Second Harvest’s Capital Campaign:
Building a Food-Secure Future for Silicon Valley

In wealthy Silicon Valley, hundreds of thousands of our neighbors are at risk of hunger. That’s unacceptable.

No one should ever have to choose between paying for gas, medicine or fresh groceries. But even before the COVID-19 crisis, one in four people in our community was at risk of food insecurity. Too many struggled to afford basic expenses like rent, childcare and transportation. During the pandemic, the need for our services doubled as many were pushed further into poverty or faced it for the first time.

The pandemic brought to light the number of neighbors who are struggling to make ends meet. We need to sustain our increased scale to ensure everyone can continue to have access to nutritious food.

Second Harvest stepped up when our community needed us most. We doubled our operation and rented a massive warehouse to meet the surge in hunger during the pandemic. But our client numbers have stayed significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels — we are currently serving an average of about 500,000 people each month.

Emergency response has stretched our facilities and operations as far as they can go.

vision

Building a new home for the long term.

Present

Our current operation is spread across four spaces that were not designed to be a long-term solution. To meet the increased need and be prepared for future emergencies, we must be poised to distribute 160 million pounds of food annually.

Future

We will build a unified, nimble, forward-thinking operation to ensure our community has access to healthy food, no matter what. Our new spaces will more sustainably and effectively serve more people across our networks, make the most of our resources, be fueled by volunteer support and open new possibilities for engaging and serving our community.

Plan

Primary 215,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Santa Clara County: Second Harvest’s new hub will centralize our food handling and distribution operations. With extensive space for volunteers, it will bring most sorting and packing operations under one roof. We have purchased a 16.2 acre lot where we will build this new facility.

your role

We need donors like you who will play a key role in securing additional land in a competitive market and bringing our spaces to life.

We will unify our work by shifting from crisis operations to long-term impact in permanent, sustainable spaces. In doing so, we will unify our community around the foundational idea that everyone deserves access to nutritious food.

Investment Overview

We’ve already laid the foundation for this effort by thoughtfully planning ways to make the best possible use of new spaces, securing a strategic piece of land in San Jose, and investing $15 million from our own reserves toward the overall project cost.

Philanthropic support is essential to realizing our vision of a hunger-free Silicon Valley. We are asking our community to help bring this vision to life.

Facilities Project Revenue Sources

Capital Campaign	$150,000,000
Second Harvest Approved Reserves	$20,100,000
State Grant	$6,800,000
Other Sources	$23,100,000
Total	$200,000,000

Facilities Project Cost Details

Land	$40,100,000
Hard Cost (construction)	$132,800,000
Soft Cost (consultants, etc.)	$7,800,000
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	$5,900,000
Permit and Impact Fees	$4,200,000
Contingency and Allowances	$9,200,000
Total	$200,000,000

75% Capital Campaign
10% Second Harvest Approved Reserves
12% Other Sources
3% State Grant

Nutritious food is a necessity for everyone, but too many people in our community don’t have the access or the means to buy it. Second Harvest distributes fresh groceries through nearly 400 local partners across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Second Harvest needs all of our help to build a more efficient food distribution system for Silicon Valley. We can all thrive when everyone’s basic needs are met.

MARIEKE AND JEFF ROTHSCHILD

How to Get Involved

To continue serving our mission at the highest level for the long-term, we can’t keep doing business as usual. This is our opportunity to develop a community where everyone has access to healthy food with dignity.

Join Us

To learn more about our campaign, contact Olivia Hill, Senior Campaign Manager.

Email: ohill@shfb.org

Thank You to Our Corporate Partners

Advisory Committee

Tom Bernthal

John Donahoe

Kathleen Donohue

Bill Gurley

Reed Hastings

Geoff Ralston

Chuck Robbins

Sheryl Sandberg

John A. Sobrato

David Sze

Charmaine Warmenhoven

Dan Warmenhoven

Steering Committee

Ellen Drew, co-chair

Marieke Rothschild, co-chair

Dave Babulak

Jennifer Burkham

Kat Carroll

Poulomi Damany

Doug Edwards

Kristen Edwards

Jacque Jarve

John Jarve

Colleen McCreary

Robin Reynolds

Elizabeth Schweinsberg

Mark Stevens

Paul Yock

THE REALIZATION OF THE VISION

Second Harvest’s Capital Campaign: Building a Food-Secure Future for Silicon Valley