Who can claim food for donation?

Only registered 501(c)3 organizations will be able to claim food donations. If you are not a 501(c)3, you should not be able to see posts marked as "Donations". There are no service or transaction fees associated with donations.

We do this for (at least) three reasons:

1. To make large volumes of healthy surplus food available for non-profits feeding those less fortunate
2. To incentivize businesses to "Donate" rather than "Giveaway" (which is accompanied with a small transaction fee)
3. To ensure that businesses can meet IRS requirements for tax benefits associated with donations of food inventory

You can read more about post types, fees, and tax benefits.