-help-for-cystic-fibrosis Allow: /es/food-help-for-cystic-fibrosis Allow: /food-help-for-asthma Allow: /es/food-help-for-asthma Allow: /food-help-for-migraine Allow: /es/food-help-for-migraine Allow: /food-help-for-diabetes Allow: /es/food-help-for-diabetes Allow: /food-help-for-heart-disease Allow: /es/food-help-for-heart-disease Allow: /food-help-for-copd Allow: /es/food-help-for-copd Allow: /food-help-for-sickle-cell Allow: /es/food-help-for-sickle-cell Allow: /food-help-for-lupus Allow: /es/food-help-for-lupus Allow: /food-help-for-endometriosis Allow: /es/food-help-for-endometriosis Allow: /food-help-for-als Allow: /es/food-help-for-als Allow: /food-help-for-alzheimers-dementia Allow: /es/food-help-for-alzheimers-dementia Allow: /food-help-for-hepatitis-c Allow: /es/food-help-for-hepatitis-c Allow: /food-help-for-ptsd Allow: /es/food-help-for-ptsd Allow: /food-help-for-bariatric-surgery Allow: /es/food-help-for-bariatric-surgery Allow: /food-help-for-breast-cancer Allow: /es/food-help-for-breast-cancer Allow: /food-help-for-prostate-cancer Allow: /es/food-help-for-prostate-cancer Allow: /food-help-for-lung-cancer Allow: /es/food-help-for-lung-cancer Allow: /food-help-for-colorectal-cancer Allow: /es/food-help-for-colorectal-cancer Allow: /food-help-for-pancreatic-cancer Allow: /es/food-help-for-pancreatic-cancer Allow: /food-help-for-multiple-myeloma Allow: /es/food-help-for-multiple-myeloma Allow: /food-help-for-bipolar-disorder Allow: /es/food-help-for-bipolar-disorder Allow: /food-help-for-schizophrenia Allow: /es/food-help-for-schizophrenia Allow: /food-help-for-anxiety-disorders Allow: /es/food-help-for-anxiety-disorders Allow: /food-help-for-depression Allow: /es/food-help-for-depression Allow: /food-help-for-adhd Allow: /es/food-help-for-adhd Allow: /food-help-for-gerd Allow: /es/food-help-for-gerd Allow: /food-help-for-ibs Allow: /es/food-help-for-ibs Allow: /food-help-for-gout Allow: /es/food-help-for-gout Allow: /apply-snap Allow: /apply-snap/ Allow: /apply-wic Allow: /apply-wic/ Allow: /disasters Allow: /pantry Allow: /partner # Sprint-13 federal-program landings + dedicated donate channels Allow: /tefap Allow: /csfp Allow: /senior-food-help Allow: /donate/daf Allow: /donate/stock Allow: /donate/employer-match Allow: /donate/legacy Allow: /donate/crypto Allow: /donate/in-memory Allow: /donate/find-us Allow: /donate/wire Allow: /embed Allow: /embed/widget Allow: /embed/embed.js # Verified Badge program — partner pantries embed the SVG on their # own websites. Each badge URL = a backlink + brand impression. Allow: /badges Allow: /badge/ Allow: /og/resource/ # Hunger Atlas — citation-ready state-by-state stats for journalists, # researchers, foundations. Each /atlas/ page is a unique # fresh-content surface with Dataset + BreadcrumbList JSON-LD. Allow: /atlas Allow: /atlas/ # Research page — academic + journalist data-access landing. # Dataset JSON-LD eligible for Google Dataset Search. Allow: /research # Grants page — foundation officer / program officer landing. # NonprofitOrganization + Service + FAQPage JSON-LD; high-intent # foundation-search keywords ("grant ready 501c3 hunger relief"). Allow: /grants # Per-state /grants/ — 51 SSR pages (one per state) targeting # state-specific foundation-officer queries ("Texas hunger 501c3 # grant", "California family foundation hunger giving"). Allow: /grants/ # Financials transparency hub — IRS Form 990-N status, how to request # financial statements, W-9. Allow: /financials # Donor Bill of Rights — AFP standard donor-protection framework. # 10 rights with documented Feed America implementation policies. Allow: /donor-rights # Grant Writers Toolkit — practical companion to /grants. Ready-to- # paste boilerplate, sample LOI, logic model, budget categories. Allow: /grant-writers-toolkit # Policies hub — bylaws, COI, whistleblower, gift acceptance, donor # privacy, exec comp, reserves, anti-discrimination, child safety. Allow: /policies # Why Feed America — donor-conversion editorial. Targets "why donate # to feed america" search intent with explicit EIN verification and # trust signals. Allow: /why-feed-america # Board governance — committees, term limits, meeting cadence, COI # procedure. Individual board members disclosed in Form 990 Part VII. Allow: /board # Major gifts + planned giving — high-net-worth donor landing # (gifts ≥$10K). Stock, IRA QCD, bequests, CRT/CLT, multi-year pledges. Allow: /major-gifts Allow: /es/major-gifts # Family foundations — private family-foundation landing. IRC 4945 # qualifying distribution status, expenditure-responsibility-not- # required, multi-foundation co-funding, mission-alignment options. Allow: /family-foundations Allow: /es/family-foundations Allow: /api/v1/family-foundations.json # Endowment giving — perpetual fund landing. UPMIFA-compliant, 4.5% # annual draw rate, 60/40 IPS, $100K minimum for donor-named funds. Allow: /endowment Allow: /es/endowment Allow: /api/v1/endowment.json # Corporate giving — Fortune 500 CSR officer landing. Multi-year # sponsorship, programmatic alignment, ESG/SDG mapping, employee # engagement integration, brand-safety, EIN disambiguation. Allow: /corporate-giving Allow: /es/corporate-giving Allow: /api/v1/corporate-giving.json # Editorial + journalist surfaces shipped in this loop Allow: /calendar Allow: /glossary Allow: /story-pitches Allow: /sponsors Allow: /changelog Allow: /security Allow: /submit Allow: /feeds Allow: /partner/leaderboard Allow: /embed/catalog # Spanish editorial surfaces Allow: /es/atlas Allow: /es/atlas/ Allow: /es/disasters/ Allow: /es/glossary Allow: /es/calendar Allow: /es/grants Allow: /es/financials Allow: /es/donor-rights Allow: /es/grant-writers-toolkit Allow: /es/policies Allow: /es/why-feed-america Allow: /es/board # Spanish API parity for AI-discovery Allow: /api/v1/donor-rights-es.json Allow: /api/v1/policies-es.json Allow: /api/v1/board-es.json Allow: /api/v1/sister-entities-es.json Allow: /api/v1/contacts-es.json Allow: /api/v1/founder-es.json Allow: /api/v1/programs-es.json Allow: /api/v1/press-kit-es.json # Sister 501(c)(3) entity surfaces (R67 sister-sites buildout). # Each sister has its own NonprofitOrganization schema, distinct # canonical, and full FAQ / DonateAction / NewsArticle SSR coverage. Allow: /texas Allow: /texas/ Allow: /florida Allow: /florida/ # AI Discovery Endpoints Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /.well-known/ai-plugin.json Allow: /.well-known/mcp.json Allow: /.well-known/whoami.json Allow: /.well-known/openapi.json Allow: /.well-known/llms.txt Allow: /.well-known/donate.json Allow: /.well-known/contact.json Allow: /mcp/v1 Allow: /api/openapi.json Allow: /press/feed.json Allow: /press/feed.atom # HSDS 3.0 Open Referral feed — spec-compliant food-assistance data # for Findhelp, United Way 211, Unite Us, academic researchers, etc. Allow: /hsds/v3/ Allow: /hsds/v3/datapackage.json # Sitemap. /sitemap.xml now proxies to the worker — the worker # generates the full URL set dynamically (every state, every city, every # /resource/:id, every /food-help-for-*, every /snap-stores//, # etc). The previous static /public/sitemap.xml was retired Apr 30 2026 # because it had drifted out of sync with shipped routes (was missing # 148 audience-landing entries and frozen at Apr 27). # /sitemap-dynamic.xml is kept as a legacy alias for any crawler that # cached the prior directive — points to the same content. Sitemap: https://feedam.org/sitemap.xml # R292E — search engines use the `User-agent: *` group above. A crawler # obeys only its most specific matching group, so the named # Googlebot/Bingbot/Slurp/DuckDuckBot group that used to sit here (just # `Allow: /`) silently cancelled every Disallow in `*` for all four. Do not # add a named group for a search engine without repeating every Disallow # in it. Crawl-delay was removed with it: Google ignores it, and Bingbot, # which honors it, never received it while it had its own group. # Allow AI agents — every AI crawler that respects robots.txt and # cites sources is a brand-vector for Feed America. We allow them # all explicitly so they don't have to guess from the catch-all. # Updated 2026-05-06 with current user-agent strings per vendor docs. # Removed deprecated: anthropic-ai, Claude-Web (Anthropic retired Feb 2026). # OpenAI (3 active bots: training, search, user-on-behalf-of) User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: OAI-AdsBot Allow: / # Anthropic Claude (3-bot framework: training, search, user-fetch) User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / # Google User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot Allow: / # Perplexity (training + live search) User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Perplexity-User Allow: / # Apple, Meta, Bytedance, Common Crawl, Amazon, DuckDuckGo, Mistral User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / User-agent: Bytespider Allow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Allow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Allow: / User-agent: CCBot Allow: / User-agent: Amazonbot Allow: / User-agent: DuckAssistBot Allow: / User-agent: MistralAI-User Allow: / User-agent: YouBot Allow: / User-agent: cohere-ai Allow: / User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler Allow: / User-agent: Diffbot Allow: / User-agent: AndiBot Allow: /