Click here to register your organization to provide a meal for the 2026-2027 Interfaith Winter Shelter today!
Introduction
Welcome to the San Francisco Interfaith Winter Shelter. We would like to thank the many organizations that have supported and continue to support the Interfaith Winter Shelter. A tremendous amount of work goes into making this effort a success.
For a brief history of the shelter, please view this video produced by Episcopal Community Services.
Please feel free to contact Sharon Demko at sdemko@sfinterfaithcouncil.org with any questions or comments.
Learn About the Interfaith Winter Shelter Here!
Partnership
The Interfaith Winter Shelter is made possible by the work of many. Special thanks goes to:
- Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH)
- Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco (ECS)
- San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC)
- Host Sites and Meal Provider Congregations/Organizations (see list below)
News
The Interfaith Winter Shelter recently completed its 37th year! If your congregation/organization is interested in preparing and serving meals during the 2026-2027 season, please sign up here.
PLEASE NOTE: This invitation is for congregation/organization host sponsors only and not for individual volunteers. Those signing up are committing their congregation/organization to cook and serve a meal on the date(s) they have requested.
Please join our effort in fighting homelessness on the streets of San Francisco! Thank you for your support!
If you would like to donate to benefit the Interfaith Winter Shelter, please visit: Interfaith Winter Shelter or send check payable to San Francisco Interfaith Council with notation in memo line for "Shelter" and mail to:
San Francisco Interfaith Council, P.O. Box 29055, San Francisco, CA 94129
In providing a safe, clean, warm, and respectful respite from inclement weather and home-cooked meals served with love, this annual collaborative effort offered essential relief to up to 80 guests per night, who otherwise call the streets their home. As host, the San Francisco Interfaith Council extends deep appreciation to our principal partners and the countless faithful who deserve heartfelt credit for making this season's Interfaith Winter Shelter possible:
San Francisco Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing
Host Sites
- Canon Kip Senior Center
- Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
- First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
- St. Mark's Lutheran Church
- Quaker Meeting House
2025-2026 Meal Providers
- Adkins and Wright Family
- Bethany United Methodist Church
- Bridgepoint Community Church
- Buddhist Church of San Francisco
- Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
- Calvary Presbyterian Church
- Chinese Congregational Church
- Congregation Beth Shalom
- Congregation Emanu-El
- Congregation Sherith Israel
- Cornerstone Trinity Baptist Church
- Dignity San Francisco
- Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
- Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin
- Episcopal Community Services Board of Directors
- First Unitarian Universalist Society of SF
- Food Not Bombs/ San Francisco Friends Meeting
- Holy Innocents Episcopal Church
- Holy Trinity Cathedral
- Knights of St. Francis
- Konko Church of San Francisco
- Ladies Prayer Group
- Mission Dolores Basilica
- Mission Neighborhood Center
- Noe Valley Ministry Presbyterian Church
- Old First Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church in Chinatown
- Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep
- St. Edmund's Episcopal Church
- St. Francis Episcopal Church
- St. Johns Armenian Church
- St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
- St. Stephen's Catholic Church
- St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church
- St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
- St. Vincent de Paul Conference, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
- St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco
- St. Vincent de Paul Society, Holy Name Conference
- Sunset Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Swedenborgian Church
- Temple United Methodist Church