Our Mission:
Service
To our neighbors in the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County.
Our Mission
With the support from individual, corporate, and faith-based contributors, we receive financial donations and collect and distribute thousands of pounds of donated food each year to our affiliated emergency food pantries and programs, free of charge.
Our Impact
The Interreligious Food Consortium serves smaller and under-resourced food pantries, senior housing facilities, social workers, and other providers in the local emergency food network. As of 2021, the IFC is collaborating with Interfaith Works (IFW) in a Pantry Partnership program, where we help them provide food for New Americans.
During the pandemic, the IFC accepted referrals from the Onondaga County Health Department and expanded its services to provide door-to-door, seven days a week, food deliveries to families in need who were in isolation and quarantine due to COVID-19.
660+
Quarantined Adults and children fed during The PANDEMIC
Families were referred to the IFC by the Onondaga County Health Department while in quarantine. At the moment, COVID-19 numbers are down but the IFC continues to serve those in need.
4000+
pounds of food items a month
We collect and distribute non-perishable items for families in the Syracuse and Onondaga County Communities
1000+
Empty Bowls sold annually
The IFC has held the Empty Bowls sale every year since 2004 on the last Friday in September. In collaboration with local potters to create handmade bowls for fundraising efforts.
