Food Support
Community food initiatives that help connect underserved individuals with meals and essential nutrition.
Detroit-based • 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Neighbors helping neighbors, heart first.
Heart of 313 leads community initiatives that provide food, clothing, hygiene products, and essential supplies to underserved and unhoused individuals throughout Detroit.
Our focus
Meeting essential needs with dignity.
Food
Clothing
Hygiene
Essentials
Serving Detroit with practical support, compassion, and community connection.
Who we are
Built for Detroit. Rooted in service.
Heart of 313 is a Detroit-based nonprofit organization committed to supporting people experiencing hardship across the city. We organize community-centered initiatives that make essential resources more accessible to underserved and unhoused individuals.
Our work is grounded in a simple belief: every person deserves to be treated with dignity, care, and respect. We aim to turn community generosity into direct, practical support where it is needed most.
What we do
Essential support. Direct community impact.
Our initiatives focus on everyday necessities that can make an immediate difference for individuals and families in need.
Clothing Drives
Collection and distribution of clothing to help people stay safe, comfortable, and prepared through Detroit’s seasons.
Hygiene Products
Personal-care and hygiene essentials that support health, comfort, and dignity in day-to-day life.
Essential Supplies
Practical supplies distributed through outreach efforts based on the immediate needs of the community.
Why it matters
Small essentials can create meaningful relief.
Access to food, clean clothing, hygiene items, and basic supplies can ease immediate burdens and help people move through difficult circumstances with greater dignity.
“Community care is strongest when it is consistent, practical, and rooted in respect.”
Heart of 313
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Local focus
Our work is centered on serving communities throughout Detroit.
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Practical support
We prioritize resources that respond to immediate, everyday needs.
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Community powered
Volunteers, donors, and local partners help make our initiatives possible.
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Dignity first
We approach service with compassion, respect, and humanity.
Get involved
There is a place for you in the 313.
Whether you give your time, organize a drive, donate supplies, or support an initiative, you can help strengthen our work across Detroit.
Volunteer
Support outreach events, supply distribution, community drives, and behind-the-scenes coordination.
I want to volunteerDonate Supplies
Contribute food, clothing, hygiene products, or other needed essentials for upcoming initiatives.
Plan a donationPartner With Us
Local organizations and businesses can collaborate with Heart of 313 on community-centered projects.
Start a partnershipSupport the mission
Help us put essential resources into the hands of Detroiters who need them.
Connect with us
Want to help? Start here.
Send us a message about volunteering, donating supplies, partnering, or supporting a future initiative.
Heart of 313
Detroit, Michigan
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization