Case Study: San Diego Food Bank achieves 60% volunteer program growth with VolunteerHub

San Diego Food Bank Achieves 60% Growth with VolunteerHub

The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank fights food insecurity across San Diego County, serving 350,000 people monthly through 500 nonprofit partners and addressing needs for military families, children, and seniors. To meet rising demand—450,000 county residents face food insecurity—the organization depends on volunteers to fill tens of thousands of hours each year and needed a more scalable, organized volunteer program to expand services.

Since 2009 the food bank has used VolunteerHub for recruitment, group and individual registration, reporting, communications, and admin tools, enabling volunteers to self-register and managers to track trends and coordinate partners. That platform helped the program grow from 50,000 to 80,000 volunteer hours (a 60% increase), generate an estimated $2M+ in annual volunteer value, and support a 500% increase in food distribution over the past decade (33 million pounds/26 million meals in 2019).

San Diego Food Bank

John Bode

Food Center & Volunteer Manager