OSL is a nonprofit that serves meals that are nutrient dense, culturally relevant, and medically sensitive,
to those who struggle with hunger in our community.
We are instrumental in advocating, supporting, and creating an equitable food system for all.
Ending HUnger,
One Meal at a Time
help us continue this work
OSL is excited to share that we will be moving into our own kitchen after working 34 years in hosted kitchens.
Renovations will be made to a 13,000 square foot warehouse space in Seattle, allowing all of our meal production to come out
of one large commercial kitchen, instead of our current 6 hosted small kitchens.
The build-out will also include frozen, cold and dry storage, and we will be purchasing the additional kitchen
equipment needed. Please help us to make this project a success!
Our fundraising goal to purchase all the kitchen equipment needed is $600,000!
Looking for OTHER ways to help? Please consider purchasing items from our Amazon wish list.
We are always thankful for your donations!!
Our Mission
“To provide dignity, care and compassion through action,
with the example that each person can make a difference.
To educate and advocate acceptance and understanding of each other’s differences.
To ultimately bring about the realization that we are all a vital part
of this world and with extended effort put an end to homelessness, hunger and hatred."
Executive Director, Beverly Graham serving meals on Thanksgiving at City Hall with our Mobile Meal Kitchen
2022 Annual Report
Working under the radar, with no fanfare, pedal to the metal, in 2022, OSL prepared, delivered, and served 1,684,145 no-cost, nutrient dense, culturally relevant, meals to those needing nutritional assistance in Seattle and King County.
We served meals to 58 programs; including, but not limited to: shelters and transitional shelter programs, permanent housing support, youth and children’s programs, homeless veteran programs, community court programs, City sanctioned encampments and tiny house villages, the OPEN MEAL SITE, senior adult programs, day programs needing nutritional support and several others.
The dedicated OSL staff prepared, delivered, served, and redistributed 1,816,194 POUNDS or 988 TONS of food and supplies to those struggling with hunger in Seattle, and the programs that serve their needs.
797,548 of those pounds were donated, procured and rescued through our Food In Motion (FIM) program, from 39 rescue and donor partners: Valued conservatively at $3.99 per pound: $3,182,216.52
786,657 pounds came through our friends at Food Lifeline, City Bulk Buy, and Northwest Harvest. Valued conservatively at $3.99 per pound: $3,138,761.43
Food donations were down as major donors closed campuses and food supply chain issues affected our donated and recovered food supply. In 2022 OSL purchased 231,989 pounds of fresh produce, dry goods, and quality protein throughout the year. Cost of protein, produce, and dry goods sky-rocketed in 2022. The cost to purchase meal ingredients was exorbitant.
In 2022, OSL shared and delivered 554,683 donated or recovered pounds with/to 22 Meal Providers and Human Service agencies.
We missed our volunteers throughout COVID and at the end of 2022 we began to bring volunteers back into our kitchens a few at a time. We look forward to a more robust volunteer offering in 2023!
Total OSL administrative cost in 2022: $381,221.30 or only 3.53% of our total budget.
Total cost of the OSL service program in 2022: $10,427,502.20.
Total OSL expenditures in 2022: $10,808,723.50. …