Seattle nonprofits feel the pinch of rising food prices as Thanksgiving approaches Ruby de Luna November 18, 2025 / 2:13 pm

Americans will be forking out more for Thanksgiving meals this year as the cost of food continues to rise.

Meats, along with poultry and fish, are up more than 5%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nonprofit organizations are not immune from the high costs.

Peter Seith is board president of Community Lunch on Capitol Hill, a nonprofit that provides hot meals for people in need. He says demand for their meals has grown so much that the program is tapping into their reserve funds.

“We’re lucky that we’ve had extremely good stewardship over many years that we have had financial reserves that we can eat into,” Seith said. “But that is unsustainable

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