Give Monthly
Feed Families All Year
Giving monthly makes an enormous impact.
Regardless of the size of the monthly donation, being a Recipe Club member allows us to plan and better utilize all of our resources. Your recurring contribution fuels our mission of promoting food security, ensuring families experience not just access to food, but stability and community month after month.
Your financial contribution provides food security with dignity.
Thanks to your generosity, we are able to continue to provide free food to our neighbors. Your gift puts food on the table, provides a supportive community where co-op members can grow, and affirms the dignity of every person fed.
Different ways to contribute to Urban Recipe
Gift of Stock
Donate stock and enjoy tax benefits, avoid capital gains taxes and make a significant impact.
Tribute Gifts
Honor your loved ones with a gift to Urban Recipe. Give in honor, memory or celebration today.
Attend our Fundraiser
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Offline Giving
If you’d like to make your contribution offline, please mail a check to:
Urban Recipe
ATTN: Development Department
970 Jefferson St. NW
Suite 7
Atlanta, GA 30318
*If you’d like to donate over the phone, please call: 404-688-0871 and ask to speak with Manda Shankel, Director of Development.
Other Ways to Support Urban Recipe
Giving Through a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)
As a qualified charity, Urban Recipe accepts and welcomes grants made through DAFs. To learn more about supporting us through a grant from your DAF, contact Manda Shankel, Director of Development.
Ready to make a DAF gift now through your fund at Fidelity Charitable, DAFgiving360, or BNY Charitable? Click on the DAF Direct button now.
Gift via IRA
For those 70.5 or older, donate through your IRA to reduce taxable income, meet required minimum distributions and support our mission.
Planned Gift
Consider including us in your estate planning to make a lasting impact and ensure our future, all while receiving significant tax benefits.
Matching Gifts
Double your impact! Many employers offer a company match, making your donation go even further in the fight against food insecurity. Need help determining if your gift is eligible for a match? Contact Manda Shankel, Director of Development.
Organize a Food and Goods Drive
Our food primarily comes from various food partners, but if you’re interested in organizing a food or hygiene drive for us, we always take donations. Please contact Reed Stewart, Program Manager, for guidelines.
Contribute to the fight against food insecurity today.
Urban Recipe welcomes gifts from individuals, corporations, foundatons and faith-based organizations. If you’d like to learn how you can further your impact, contact Manda Shankel, Director of Development.
I’m proud to support Urban Recipe because it’s truly changing how we address food security and community building in Atlanta and beyond. By building belonging through food, Urban Recipe is leading the way to a stronger, more resilient community for everyone.
Jessica Swain
Urban Recipe Donor and Board Member
2025 Donors
This list reflects gifts made to Urban Recipe between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. It does not include event ticket purchases. If you feel you have been listed incorrectly, please contact Manda Shankel at mandashankel@urbanrecipe.org.
$50,000+
Anonymous
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
CoreGiving
John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland
Charitable Foundation
S.L. Gimbel Foundation, a fund at The Inland Empire Community Foundation
The Zeist Foundation
$25,000-$49,999
Anonymous
Amy Durrell & Russell Currey
Merancas Foundation
Peachtree Church
$10,000-$24,999
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Camp-Younts Foundation
DAFgiving360
Fidelity Charitable
Charlie Heard
Jack & Anne Glenn Charitable Foundation
Will Jordan
Lyn & Jim LaVallee
Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation
Christina & James Rissler
$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
Tracy & Michael Ballew
Bolst Real Estate
Patti & Jordan Clark
Susan & Hartwell Dew
Nancy & Gary Driggers
Equipment Controls Company
Goldsmith Family Foundation
Robert McEver
The Morris Family Foundation
Northside Drive Baptist Church
PagerDuty Fund of the Tides Foundation
William & Carolyn Silzle Jr.
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Umi Feeds & The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability & Resistance
WellSky Foundation
Diane & Fitz Wickham
Tom & Judie Wilhite
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous
Atlanta Foundation
August Fifth Foundation
Allen & Gene Barnes
Asenith Dixon Bell
Benevity
Donna & James Cartee
Nathan & Renata Deasy
First Baptist Church of Decatur
Groundswell Charitable Foundation
Jackson EMC Foundation
Ashley King
Ted & Afton LaVallee
Brandon Makinson & Andrea Demick
Wendy & William Moore
Alexa & Matthew Oster
Erin Smith
Kristin & Daniel VanderEnde
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
Barbara Atchley
The Bank of New York Mellon
Jan Beaves
BNY Mellon Community
Partnership
Tina Terrell Brown
Georganne & Vernon Burton
Robyn Bussey
Charityvest
Costco Atlanta Distribution Center
Sally & Bob Cramer
Decatur First United Methodist Church
Dematic
Tahseen & James Drenter
Enterprise & Taylor Charitable Entities
Cynthia Fang
Chris Gilliam
Karen Golden-Biddle & Mark Biddle
Brian & Tamara Grasso
Richard & Betty Hammonds
Rhonda & Bill Harris
Adrienne & Scott Hardesty
Susan Harlan & Michael Mosley
The Hecht Foundation
The Kirby Smart Family Foundation, a donor advised fund administered by the Athens Area Community Foundation
Rodney & Marla Johnson
Betsy & Don Jordan
Mindy Kammeyer
Kim & Glenn Kurtz
Ruby Langford
Alexander Latz
Jenny & Todd Latz
Lynne LaVallee
Andrew Lawton
Sandra & Jimmy Lewis
Nancy Livengood
Julie Mann
Amy & Ashley McClure
Dee Dee & Pat Murphy
Ormewood Church
Alissa Orr
Joni & John Per-Lee
PwC
Debra & Scott Pyron
Wendy Silver & Joe Trachtenberg
Thomas H. Pitts Trust
Jessica Swain
Anne & Jim Topple
Vanguard Charitable
Warner Bros Discovery
Windsor Communities
Catherine & David Wooten
$500-$999
Shakeer & Adila Abdullah
Pam Battey
Mary Ann & John Bender
Haqiqa & Bill Bolling
Sandy & Thomas Brinks
Joy & Preston Cauley
Cushman & Wakefield’s Southeast Office & Industrial Capital Markets Team
Melissa DaSilva
Jeantou DeGrammont
Desmet
Stanley Everett
Cindy & Mark Green
Melanie & William Gross
Tammy & Reid Harbin
Tracy High
Milly Holliday
Margaret Hundley
InterContinental Hotels Group
Eva Johnson
Danny Joiner
Sarah Jowers
Kelt Kindick
Jennifer & Mark Klein
Beth Laxton
Leadership Perimeter
Beth & Jeremy Lewis
Jonathan Lewis
Living Truth 365
William Marshall & Cheryl Dewell
Alison Mason
Daryl & Nancy Moore
Michael Mosley
N.A. Williams Company
Jack Nolen
NuernbergMesse North America
Annie & Eric Omdahl
Ruth Ellen & Thomas Patterson
Priya Reddy
Natanya Roberts
Camille Sims
Charles & Christine Sterne
Jan Stewart
Stifel Charitable
Ann & Brian Warsham
Hannah & Jon West
Keya Wondwossen
$250-$499
Andrea & Ozzie Arroyo
Cliff & Ann Bargeron
Abby Brenller
Kurt Brinner
Faye & Steve Cashwell
Jon Chasteen
Christina Cook
Faye Dresner
Michael Egan
Sarah Fonder-Kristy
Ann Frazier
Carol Hadley & Mickey Goodson
Keith Henderson
LeNeve Horne
Donna Jones
Jan & Jimmy Jones
Sandra & Bob Jones
A. Barton Lester
Timothy Lipus
Amanda & David Lower
Evan Lumbra
Hellena Moon-Chun
Emily Oakes
Pilgrims Class, First Baptist Church of Decatur
Duchess & Bob Raehn
Manda & Jeremy Shankel
David Sirna
Scott Smith & Beth Hodges
Kevin Swain
Barbara Turman
Victoria Wolak
$100-$249
Sarah & Mike Armstrong
Jack Barnes
Charlene Beard
BlackRock
Doris Blackwell
Betty & David Botts
Elizabeth Broderick
Joann Cainion
Tom Chapel & Jennifer McCoy
Mary Coffey
Susan Cooper
Myrtie Cope
Scott Crook
Dell Technologies
Collins Desselle
Glenda Emanuel
Meara Erdozain
Bennett Fogle
Megan Glover
Nicole Hart
Robert Henebry
Gene Hertzler
Diane Hilleary
Kurt Hoffman
Ron Hutchins
Jacquelyn Ito-Smith
Tumara Jackson
Elizabeth Jackson-Jordan
Sydney Janney
Bailey Johnston
Katherine Jordan
Tania Kane
Whitney Kemmerick
Stephen Kinser
Heather Kutzman
Dean Leeper
Travie Leslie
Mary & Jim Lester
Jose & Rosa Licha-de-Becerra
Adam Lipus
Patricia Maddox
Elizabeth Mathews
Travis Mayo
Shannon McClure
Lynne & David McGanity
Barbara J. Miller
Karen Miller
Alton Myers
Pradeep Nagendran
Deborah Oakley
Kyle Ogrodnick
Anna Okula
Bracolla Peters
Jacquelyn D. Poole
Paula Powell
Sarah D Quezada
Joseph Reifenberger
Cecelia & Robert Roden
Elizabeth Sastre
Taylor Rideout Scott
Honey & Richard Shackelford
Ola Smith
David Clark Stuart
Tracy Thurkow
Rachel Tilghman
Henry Timmons
Michael Timmons
Tokio Marine Management
Glenda Triemer
Erika Turflinger
Voya Financial
Chloe Weathington
Jonathan Webber
Deborah Williams
Jim Wininger
Matthew Wolfersberger
Shannon Wong
Chip Yaggi
Companies That Have Matched Gifts
The Bank of New York Mellon
BlackRock
The Coca-Cola Company
Dell Technologies
Google
Microsoft
Nike
NVIDIA
PwC
Voya Financial
Warner Bros. Discovery
Gifts in Honor and Memoriam
In Honor of All of My Neighbors in Need
Michayla Stephens
In Honor of John Bender
N.A. Williams Company
In Honor of Hannah K. Deese
Sarah Jowers
In Honor of Dwight D. Dozier
Heather Kutzman
In Honor of Evie, Mishka & Callie
Manda & Jeremy Shankel
In Honor of Rev. Chad Hale
Ann & Brian Warsham
In Honor of Richard Malcolm Hammonds, Warren Walthom Hammonds, Doni Hammonds Robinson & Dana Hammonds Sizemore
Richard & Betty Hammonds
In Honor of Will Jordan
Betsy & Don Jordan
In Honor of Daniel & Sally Joyce
Emily Oakes
In Honor of Katherine Kinser
Stephen Kinser
Elizabeth Prescott
Sarah Prescott
In Honor of Jeremy Lewis
Tom Chapel & Jennifer McCoy
Debra & Scott Pyron
In Honor of Kathleen Loesel
Lauren Gornto
In Honor of Adam & Anita Lipus
Timothy Lipus
In Memory of Molly McGouirk
Julie Mann
In Honor of Belinda Morris
Wendy Silver
In Honor of My Clients: Adam Sever & Briana de Veer, South Downtown, Michelle Rosen-Sapir & Shahar Sapir, Chris Starkey & Vanessa Tucker, Amelia & Jason Chappell, Cathy Price, Eduardo Santiago & Gloribel Perez
Ashley McClure
In Honor of Our Parents: Dr. William & Mary McGanity, & Bill & Ruth Morrison
Lynne & David McGanity
In Honor of Joy Sutton
Ariel Brassil
In Honor of Jessica Swain
Kevin Swain
In Honor of Randy Tidmore
Mindy Kammeyer
In Honor of the Thanking Interfaith Community Service at Northside Dr Baptist Church
Barbara Marks
Urban Recipe, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) organization (EIN/tax ID number 27-0000606). Donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
