Expand your impact, not your workload
Connect your community to more food, support, resources, and healthcare-funded programs—and expand what you can do for the people who count on you.
You’re already making a difference. Let’s build on it.
You know your community. You show up for them every day. You have their trust.
But disconnected systems don’t make it easy for neighbors to find what they need. We believe technology can change that, but only if it makes your work easier, not harder.
That’s why we’ve spent more than a decade working alongside food banks and pantries, building technology that turns your trust and reach into even greater impact for your community.
Let’s make more possible
Vivery is a purpose-built technology platform for both sides of the trusted connection between you and your community. It makes it easier for neighbors to find food, benefits, programs, and support—and gives you the technology to connect them to even more, from charitable programs to healthcare-funded social care.
Here’s how we do it.
Vivery Find Food
Helps neighbors find free food and trusted resources in their community.
For neighbors
- Find nearby food and programs that fit their needs, with more choices, helpful filters, up-to-date hours and services—available in multiple languages.
For pantries
- Keep hours, services, programs, and other information up to date.
- Create a website automatically using information from their Vivery profile.
- Send text alerts about closures, service changes, and other important updates.
For food banks
- Track where neighbors are searching and what they need to better direct resources.
- Let pantries manage their own information while maintaining visibility across the network.
Vivery App
One place for neighbors to find food, programs, and trusted local support—right from their phone.
For neighbors
- Find nearby food and trusted resources.
- Explore programs and benefits and check eligibility.
- Enroll in food programs and manage orders.
- Get nutrition tips and recipe ideas.
- Learn what’s happening in your community.
For food banks and community organizations
- Personalize the app for your community with your programs, resources, and content.
- Keep neighbors up to date with targeted messages and timely information across your network.
- Scale benefits outreach and generate real-time leads for SNAP and other benefits.
Vivery Insights
Delivers community-specific insights into food insecurity by layering different sources of data so food banks can make better decisions, expand access, and strengthen programs.
For food banks
- See where needs are greatest and how they’re changing.
- Use those insights to identify gaps, better direct resources, and strengthen programs.
- Tell more compelling, data-driven stories to funders, media, and local government representatives.
Vivery Food is Medicine
Gives food banks the technology to deliver and grow Food is Medicine programs in your communities.
For food banks
- Let neighbors order food based on their program and nutrition needs.
- Set up programs and manage orders through fulfillment, pickup, or delivery.
- Coordinate referrals with healthcare partners.
- Report back on participation, fulfillment, and program activity.
Healthcare Infrastructure
Takes care of the administration, reporting, reimbursement, and reconciliation that come with operating philanthropic and healthcare-funded programs.
For food banks
- Manage the administrative requirements of philanthropic and healthcare-funded programs.
- Keep sensitive information secure and support HIPAA-compliant data sharing.
- Track program activity and meet philanthropic and healthcare reporting requirements.
- Manage reimbursement and reconciliation, including invoicing, payments, and program funds.
“The statewide expansion of Vivery will ensure that more individuals across Illinois are connected to the food and support they need. It will also provide food banks with valuable insights into coverage gaps and opportunities.”
Kate Maehr
Greater Chicago Food Depository
“Food plays a critical role in improving health. Vivery has provided a modern experience for our patients to receive medically tailored groceries delivered by trusted community partners. We’re proud to be working together to help people live healthier lives.”
Dr. Ngozi Ezike
Sinai Chicago
“I love the ability to update our agency changes in real-time and also promote our organization's services beyond the food pantry.”
Darriel Anderson
Circle Urban Ministries
“Vivery automatically updates our system every few hours, so our staff knows they are sharing the latest information on food resources.”
Richard LaPratt
211 Metro Chicago
“Adopting Vivery for our Need Food webpage allows our neighbors to easily find our partners and learn much more about the food resources that are available to them in their own community.”
Jonathan Tetrault
The Greater Boston Food Bank
Together, we can do more
The resources are already there. Together, we can put technology to work connecting neighbors to what they need through organizations they already trust—and make it easier for every neighbor to thrive.
Ready to make more possible?
