The Anne Arundel County Food Bank is planning a new distribution facility at the former Crownsville Hospital site. The nonprofit records 48,000 individual visits each month through a network of 76 community partner pantries.
CBS News reported that the food bank and Hope House are in the East Campus district. The proposed facility is intended for distribution.
The food bank moved in 2004 to its current 32,000-square-foot warehouse on the former hospital campus. In Fiscal Year 2023, the food bank recorded 575,839 points of service.
A Bigger Campus Takes Shape at Crownsville
The food bank's planned expansion is one piece of a much larger transformation underway at the former psychiatric hospital grounds, which closed in 2004 after nearly a century of operation. The broader redevelopment converting the site into the Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park is budgeted at more than $67 million, as reported by CBS News. County officials already opened the Nonprofit Center at the park in August 2025, at 41 Community Place, to house community service groups on the transforming campus, the same outlet reported.
Public funding has also supported the food bank's operations. Federal lawmakers added to that support in February 2026, announcing $133,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for the food bank to purchase a new refrigerated vehicle for cold-chain food transport — part of a larger $8 million federal investment package in the county, per the Office of U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen.
Public Funding for Food Bank Operations
Public funding has supported the food bank's operations.
More than 11% of Anne Arundel County residents experience food insecurity, underscoring why officials describe the expanded facility as a necessity rather than a luxury upgrade. Hoodline has previously reported on county residents supporting the food bank through community fundraisers, including fair ticket proceeds and the annual Lifeline 100 bike ride, both of which have funneled donations toward the organization's work. The new Crownsville facility would expand the food bank's presence on the campus.
