Grantees
Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana
https://www.communityharvest.org
Central
Fort Wayne, IN
2021
Community Harvest seeks to alleviate hunger through the full use of donated food and other resources.
- Regional food bank for nine counties in northeast Indiana
- Founded in 1983, Designated 501(c )3
- Member of Feeding America and Indiana’s State Association of Food Banks
- Annual Distribution Amounts: over 17.1 million pounds of food
- Organization’s Annual Budget: $4,408,190 (Current Fiscal Year)
- 98% of total income is allocated directly to programs
Community Kitchens Collaborative
https://www.healtheearth.info/
Pacific
Cardiff by the Sea, CA
2023
Community Kitchens Collaborative strives to end economic inequality, poverty, food waste, and hunger in our communities. Programs and services include hunger relief, food waste prevention, local food aggregation/food hub, and an incubator kitchen.
Compass School
Atlantic
Kingston, RI
2023, 2021, 2019
Compass is a multi-age learning community which fosters a passion for learning in all students so they can reach their full potential. We offer a project-based curriculum integrating academic disciplines, emphasizing social responsibility and environmental sustainability, in small classroom settings to prepare each graduate to be a responsible citizen in the global community. Providing opportunities for students to cultivate agricultural skills is an integral part of our mission.
Cooking with Kids Inc.
Southern
Santa Fe, NM
2023, 2021, 2020
Cooking with Kids educates and empowers children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods. We aim to positively change eating behaviors, increase home cooking practices, and support public schools in their efforts to engage students in creative and cross-disciplinary ways. As we tell our students: We take care of ourselves when we cook; we use science and math when we cook; we learn about our world when we cook!
Cornucopia Project
https://cornucopiaproject.org/
Atlantic
Peterborough, NH
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Cornucopia provides hands-on education about nutrition, horticulture, environmentalism, and community. We operate an educational farm with outdoor growing areas, three high tunnels and a pollinator habitat. It is the hub of Farm to Fork, one of three programs we offer. The farm is centrally located in our school district, across from the high school. We have a history of hands-on education that highlights the importance of nutrition, environmental awareness, and community; while delivering solid academic work that satisfies state and federal education goals. Our farm production has expanded into a vibrant, living, outdoor classroom. Students will have opportunities to explore how their food grows, participate in farming, and eat organically-grown vegetables.
Daily Table
Atlantic
Dorchester, MA
2023, 2022, 2021
Daily Table is a nonprofit community grocery store that provides fresh, convenient, and nutritious food to communities most in need at prices everyone can afford. Our model offers a unique solution to nutrition insecurity by providing deeply discounted, donated, and excess food in our stores to customers in neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, food insecurity, and diet-related illness. We seek to provide a shopping experience that engenders dignity and improves health and well-being.
DC Central Kitchen Inc.
DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) is an iconic nonprofit and social enterprise that combats hunger and poverty through job training and job creation. The organization provides hands-on culinary job training for individuals facing high barriers to employment while creating living wage jobs and bringing nutritious, dignified food where it is most needed. DCCK’s social ventures include serving scratch-cooked farm-to-school meals in DC schools, delivering fresh, affordable produce to corner stores in neighborhoods without supermarkets, and operating a fast-casual cafe.
Denver Urban Gardens
Southern
Denver, CO
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016
DUG's mission is to provide access, skills and resources for people to grow healthy food in community and regenerate urban greenspaces. Vision: A sustainable urban future where people are deeply and directly connected to the earth, each other and the food they eat. Established in 1985, DUG supports residents in creating sustainable, food-producing community gardens. With 193 gardens, including 74 at schools, 1 farm and 6 food forests, DUG is now the largest independent network of community gardens in the country.
Druid City Garden Project
Southern
Tuscaloosa, AL
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Schoolyard Roots cultivates curiosity and connections through hands-on learning gardens. We engage communities with food and nature to inspire, delight, and bring classroom concepts to life. We grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers in school gardens and teach students how to prepare healthful, delicious recipes. By providing our students with engaging, hands-on learning and nutrition education, our program helps them to achieve academic success and live a healthier life.
Earth Island Institute
CalCAN is a statewide coalition that advances state and federal policy to realize the powerful climate solutions offered by sustainable and organic agriculture. We seek a widespread transition to sustainable and organic agricultural systems that are increasingly resilient and environmentally sound, provide public health and climate benefits, protect our natural resources, sustain food security and economically vibrant agricultural communities, and maintain our finite agricultural lands.