The Food Forever Fund
Your Legacy. Their Future.

A gift to the Food Forever Fund is an investment in the future of Golden Harvest Food Bank and the neighbors we serve across Georgia and South Carolina. Your support helps strengthen our ability to respond to hunger not only today, but for generations to come.

Gifts to the fund are carefully invested to create both immediate and lasting impact. Each year, a portion helps support Golden Harvest and our network of more than 325 hunger relief partners as they provide meals and critical support throughout our community. The remaining earnings are reinvested to help ensure the fund continues growing and serving neighbors well into the future.

Through the Food Forever Fund, your generosity can continue making a difference for years to come.

Vision for the Future

For more than two decades, the Food Forever Fund has helped turn generosity into lasting impact. Established in 2002 and strengthened through the support of a caring community, including legacy gifts made by neighbors who wanted to make a difference for years to come, the fund reflects what is possible when we invest in one another.

What began as a way to support the future of Golden Harvest Food Bank has grown into something even greater. Today, the Food Forever Fund helps strengthen hunger relief efforts across our community by supporting the people, programs, and partners working every day to ensure neighbors have access to the food and support they need.

Growing the Reach of Our Hunger Relief Network

In 2024, Golden Harvest Food Bank was proud to launch the Network Investment Program. Through the support of the Food Forever Fund, 20 hunger relief partners across our Georgia and South Carolina service area received grants designed to strengthen their capacity and expand food access within their communities.

These investments are helping local partners grow their impact and better serve neighbors facing hunger. We look forward to continuing this work with our second round of grant awards in June 2026.

Golden Harvest Food Bank extends its heartfelt congratulations to all the grant recipients and expresses gratitude to the donors whose generosity made these grants possible.

– Mt. Olive Church of the Nazarene in Johnson County – $40,000

– Clifford Grove Baptist Church in Wilkes County – $40,000

– Family Connections CIS-Glascock in Glascock County – $40,000

– Hancock Helping Hands in Hancock County – $37,073

– Unity Outreach Church in Aiken County – $33,663

– Noah’s Ark MBC in Burke County – $31,378

– Bridges of Hope in Jefferson County – $28,675

– Gateway Church in Barnwell County – $18,000

– Broken Shackle Ranch in Washington County – $17,577

– BackPack Program at Blythe Elementary School in Richmond County – $15,140

– Trinity COG Ministries in Allendale County – $13,860

– Putnam Christian Outreach in Putnam County – $6,700

– DCCM in Richmond County – $6,204.86

– BackPack Program at McBean Elementary School in Richmond County- $6,500

– McDuffie Manna in McDuffie County – $2,850

– Answers Community Church in Columbia County – $2,600

– St Mary’s/St Vincent DePaul Society of Aiken in Aiken County – $2,550

– Elbert Co. UMC Food Ministry in Elbert County – $1,154

– BackPack Program at Chukker Creek Elementary School in Aiken County – $800

– BackPack Program at Screven City Elementary School in Screven County – $731

Community Investment Program Impact Report
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Planning Your Bequest

  • Seek advice from your financial or legal advisor

  • Contact us for assistance

  • Set up a will or trust to communicate your wishes

  • Name Golden Harvest Food Bank as a beneficiary of your estate

Legal Name: Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc.
Street Address: 3310 Commerce Drive, Augusta, GA 30909
EIN: 58-1466514

While we do not have standard language that we require be used, we would suggest a version of the following:

I give to Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc., a non-profit organization, located in Augusta, GA, ______(a percentage of the estate, specific dollar amount, remainder of estate after all other charitable gifts & expenses, etc.) to be used for Golden Harvest Food Bank’s hunger relief work. If at any time, it becomes impossible or impractical for my gift to be used for the above charitable purpose, Golden Harvest Food Bank shall use my gift for a purpose and in a manner that most closely meets the above charitable purpose.

Benefits of a Legacy Gift

  • Simplicity. Just a few sentences in your will or trust is all it takes.

  • Tax relief. You are entitled to an estate tax deduction for the value of your gift.

  • Lasting impact. Support a mission that ensures individuals and families will have access to nutritious food and resources with the dignity and respect they deserve.

We’re here to help!

We’d love to help you create a plan that reflects your values and builds a hunger free future for our community.

Mary Hopkins
Major Gifts Officer
plannedgiving@goldenharvest.org
706-736-1199

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