Founded in 1979 with just $9.36 and an unwavering vision of hope, Jubilee Kitchen has grown into Pittsburgh’s leading comprehensive support center for individuals and families facing hardship.

What began as a soup kitchen under the guidance of our founders—Sister Liguori, Joyce Rothermel, Rev. Frank D. Almade, Sister Cornelia Racs, and Rev. James W. Garvey—has evolved into a multi-service organization offering year-round meals, food pantries, homelessness prevention, childcare, job assistance, and comprehensive social services.

As the only soup kitchen in the area open 365 days a year, we serve three meals daily while providing essential services like housing assistance, job training, and our Path to Self-Sufficiency program.

Through partnerships with over 30 service providers, we create personalized pathways from crisis to stability, helping thousands of Pittsburgh residents move from dependence to independence each year. At Jubilee, every guest is welcomed with dignity and respect, receiving not just immediate assistance but also the tools and support needed for lasting self-sufficiency.

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Jubilee is within walking distance of other needed services such as hospitals, social service organizations, religious institutions, and public transportation. Our proximity to needed services is a tremendous help to the 17,000+ people living below the poverty line in a three-mile radius of our facility. With a long history and respected reputation, we are a key pillar to helping those living in poverty, at risk of homelessness, are food insecure, and/or face other barriers.

Each year with dedicated employees and volunteers, Jubilee works with individuals, families, children and youth, seniors, as well as people facing homelessness, unemployment, addiction, and individuals with physical disabilities and mental health conditions. We provide food security, clothing, showers and personal hygiene items, homelessness prevention, job opportunities and job preparedness, childcare, and more.

We are open every day, 365 days a year.

Our Philosophy

From our beginning, we have been committed to honoring the human dignity of each guest, non-judgmentally.

Having our guests treated with respect and friendship nourishes the soul, just as our food satisfies their physical hunger. Food is a basic right that we want to provide. At the Kitchen and through our Pantry we ensure security around this basic need. This, in turn, adds to the health of our guests and food bank families. For persons living in poverty and afflicted with all of its scars, having food security and a trusting community allows them to cope much better with the other challenges of their lives.