# Thermal Food & Donation Center

The Thermal Food & Donation Center provides help to the community of Thermal and the Coachella Valley. There is always someone who is in need and through the Thermal Food & Donation Center we are here to lessen the number of families that go without food every day.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Thermal Food & Donation Center
- **Legal name:** THERMAL FOOD & DONATION CENTER
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 27-3177434
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Thermal, California
- **Primary cause:** Children & Families
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://www.thermalfdc.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/My_TFDC

## About Thermal Food & Donation Center

The Thermal Food & Donation Center provides help to the community of Thermal and the Coachella Valley. There is always someone who is in need and through the Thermal Food & Donation Center we are here to lessen the number of families that go without food every day. We open our doors daily to families from all over the Coachella Valley, and provide them with food. We want to help sustain and empower families in the community of Thermal through nourishment. The Thermal Food & Donation Center was founded by Ruben Martinez, a local businessman who moved to Thermal in 1962. He recalls a time when there were no established programs to help families in need, and his family had to rely on food spoils from local markets. Today, over 50% of Thermal's Hispanic population lives below the poverty line, and many struggle to access sufficient food. The center's mission is to provide food assistance to those in need in Thermal and the Coachella Valley, ensuring no one goes hungry. It operates Monday to Friday, helping over 250 families with food boxes each week.

## 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/thermal-food-donation-center/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)