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, a press release from the governor’s office said.

Kristin Kelley Monahan, manager with the funders network, said contributors to the effort include the Roundhouse Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, PGE Foundation, Lora and Martin Kelley Family Foundation, United Way of Jackson County, The Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust and Marie Lamfrom Charitable Trust. Others opted to remain anonymous, Monahan said by email.

The organizations are still seeking additional donations for match, Monahan said, “so the number is still growing.”

Even with the restoration of SNAP benefits, the scramble to keep low-income Oregonians fed in the federal shutdown exposed holes in Oregon’s social safety net, Kotek said in the news release.

“We are all going above and beyond to help fill those gaps,” the governor said. “The momentum we have built to help feed people in Oregon isn’t going away. I’m grateful to every donor, volunteer, and community partner who has answered the call to feed their neighbors.”