HAPCAP / SE Ohio Foodbank

What HAPCAP / SE Ohio Foodbank does

HAPCAP (Hocking Athens Perry Community Action) is a community action agency based in Glouster, Ohio. It has worked in Appalachian southeast Ohio for more than 60 years. Its best-known program is the SE Ohio Foodbank, which supplies food to pantries, meal programs and distribution sites across 10 counties: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington.

The Foodbank belongs to the Feeding America network and works with more than 60 local partners. In Athens County alone, it moved nearly 1.2 million pounds of food through 11 agencies in state fiscal year 2024. HAPCAP also runs Head Start and Early Head Start, energy assistance, home repair and weatherization, affordable housing, career services and public transit (GoBus, Athens Public Transit and Logan Public Transit) in its home counties.

HAPCAP's budget across all these programs is about $34 million a year. Charity Navigator gives it four out of four stars. The Foodbank's own page takes gifts through the same donation form as the rest of HAPCAP, so donors who want their money to go to food should say so.

Key facts

• SE Ohio Foodbank serves 10 counties: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington (HAPCAP)
• The Foodbank works with more than 60 food pantries, meal providers and distribution sites and is a Feeding America member (HAPCAP)
• In Athens County alone it distributed 1,185,828 lbs of food through 11 partner agencies in state fiscal year 2024 (SE Ohio Foodbank county fact sheet)
• FY2024 across all HAPCAP programs: about $34.2M in revenue and $34.4M in expenses; 501(c)(3) since 1966 (ProPublica)

Before you give

• HAPCAP runs many programs, so a general gift supports the whole agency. If you want your gift to go to food, look for a Foodbank designation on the form or call HAPCAP at (740) 767-4500.