DC Central Kitchen

DC Central Kitchen combating hunger - creating opportunity
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Founded in 1989 in protest of traditional charity models, the organization uses career training, job creation, and sustainable business practices to strengthen local food systems and reduce disparities in health and economic opportunity. The Kitchen’s life-changing social ventures include providing culinary job training to at-risk adults, turning wasted food into balanced meals for shelters and nonprofits, and serving healthy, scratch-cooked meals in low-income schools.

Congratulations to DC Food Project on successfully wrapping up their 2025-26 distribution! The inspiring DCFP has provid...
06/05/2026

Congratulations to DC Food Project on successfully wrapping up their 2025-26 distribution! The inspiring DCFP has provided more than 5 million meals with behind the scenes support from DCCK!

A 2024 graduate of our training program, Gerald now works on our Materials Management Team. A series of tragic accidents...
06/04/2026

A 2024 graduate of our training program, Gerald now works on our Materials Management Team. A series of tragic accidents, including one that befell him as a child, left him with lasting physical pain that he eventually began treating with drugs. He overdosed twice and nearly died. But someone who cared about him looked out for him, helped him begin his recovery, and find our training program. Now, he says, “We are a family. We work to help each other. I'm blessed to be here.” https://dccentralkitchen.org/donate/

06/02/2026
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06/01/2026

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SAVE THE DATE! In one month we'll celebrate the 2,500th Culinary Job Training graduate at The Capital Turnaround!
05/26/2026

SAVE THE DATE! In one month we'll celebrate the 2,500th Culinary Job Training graduate at The Capital Turnaround!

Here’s what we’re doing this summer: serving more than 130,000 free, healthy summer meals, enrolling 90 more culinary st...
05/26/2026

Here’s what we’re doing this summer: serving more than 130,000 free, healthy summer meals, enrolling 90 more culinary students to our Culinary Job Training program, bringing discounted fruits and vegetables to 15,000 low-income shoppers, and feeding more than 10,000 additional families. And right now, every donation is doubled by a generous local family. Help us kick-start our summer efforts!

https://dccentralkitchen.org/donate/

For 37 years we’ve been fighting poverty and hunger in DC. Our two-part recipe of healthy food and job training works, e...
05/19/2026

For 37 years we’ve been fighting poverty and hunger in DC. Our two-part recipe of healthy food and job training works, especially in times like these. And right now, one local family is matching every gift, up to $150,000! Now is the time to join the fight! https://dccentralkitchen.org/donate/

05/18/2026

VOTE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN!!! Washington City Paper's Best of DC voting is underway and we're asking for your help! Vote DCCK for Best Nonprofit and Best Place to Volunteer! Vote Capital Food Fight for Best Charity Event!

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2121 First Street SW, Ste 140
Washington D.C., DC
20024

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+12022340707

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