# Food Now

Food Now is a community food pantry located in the Vons Shopping Center at 14080 Palm Drive, Suite E, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 . We have been serving the needs of the residents of Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, and the surrounding areas since 1989.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Food Now
- **Legal name:** Food Now
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 95-2549152
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 1971
- **Headquarters:** Desert Hot Springs, California
- **Primary cause:** Humanitarian Aid
- **Cause confirmed by:** CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://thefamilyservicesofthedesert.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/foodnowdeserthotsprings

## About Food Now

Food Now is a community food pantry located in the Vons Shopping Center at 14080 Palm Drive, Suite E, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 . We have been serving the needs of the residents of Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, and the surrounding areas since 1989.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for residents in western Coachella Valley by providing food assistance, community outreach and support services which strengthen families and build healthy lives. Food Now provides the following services at no cost to our clients:

Food Assistance: A healthy diet is a critical component to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Food Now provides a safe and secure source of healthy food for with weekly food distributions.

Home Deliveries: Food Now provides home deliveries for disabled veterans, those who are housebound due to a medical necessity, and other vulnerable populations.

Children's Backpack Weekend Meals Program: The Food Now Children's Backpack Weekend Meals Program is a cooperative effort between Food Now and the Palm Springs Unified School District to provide selected chronically hungry children with additional meals and snacks on weekends.

Homeless Needs Program: Food Now provides homeless clients with a daily distribution of special ready to eat food packages and personal hygiene items.

Companion Animal Feeding Program: Taking proper care of our pets can be a challenge, but is essential to a happy, healthy household. Food Now provides weekly distributions of pet food and supplies.

## Record

- **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/food-now/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)