2025-2027

STRATEGIC PLAN

Our Mission

We swiftly rescue fresh surplus food and deliver it where it’s needed most, leveraging people-powered technology and strong community partnerships to tackle both food insecurity and climate change.

Our Vision

A World Without Hunger and Waste: Ending food waste by turning surplus into sustenance, strengthening communities and protecting the planet.

Core Values

  • Healthy Food and Accessible Options for All
  • Equity and Access
  • Radical Gratitude
  • Bold and Innovative
  • Data-Driven and Measurable
  • Sustainability and Climate Action
  • Collaboration and Partnership

Building a Stronger Future:

Our Strategic Roadmap for Lasting Impact

412 Food Rescue has grown into a vital organization addressing retail food waste and insecurity by rescuing surplus food and redistributing it to those in need. As the organization evolves, the strategic plan focuses on building a resilient foundation that ensures long-term impact, operational excellence, and leadership in the food rescue movement.

Our new strategic plan outlines four strategic priorities to position 412 Food Rescue as a model organization.

Strategic Goals:

Build Financial Sophistication and Strength

  1. Build Financial Resilience through Diversification
  2. Implement Innovative Strategies for Growth
  3. Measure our Impact, Share our Story

Ensure Operational Excellence

  1. Elevate Marketing and Storytelling to Inspire Action
  2. Reimagine Organizational Structure for Growth
  3. Establish Operational Cohesion

Invest in Our Team and Network

  1. Enhance Staff Culture and Wellbeing
  2. Build a Tailored Experience for Volunteers
  3. Strengthen Relationships with Food Donors and Non-Profit Partner Distribution Sites

Champion the Food Rescue Movement

  1. Lead in Innovation
  2. Support the Educational Needs of the Ecosystem
  3. Institutionalize Advocacy as a Pillar of Impact at 412 Food Rescue
  4. Plan for Scale

JOIN US

Donate Food

Do you own or work for a retailer that has surplus food to offer? Our donor partners range from large food distributors to small mom-and-pop stores, restaurant chains, urban farms and even other nonprofits!

Become a food donor

Become a Nonprofit Partner

Do you work for an organization that serves community members in Western PA? We partner with nonprofits of all sizes whose primary mission may not be to solely fight hunger, but to support vulnerable populations in other ways.

Become a nonprofit partner

Volunteer

Our volunteers are our personal heroes. The 412 Food Rescue app, makes it easy and fun to volunteer as much or as little as you’d like: claim a weekly rescue that allows you to volunteer every week at the same time; Or, claim one-time rescues whenever convenient. Each food rescue takes about 30 minutes.

Learn more about volunteering

Donate Financially

From one-time gifts, to leveraging your workplace’s charitable giving match, to leaving a legacy through bequests, it’s easy to support the important work we do with financial contributions.

Donate