Today, thousands of our neighbors in Southwest Florida struggle with
hunger, homelessness & addiction.

Together, we can change that.

Help Transform Lives Today

Your generous gift provides food, shelter and hope to individuals and families in need.

Help Transform Lives Today

Your generous gift provides food, shelter and hope to individuals and families in need.

For over 37 years, St. Matthew’s House has tackled challenges born from the needs of Southwest Florida.

Our unique social enterprise business model helps cover the administrative expenses for the organization, so donations go toward our program expenses.
Hunger

Nearly 152,000 individuals experience food insecurity in Southwest Florida every year.

Homelessness

Collier and Lee County Homeless Coalitions identified more than 1,500 adults and more than 1,700 children experiencing homelessness in our communities.

Addiction

In 2023, Florida’s 7,769 accidental overdose deaths were the 2nd most nationally.

Under-employment

Individuals recovering from crisis find great difficulty securing living wage jobs.

Your Next Step toward the Journey Together

Together with our partners and participants, we cultivate communities where people are progressively seen, accepted, challenged, and supported.

Volunteer

Join us by lending your time and skills and becoming an integral part of the community-driven efforts.

Shop & Dine

Make socially conscious choices by supporting our social enterprises: thrift stores, catering, lodging and more.

Donate

Contribute to the mission with monetary support, in-kind goods or food donations.

Discover our featured events

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July 17 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

Join us for the 46th Triannual Justin’s Place Recovery Program Graduation. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. ...

Testimonies

Our work through personal stories

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Video Reels A couple big thank-yous as we think back to last month’s awesome golf event at @thetwineaglesclub…

First, thank you to all who participated! 💙

Next, we want to say another thank you to all our sponsors who supported us. 💛

And finally thank you to our awesome volunteers and staff for putting so much work into this top-notch event! 🤍

#StMatthewsHouse #SWFL #charity #nonprofit #golf
We want to say a big thank you to the West Bay Community Charitable Foundation for their generous support of our Fort Myers Shelter for Women and Children! 💙 Your gift helps us provide safety, stability, and hope for families in need.

#StMatthewsHouse #SWFL #nonprofit #charity #WestBayCharitableFoundation @westbayclubfl
Carousel We're excited to share with you that the fundraising phase of the Journey Together Capital Campaign has been completed!

Stay tuned for more exciting updates to come later this year as construction gets underway.

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Video Reels Shout out to one of our #CommunityPartners: Physicians Regional. Across their two campuses, they hosted a super successful peanut butter drive for our #FoodAssistance Program collecting over $10,000 worth of product!

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Congrats to Marco on being presented a Core Value Award by his supervisor! Marco displayed a helpful and healing demeanor as he aided a volunteer in a health emergency at Campbell Lodge.

#StMatthewsHouse #nonprofit #charity #EmployeeRecognition #SWFL
Video Reels Thank you to our staff and volunteers who are working the US Open Pickleball Championships. If you're there, stop by our tent to say hi and get a delicious bite to eat!

#StMatthewsHouse #SocialEnterprise #DeliciousByDesign #nonprofit #charity #SouthwestFlorida #SWFL
Video Reels Thank you to the local chapter of the American Heart Association for blessing us! We received this refrigerator as a donation from a grant, so that we can distribute larger quantities of fresh food to people in Southwest Florida.

#StMatthewsHouse #FoodAssistance #Florida #SWFL #CommunityPartners #AmericanHeartAssociation @american_heart @americanheartfl
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Fighting Hunger, Homelessness, Addiction, and Poverty for over 37 Years.