I'm living with illness
If you or someone you care for is facing cancer, chronic illness, or financial hardship, you may qualify for low cost medically tailored meals.
Healing with mediterranean-inspired soup
Organic Soup Kitchen has delivered over 3 million bowls to Santa Barbara residents living with cancer, chronic illness, and financial hardship since 2009.
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501(c)(3) · EIN 27-1081432
How can we help you today?
Everyone is welcome here.
I want to buy organic soup
Handcrafted, nutrient-dense soups available online and at our downtown Santa Barbara Distribution Center. Every purchase supports the mission.
I want to make a difference
Your generous donation feeds a neighbor facing cancer or hardship. Every dollar goes directly toward nourishing our community.
A Growing Need
Your neighbors are at risk.
Since 2009, Organic Soup Kitchen has operated at the intersection of food security, nutrition, and community health in Santa Barbara County.
Voices from our community
The people behind the mission.
Why we exist
Food that heals and a community that cares.
In Santa Barbara County, roughly 25,000 people are living with cancer at any given time — and many thousands more are navigating chronic illness and disability. Research shows that up to 85% of cancer patients are at risk of malnutrition, and food insecurity affects more than half of those with low incomes. A cancer diagnosis itself routinely pushes people into financial hardship they weren't facing before.
Since 2009, Organic Soup Kitchen has delivered medically tailored meals at low cost to people whose conditions demand real nourishment. Nearly all of our clients live with cancer, chronic illness, or disability — and most are also facing financial hardship. None of them should have to choose between treatment and nutrition.
Become a Souper Hero™
Someone is on our waitlist right now. As a Souper Hero, your monthly gift gives us the stability to reach them — to grow our capacity and say yes to the next person who needs us. Healing requires consistency. So does the support behind it.
Planned Giving
Leave a lasting legacy.
Some gifts outlast a lifetime. Through Perennial Harvest, OSK's legacy giving program, you can ensure that healing nutrition reaches our community long after you're gone — nourishing people facing cancer, chronic illness, and food insecurity for generations to come.
A gift in your will, a retirement account designation, or a charitable annuity is one of the most powerful ways to extend your values into the future.
