2023

Founded in 2017 to spark climate action within the grocery industry, the Climate Collaborative grew into an independent 501(c)(3) in 2023, and now offers ongoing education, policy engagements, and collaborations. Our mission is to activate rigorous climate action in pursuit of a world nourished by a just and regenerative grocery industry. We provide leaders with tools to operationalize best practices, resources for pre-competitive problem-solving, and pathways toward meaningful climate action.

Quest Outreach Society exists to disrupt the cycle of poverty through access to healthy and affordable food. By bridging the gap between food banks and traditional grocery stores, Quest provides a grocery experience based on principles of dignity, access, and sustainability. Quest clients identify as low-income individuals facing economic barriers. Once referred by a partner agency, clients can shop for their groceries at any one of Quest’s five markets across Metro Vancouver.

Mada's mission is to help people in need with the basic necessities of life while preserving their dignity and helping them become self sufficient members of the community. To educate about poverty and inspire caring, sharing and sensitivity towards those in need. To be a platform for meaningful projects and educational opportunities.

Nourish + Bloom Foundation is a nonprofit that provides education, resources and funding to combat food deserts in underserved communities by utilizing technology to provide access to healthier food options.

National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) is the nation's premier corporate supplier diversity organization, leading in capacity development, promotion, networking, acceleration, and connection to business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises (MBEs). Our mission is to accelerate economic growth for MBEs across all sectors of the American economy by driving opportunities and collaboration between government agencies, corporations, and minority-owned businesses.

We utilize the Lakota philosophy of Mitakuye Oyasin, "we are all related," as our guiding principle, to unite, reinvest in and empower our communities. We use traditional teachings along with modern and technological knowledge to advance education, promote culture, further self-sufficiency especially food sovereignty, and to encourage reconciliation and cooperation among all peoples, creating pathways to living in unity.

Sustainable Food Center (SFC) transforms the food system to nourish our health, land, and livelihoods. Our deep relationships with regional producers and longtime programs that improve access to nutritious foods have enabled SFC to expand our scope statewide. We effect positive change through programs that support small and midsize farmers, increase nutritious food access, and advocate for policies that support regenerative agricultural practices and state funding for nutrition incentives.

Hope & Main’s mission is to empower an inclusive community of entrepreneurs to jumpstart and cultivate thriving food businesses that are the foundation of a more just, sustainable, and resilient local food economy. As RI’s original, most comprehensively equipped, and experienced food business incubator, we have assisted 500 plus aspiring food-preneurs of all means and backgrounds to launch their businesses since 2014. Of the entities launched at Hope & Main, 45 percent are successful and still in business.

The Food Project’s mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Our community produces healthy food for residents of the city and suburbs, provides youth leadership opportunities, and inspires and supports others to create change in their own communities.

Kitchen of Purpose uses the power of food to change lives. An agent for social change, Kitchen of Purpose generates workforce and entrepreneurship development and provides healthy food assistance in the D.C. metro area. Our training programs create career pathways via bilingual, vocational and technical education. Together, the Kitchen of Purpose community–staff, students, entrepreneurs, partners, supporters–create employment opportunities, launch new food businesses, and work to end hunger.