DonorLink
Food Donation, Reimagined
The more efficient way to
donate surplus food
It’s fast, seamless, and free; ensuring good food gets to people who need it as quickly as possible.
Donation Logged - A staff member "rings up" a donation using their inventory management system or restaurant point of sale (POS) system, just like any other transaction. That donation is instantly sent to the Food Rescue US platform.
Seamless Pickup — Food Rescue US matches the food donation with a local social service agency and assigns a volunteer for pickup and delivery.
why donate Surplus food?
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"Through DonorLink and Food Rescue US, we've been more easily able to donate our excess food to local community partners while leveraging our existing technology platform. We're proud to be contributing to solutions that address hunger in Detroit while reducing our restaurant food waste.” - Eric Rowley, General Manager, Crispellis’ Grosse Point Woods
Made possible by:
THE STORY BEHIND DONORLINK
We heard consistently that participating in food recovery wasn't a matter of willingness; it was a matter of friction. Food businesses invest heavily in their inventory and point-of-sale systems, and food donation used to mean changing processes or duplicating effort. That kept a lot of good food from being rescued. What if we built food recovery into the systems they already use?
DonorLink answers that question.
We applied to the ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund, whose investment made the project possible. Two years, countless developer hours, and dozens of beta testing and feedback sessions later, DonorLink is now a Toast integration; made possible in part through collaboration with Toast.org.
The ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund accelerates promising food waste solutions across the entire food system.
Through targeted open-call cycles, we deploy recoverable and non-recoverable grants, paired with hands-on support, to initiatives with the highest potential for meaningful food waste reduction.
Powered by ReFED’s best-in-class insights and deep sector expertise, each grant cycle is built around priority food waste themes, directing catalytic capital where it can unlock greater impact and funding.
DonorLink is now available on the Toast Integration Marketplace. Toast restaurants can connect directly to the Food Rescue US platform and begin logging food donations through their existing Toast point-of-sale system.
Who can donate:
RESTAURANTS & CATERERS
GROCERY STORES
CORPORATE CAFETERIAS
Become a Food Donor
Donate your excess food to end hunger and food waste in your community.
ABOUT FOOD RESCUE US
The NONPROFIT OPERATING DONORLINK
Create Community
Local site directors and volunteers serve their communities with the support of our app. All food donors, rescuers, and agency partners are members of the communities where we operate.
Eliminate Hunger
1 in 8 Americans households face food insecurity and one third of all food is lost or wasted on its journey from farms to our plates. Our community rescues nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and delivers it to social service agencies who serve their communities.
Protect The Planet
By preventing food waste, we have saved almost 285+ million pounds of CO2eq prevented since Food Rescue US was founded.