Oakdale, MN

CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF

EIN 36-3298764

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Food Security & Nutrition

Mission

To provide low-barrier, dignified access to emergency and fresh food for anyone in need in the east metro area through food shelf services, mobile and delivery programs, and food-rescue markets.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF

Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf (legal name) operates under the public-facing brands Open Cupboard and Today’s Harvest to deliver emergency food assistance and rescued fresh food to residents of Oakdale and neighboring communities. The organization runs walk-in markets, drive-up and delivery services, mobile food shelves, and a food-rescue program that supplies fresh produce, dairy, meat, and bakery items. Open Cupboard/Today’s Harvest emphasizes a low-barrier, customer-centered model (no intake registration required) and multilingual access. In recent years the organization has expanded its market-style Today’s Harvest model to multiple locations and increased its food-rescue and distribution capacity, serving hundreds of shoppers daily and operating year-round hours to maximize access.

Notable achievements

Decades of continuous service

Founded in 1983, the organization has operated as a local emergency food provider for the east-metro Twin Cities area for more than 40 years.

Launched and expanded Today's Harvest markets

Developed the Today’s Harvest free-market model and expanded to a second market location within a year of opening; during the week of the second market’s grand opening the two locations distributed roughly 45,000 pounds of food to about 3,000 people.

High-volume food rescue and distribution

In recent years the Today’s Harvest/Open Cupboard model scaled substantially, reporting over one million individual visits in a recent year and rescuing more than 2.3 million pounds of food in that year.

At a glance

Total assets: $3.3M
Annual revenue: $17.6M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 36-3298764
Location: Oakdale, MN
Website: opencupboard.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Operates as a registered 501(c)(3) public charity and publishes Form 990 filings under the legal name Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf.

Recognized partner in regional hunger-relief networks and has received operational support and collaboration from major regional food-bank partners to expand food-rescue capacity.

Profiled by regional hunger-relief and community resource directories and referenced in local media coverage for its Today’s Harvest market model and expanded services.

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