Community Servings
Boston, MA
United States
Community Servings, a Jamaica Plain-based nonprofit, tripled its capacity through renovations to its existing building and a major addition. In 2020, MHIC provided Community Servings with a $3.25 million loan to prepay a higher interest loan, saving $400,000 in debt service payments that can now be invested in programs and serve as a buffer against impacts to operating revenues or expenses due to COVID-19.
Community Servings was founded in 1990 to provide home delivered meals to individuals living with HIV/AIDS. It is the only organization of its kind in New England. Currently, the nonprofit prepares and delivers annually 650,000 made-from scratch, medically tailored meals to over 2,000 chronically ill clients and their families, in over 20 cities and towns in MA and RI using more than 57,000 pounds of produce that is donated each year by local farms and purveyors. Community Servings also hosts more than 600 volunteers each month who assist in the preparation and packaging of meals delivered to those in need.