Are you or your family facing a tough time and need food support? This directory can make finding food banks, pantries and soup kitchens easier and faster. No one should have to go hungry or struggle alone. Our directory helps you connect directly with caring people and organizations ready to lend a hand.
Not in need of food assistance but want to make a difference? Many of these locations welcome volunteers and donations. Reach out to a local pantry or food bank to learn how you can help support our community.
Know Before You Go: Some locations may require proof of residency. Food pantry services are available only during designated days and hours. Please contact each location in advance to confirm their schedule and ask any additional questions.
Food Banks, Pantries and Soup Kitchens in Central NJ
Hunterdon County
Fisherman’s Mark
Food Pantry
Lambertville
609-397-0194
Flemington Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Flemington
908-788-5568
Frenchtown Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Frenchtown
908-996-2227
North Hunterdon Community Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Califon
908-537-4824
Open Cupboard Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Clinton
908-730-7320
Starfish Food Pantry c/o Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church
Food Pantry
Whitehouse Station
908-534-2319
Mercer County
Arm in Arm
Food Pantry
Trenton and Princeton
609-396-9355
Catholic Charities
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-394-8847 x2529
Community Action Service Center, Inc.
Food Pantry
Hightstown
609-443-4464
Habitat for Humanity Trenton Area – East Trenton Center
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-393-8009
Hamilton Neighborhood Service Center
Food Pantry
Hamilton
609-393-6480
Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center
Food Pantry
Lawrenceville
609-883-6755
Lifeline Emergency Shelter
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-392-7665
Mercer Street Friends Center
Food Bank
Ewing
609-406-0503
Mt. Carmel Guild
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-392-5159
Phoebe’s Pantry
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-393-6318
Rescue Mission of Trenton
Soup Kitchen
Trenton
609-695-1436, ext. 112
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Edison
732-287-0888
St. Raphael – Holy Angels Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Hamilton
609-585-3848
Tender Hearts Association
Food Pantry
Hamilton
609-890-3517
The Crisis Ministry of Princeton
Food Pantry
Princeton
609-921-2135
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK)
Soup Kitchen
Trenton
609-695-5456
Trinity Cathedral
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-392-3805
True Servant CDC – True Life Center Multitudes Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Hamilton
609-888-0288
United Progress
Food Pantry
Trenton
609-392-2161
Middlesex County
Abundant Life Christian Center, Living Waters
Dayton
732-508-0734
Aldersgate Outreach Community Center
East Brunswick
732-254-7361 Option 2
Alliance Center for Independence
Edison
732-738-4388
Bayard Street Presbyterian Church
New Brunswick
732-247-0384 or 732-672-3793
Be the Change NJ
Highland Park
732-207-6195
Carteret Calvary Baptist Church – Reflection of God the Way Ministry
Carteret
732-541-9169 (Office) or 732-912-6007 (Help Line)
Calvary Chapel Crossfields
Jamesburg
732-521-0382
Cathedral CDC Social Services – Mercy House Food Pantry
Perth Amboy
732-826-5293
Central Jersey Diaper Bank/Anshe Emeth Community Development Corporation
New Brunswick
732-296-9922
Choice Food and Resource Center at Unity Square Catholic Charities
New Brunswick
732-545-0329 option 4
Christ Episcopal Church
Food Pantry
New Brunswick
732-545-6262
Churches United For People
Spotswood
732-307-7939
Community of Hope Ministry
Food Pantry
Spotswood
732-967-4883
Community Presbyterian Church
Edison
732-287-1666
Crisis Room Food Pantry
East Brunswick
732-257-9920
CUP – Churches United for People
Food Pantry
Spotswood
732-251-2449
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Soup Kitchen
New Brunswick
732-247-2459
Edison Housing Authority
Food Pantry
Edison
908-561-8489 ext. 215
Elijah’s Promise
Soup Kitchen
New Brunswick
732-545-9002, ext.11
Emmaus Retreat House
Food Pantry
Perth Amboy
732-442-7688
Epic Church, World Outreach Center
Sayreville
732-727-9500 ext. 1406
Evangel Church of Woodbridge
Iselin
908-350-6282
Faith Fellowship World Outreach
Food Pantry
Sayreville
732-727-9500, ext.1300
Family and Children’s Services of Central New Jersey
Food Pantry
New Brunswick
732-545-0366, ext. 13
Favor Ministries
Carteret
(732) 688-7039
Fellowship Bible Church
732-636-7727
Woodbridge
First Baptist Church of Woodbridge – Homeless Shelter
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Sewaren
732-750-9475
First Bilingual SDA Church Food Pantry
Middlesex
732-629-8065
First Presbyterian Church
Food Pantry
South Amboy
732-721-4516
First Presbyterian Church
Woodbridge, NJ
(732) 634-1024
First Presbyterian Church of Avenel
Food Pantry
Avenel
732-634-1631
First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury
Food Pantry
Cranbury
609-395-0897
First Presbyterian Church of Iselin
Food Pantry
Iselin
732-283-1188
First Presbyterian Church of Dunellen in partnership with Beginning World Changers
Dunellen
732-968-3844 ext. 103
First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen
Metuchen
732-491-2300 (Office) or 732-491-2325 (Food Pantry)
First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge
Woodbridge
732-634-1024
FISH Hospitality Program
Food Pantry
Piscataway
732-968-5957
Five Loaves Food Pantry at the Second Reformed Church
Food Pantry
New Brunswick
732-545-0581
Grace Christian Fellowship Ministries
Old Bridge
732-251-2062
Grace Presbyterian Church—Grace For Dinner
Kendall Park
732-297-9182
Guardian Angels Church, Society of St. Vincent De Paul
Food Pantry
Edison
732-572-0977
Hands of Hope at St. James Episcopal Church
Edison
732-236-3330
Heaven’s Helpers
Woodbridge
732-501-7972
Highland Park Community Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Highland Park
732-819-0052 or 908-410-7618
Hogar Crea of Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy
(732) 826-2732
Iglesia Ciudad de Refugio
Perth Amboy
732-221-4303
Islamic Society of Central Jersey Food Pantry
Monmouth Junction,
732-329-9665
James O. Bryant Food Pantry
Piscataway
732-287-5184
Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County
Food Pantry
Milltown
732-777-1940
Jewish Family Services – Middlesex
North Brunswick
732-777-1940
Jewish Family Service of Southern Middlesex County
Food Pantry
East Brunswick
732-257-4100
Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) – Family Assistance Center (FAC) “My Choice Store”
Perth Amboy
732-324-2114 ext. 131
Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) – Bayside Family Success Center (FSC)
Perth Amboy
732-638-5063
Lazarus Project
Food Pantry
South River
732-254-0066
Legacy Church Inc.
South River
732-993-3625
Living Hope Outreach Center
Dunellen
732-424-7363
Love Thy Neighbor (Abundant Life Worship Center)
Perth Amboy
(732) 826-4604
M.C.F.O.O.D.S.
Food Bank
New Brunswick
732-745-5548
Meals on Wheels of Perth Amboy
Food Pantry
Perth Amboy
732-826-1690, ext. 3
Messiah Lutheran Church
Sayreville
732-721-8493 (leave a message)
Middlesex County Economic Opportunities Corporation
Food Pantry
North Brunswick
732-324-1580
Middlesex Elks #1488
Middlesex
732-968-9827
Monroe Township Office of Senior Services
Monroe Twp
609-448-7140
Mt. Zion Family Worship Church
New Brunswick
908-294-7571
Muslim Center of Middlesex County Food Pantry
Piscataway
732-475-0515
New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene
Edison
732-985-7097
New Beginnings at Mount Calvary Missionary Church
New Brunswick
848-228-1789 or 732-351-8500
New Brunswick Seventh Day Adventist Church
New Brunswick
732-745-4858 or for emergencies (732) 474-8801
New Brunswick English SDA Church
New Brunswick
917-446-7422
New Life Food Pantry
Helmetta
732-521-0169
North Brunswick Food Bank
North Brunswick Senior Center
North Brunswick
732-418-2222
Old Bridge Township Food Bank
Old Bridge
732-721-5600 ext. 2022
Our Lady of Fatima Church
Food Pantry
Perth Amboy
732-442-6634
Peter’s Pantry
Perth Amboy
732-742-3205
Plainsboro Township Food Pantry
Plainsboro
609-799-0909 ext. 1711
Puerto Rican Association for Human Development
Perth Amboy
(732) 442-1081
Radiant Church
Piscataway
732-428-1750
Radiant Community Church—Lighthouse Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen
Perth Amboy
732-826-8427
Raritan Bay YMCA Center for Support, Success, and Prosperity
Perth Amboy
732-771-9910
Raritan Valley YMCA
East Brunswick
732-257-4114
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick
732-258-1574
Sacred Heart Church Social Concerns
South Plainfield
908-756-0633 ext. 112
Salvation Army Family & Community Emergency Center
New Brunswick
732-545-1477 ext. 112
Salvation Army
Perth Amboy
732-826-7040
Sanctuary of Praise – R.C.C.G.
Perth Amboy
346-203-7855
Sayreville Care & Share Food Bank
Sayreville
732-390-7058
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Perth Amboy
732-734-7289
Sharon Baptist Church/PRAB Food Pantry
New Brunswick
848-209-6048 or 732-846-0669
South Brunswick Township Food Pantry
Monmouth Junction
732-329-4000 ext. 7674
South Plainfield Social Services Department
South Plainfield
908-226-7625
South River Food Bank
South River
732-257-1999 ext. 517
St. Alban’s Church Food Pantry
New Brunswick
732-247-0808
St. Anthony of Padua Food Pantry
Port Reading
732-634-1403
St. Cecelia’s Food Pantry
Iselin
732-283-0150
St. George’s Anglican/New Life Food Pantry
Helmetta
(732) 521-0169
St. Francis Cathedral Social Concerns
Metuchen
732-548-0100 ext. 225
St. James Emergency Food Pantry
Woodbridge
732-636-6343
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church
Perth Amboy
201-486-2123
St. Mary Food Pantry
South Amboy
732-721-7418
St. Mary & St. Stephen Coptic Church
East Brunswick
732-857-0188 / 732-675-9744
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Edison
907-472-6003
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Peter’s Pantry
Perth Amboy
732-742-3205
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Spotswood
732-251-2449
St. Stephen Lutheran Church Food Pantry
South Plainfield
908-757-4474
St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry, Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy
732-548-4317
South Brunswick Township Division of Social Services
Food Pantry
Monmouth Junction
732-329-4000, ext. 7677
South Plainfield Social Services Department
Food Pantry
South Plainfield
908-226-7625
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Food Pantry
Helmetta
732-521-0169
St. Joseph Food Pantry
Carteret
732-541-8946
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Food Pantry
Spotswood
732-249-6861
Tabernacle Baptist Church
New Brunswick
732-545-4063
The Heart of South River at Tabernacle Baptist Church
South River
732-254-5601
The Lighthouse Food Pantry (RCC)
Perth Amboy
732-654-2007
The Pantry
Plainsboro
609-799-9000 x27
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Food Pantry
New Brunswick
732-562-1990
The Urban Health Collaborative
New Brunswick,
732-419-7195
Trinity Church Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Woodbridge
732-634-7422, ext. 9
Union Baptist Church, Joshua Center Food Bank
South River
732-690-3673
United Methodist Church at New Brunswick
New Brunswick
732-545-8975
Unity Square/Catholic Charities of Metuchen
New Brunswick
732-659-1056
Zion Hill Baptist Church Food Pantry
Piscataway
908-391-4577
Monmouth County
Allentown Food Pantry
Allentown
609-259-7289
Atonement Lutheran Church
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-776-5727
Barn for the Poorest of the Poor – Monmouth
Food Pantry
Middletown
732-671-4163
Bethel Community Development Corporation Pantry
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-776-6068
BPC Food Pantry
Red Bank
732-747-0446
Bradley Food Pantry/St. James
Food Pantry
Bradley Beach
732-775-0161
Bradley Food Pantry
Neptune City
732-977-3606
Brookdale Wellness Center Food Pantry
Lincroft
732-224-2079
Calico Cat Pantry
Middletown
732-946-8525
Cathedral Assembly by The Shore
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Asbury Park
732-775-1696
Center in Asbury Park – Monmouth City
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-3416
CHANT: Conquer Hungry and Needy Together
Food Pantry
Neptune
732-774-2712
Christ Church Pantry
Howell
732-938-7500
Christ the King Pantry
Long Branch
732-222-3216 x116
Collingwood SDA Pantry
Tinton Falls
732-922-1675
Deliverance Temple
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-3130
Eatontown Food Coop
Food Pantry
Eatontown
732-610-8588
Faith Chapel
Food Pantry
Union Beach
732-264-5248
First Baptist Pantry
Long Branch
732-229-1453
First United Methodist A.P. Pantry
Asbury Park
732-775-2693
Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties
Food Bank
Neptune
732-918-2600
FPC Food Outreach
Food Pantry
Neptune
732-775-8174
Freehold Township Public Assistance
Food Pantry
Freehold
732-294-2048
Glad Tidings Pantry
Food Pantry
Tinton Falls
732-922-9189
God’s Pantry – Monmouth County
Food Pantry
Allenwood
732-938-4353
Goodness Now At Middletown UMC
Food Pantry
Middletown
732-671-0707
Greater Emmanuel of Howell Pantry – Monmouth County
Food Pantry
Neptune
732-774-1963
Hope at Freehold Township Helping Other People Eat
Food Pantry
Freehold
732-294-2048
Hope Community Pantry
Food Pantry
Manasquan
732-223-4115
Howell Emergency Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Howell
732-938-2368
JBJ Soul Kitchen
Community Restaurant
Red Bank
732-842-0900
Jewish Family Services Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-6886
Keyport Ministerium Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Keyport
732-888-1986
Kitchen at St. Mark’s
Food Pantry
Keansburg
732-495-5227
Lunch Break
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Red Bank
732-747-8577
Lutheran Church of Atonement Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-776-5727
Macedonia Freehold Church Food Pantry
Freehold
732-462-7797
Manasquan Food Pantry
Manasquan
732-223-0898
Manna-United Fellowship Outreach
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-775-2177
Matawan Food Pantry
Matawan
732-566-2663
Matawan United Methodist Pantry
Aberdeen
732-566-2996
Meal at Noon
Soup Kitchen
Long Branch
732-229-1188
Meet the Need Pantry
Freehold
888-281-6434
Mercy Center in Monmouth County
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-9397
Middletown Helps Its Own
Food Pantry
Port Monmouth
732-787-3604
Monmouth Worship Center Pantry
Marlboro
732-332-9600
Mt. Olivet – Heaven’s Grocery
Food Pantry
Neptune
732-775-4333
OLPH Pantry (Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
Food Pantry
Highlands
732-291-0272
Open Door Lunch Program and Pantry
Food Pantry
Freehold
732-780-1089
Presbyterian Church of Belmar
Food Pantry
Belmar
732-681-1255
Project Paul
Food Pantry
Keansburg
732-787-4887
Providence Baptist Pantry
Cliffwood Bch
732-566-4430
Reformation Food Pantry
W. Long Branch
732-229-9180
Retired Senior Volunteer Program RSVP
Food Pantry
Long Branch
732-222-6456
Salvation Army Red Bank
Food Pantry
Red Bank
732-747-1626
Salvation Army – Asbury Park
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-775-8698
Samaritan Center Food Pantry
Manalapan
732-446-1142
Second Baptist Church Food Pantry in Monmouth County
Food Pantry
Aberdeen
732-583-5340
Second Baptist Church Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-5347
Second Baptist Matawan
Food Pantry
Matawan
732-583-5340
Sephardic Bikur Holim Pantry
Food Pantry
Oakhurst
732-531-1117
Shore Christian Center
Food Pantry
Allenwood
732-938-4353
St. Ann’s Project Paul
Food Pantry
Keansburg
732-787-4887
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-3069
St. Benedict’s Emergency Pantry
Holmdel
732-264-4712 x 34
St. Brigid’s Pantry at St. James Church
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Long Branch
732-222-1411
St. Clement Church
Food Pantry
Matawan
732-566-3616
St. Crispin’s Food Pantry
Red Bank
732-747-0813 x109
St. Dorothea’s Pantry
Eatontown
732-542-0148×6
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-775-2777
St. John’s Pantry
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Hazlet
732-264-1236
St. Joseph Church
Food Pantry
Aberdeen
732-264-0322
St. Joseph Church Pantry
Keyport
732-290-1878
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Food Pantry
Long Branch
732-222-1341
St. Mark’s CCR Pantry
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Keansburg
732-787-3520
St. Michael’s Food Pantry
Long Branch
732-483-0360 x1
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Food Pantry
Ocean Grove
732-775-1125
St. Peter Claver Pantry
Asbury Park
732-775-4157
St. Stephen AME Zion Church
Food Pantry
Neptune
732-774-4010
St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph Church
Food Pantry
Keyport
732-290-1878
St. Benedict’s Emergency Pantry
Food Pantry
Holmdel
732-264-4712
Tabernacle of Glory
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-8353
The Mews Pantry
Wall/Farmingdale
732-919-6227
Trinity Episcopal Last Resort
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Asbury Park
732-775-5084
Triumphant Life Church
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-774-0303
United Fellowship Baptist Church
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-775-2177
Victory Tabernacle of Prayer
Food Pantry
Asbury Park
732-367-7148
VGCA Food Pantry
Red Bank
732-455-2703
West Belmar Food Pantry
West Belmar
732-681-4413
Somerset County
Bound Brook Corps
Food Pantry
Bound Brook
732-748-1146
Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
Bound Brook
(732) 356-3575
ELCC (Eternal Life Christian Center)
Somerset
732-846-9153
Feeding Hands Inc.
Hillsborough
(908) 397-6452
Feeding Hands – Bernardsville
King of Kings Worship Center
Basking Ridge
(908) 432-4018
Feeding Hands – Manville
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Manville
(908) 725-4522
Food Bank Network Of Somerset County
Food Bank
Bound Brook, Bridgewater, Manville, North Plainfield, Raritan and Somerville
732-560-1813
Food Bank of Somerset
Bound Brook
(732) 560-1813
For My Good Work
Bound Brook
908-533-1213
Franklin Township Food Pantry
Food Pantry
Somerset
732-246-0009
Hillsborough C.A.N
Hillsborough
(908) 369-3880
Montgomery Township Food Pantry
Skillman
(609) 466-1054
Peapack Reformed Church
Gladstone
(908) 234-2733
Raritan Food Pantry
Raritan
(908) 824-5003
Reformed Church of Bound Brook
Food Pantry
South Bound Brook
732-356-9345
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Manville
(908) 725-0072
Saint Vincent Society of North Plainfield
North Plainfield
(908) 315-8786
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Somerville
908-393-9545
Somerville Area FISH
Food Pantry
Somerville
908-725-5556
Street S.M.A.R.T.
Food Pantry
Bridgewater
908-526-6605 x321
Visions and Pathways PASSAGES
Bridgewater
(908) 581-1406
Visions and Pathways BRAHMA
Bridgewater
908-526-6605
Zarephath Christian Church
My Neighbors Pantry
Somerset
(732) 560-4001
If you would like your organization included in this directory or if your organization is listed but no longer in operation, please contact us.
