Contact Information
San Francisco 415.587.6685
Siskiyou 530.465.2411
Main Office
Free the Need
827 Joost Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
Free the Need is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit
All Donations are Tax Deductible
Model for Sustainable Giving
Free the Need was started in 1989 by a group of friends who wanted to improve the welfare of families and children in their area. Founded on the idea that there is enough to go around, they began collecting surplus food and clothing and distributing it through out the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently volunteers also distribute surplus in Siskiyou and Del Norte Counties in Northern California and Jackson County Oregon.
As an all-volunteer organization operating entirely on surplus, Free the Need is a model for sustainable giving. For over 20 years, volunteers have distributed fresh, healthy food and gently used clothing that would have otherwise become landfill for less than 4-1/2 cents per pound.
The success of Free the Need is entirely due to people like you who give their surplus time, money and resources.
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