As the historic federal shutdown threatened 757,000 Oregonians’ monthly food assistance, a group of unnamed donors gave more than $6 million to Oregon food banks, pantries and charities, Gov. Tina Kotek said Monday.

The Oregon Disaster Funders Network, a philanthropic group first convened to respond to destructive 2020 Labor Day megafires , answered the governor’s call for help after she declared a food emergency in late October in response to an impending lapse of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , or SNAP, benefits for Oregonians.

Kotek had announced she would send $5 million in state funds toward the state’s anti-hunger organizations, plus an additional $1 million to Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes. The funders network subsequently matched the state commitment

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