Newman’s Own Foundation Announces Inaugural Food Justice for Kids Prize
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APRIL 24, 2024
Newman's Own Foundation opened applications for the inaugural Food Justice for Kids Prize to support organizations fighting food injustice.
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NonProfit PRO
APRIL 24, 2024
Newman's Own Foundation opened applications for the inaugural Food Justice for Kids Prize to support organizations fighting food injustice.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Greater Chicago Food Depository has implemented StratusLIVE 365 CRM to refine their fundraising operations and deepen donor insights. Learn more about StratusLIVE’s recent success with the Food Depository and how they seek to drive digital maturity.
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NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The Greater Chicago Food Depository has implemented StratusLIVE 365 CRM to refine their fundraising operations and deepen donor insights. Learn more about StratusLIVE’s recent success with the Food Depository and how they seek to drive digital maturity.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 31, 2023
Careit, a Los Angeles-based free food donation and rescue app that connects businesses to nonprofits to combat hunger, is now available nationwide in all 50 states.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Afriyie/AP The Food Is Medicine program targets diet-related diseases, such as diabetes. Also, two real-estate development companies donated $20 million worth of land in Utah to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the Ballmer Group has given $15 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions owing to food waste.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 7, 2023
By Dion Dawson Last week’s debt deal and the recent end to pandemic era food programs have left many charities worried about how to feed everyone seeking help. Instead, they should adopt approaches that ensure healthy food is always available to all who need it — regardless of congressional actions.
NonProfit PRO
JULY 1, 2022
ezCater, a provider of corporate food solutions, announced a new tax-exempt ordering platform for nonprofit organizations. With ezCater, organizations set their tax-exempt status once and it automatically applies to catering orders from over 95,000 restaurants on the ezCater platform, saving them time and money.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 8, 2022
This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. How can a community reduce food insecurity?
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Food changes into blood, blood into cells, cells change into energy which changes up into life. food is life. This work we’re doing in food culture is ultimately healing work. it’s only the seeds, and the land, and the food, that have the capacity to take that grief, and to metabolize and digest it.
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 25, 2023
The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Currently, over a third of Americans spend 10 percent of their annual income on fast food and consume such food daily. The Slow Food movement emerged from a protest in Italy during the 1980s against a major fast-food chain’s expansion near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Slow Food’s Principles and Practices.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 20, 2023
Rapid inflation is, naturally, leading to concerns that it’s getting harder for Americans to put food on the table. By Sam Polzin and Jayson Lusk MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Grocery prices soared by 11.8 percent in 2022 — the swiftest pace since the early 1980s.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 17, 2023
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Seeding The Future Foundation announced the return of the annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 6, 2023
All the while, they noticed signs of distress around them—including a stark rise in food insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic. “We We saw news reports which were showing people waiting in very long lines for food. They decided to start their own nonprofit, with the goal of getting food to those in their community who needed it.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 7, 2022
This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. Confronting a history of exclusion.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
This article introduces Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. These communities still live under food apartheid.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 26, 2023
What does the struggle for Black food sovereignty look like at the local level? In this webinar conversation, five Black food justice leaders share their experiences. All five panelists were all article authors of NPQ ’s fall 2022 series on Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 22, 2023
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories.” He used to pay for food stamps at that time to make sure that people were eating healthy—he also had a loan system. View the full webinar here. My dad was a forerunner.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 23, 2023
In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Akaka’s family cultivates common food crops like yam and maize.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
When one of us in the community gave birth, we would support the new mother for 40 days in this manner by bringing food. It impacted the local food system in South Phoenix, and many food-based businesses faced closure. Prior to the pandemic, the business, Sana Sana Foods , was thriving, with a well-known food truck.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 27, 2023
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories.” And today, they lack, and they have to buy food because of the politics. In the inner city we have, in our nonprofit we’ve been in, we’ve had a food pantry for 30 years. Same people.
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Way back in 2002, she started as the communications and marketing director for the North Texas Food Bank. When anyone wanted to do a food drive, we said yes, whether it was Joe Bob’s Tire Shop or AT&T." The food bank has come a long way in the past 15 years. Colleen Brinkmann, North Texas Food Bank. Brands Command.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Best Applications Of AI For Your Food Business The food sector has advanced at every forefront, thanks to technology. Without any doubt, the evolution in the food industry is tremendous. This is where AI and big data analytics have stepped in to make roars in the food industry. Keep reading to satisfy your intellect.
Bloomerang
MAY 25, 2023
Food banks have played a pivotal role in our communities for decades, and they will continue to positively impact the millions of people who struggle with food insecurity each year. According to the USDA , over 10% of households in America worked with food security at some point in 2018.
Selfish Giving
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
I’m fascinated by the whole food truck phenomenon. We have a number of food trucks here in Boston and I just finished watching The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. I’m also heading out to Los Angeles today for the Blogworld Expo and am hoping to sample some of their great food trucks!
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 18, 2022
The Perot donation will give immediate and lasting support to the fight against hunger. The gift provides $10 million that will be permanently invested in the NTFB’s Feeding North Texas Foundation.
Donorbox Nonprofit
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The best way to address this food insecurity in your neighborhood is with a food drive. Individuals can run food drives on their own or in conjunction with local nonprofit organizations. The post How to Run Successful Food Drives to Help Your Community appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.
Selfish Giving
AUGUST 31, 2011
I came across this appeal at my local Whole Foods Market. These types of cause marketing promotions are common at Whole Foods. This is the first time I’ve seen a QR code at the register at Whole Foods. This is the first time I’ve seen a QR code at the register at Whole Foods.
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 7, 2022
KFC hits the road with Blessings in a Backpack in a charitable food truck. Brain Food 1. Because of the paywall at the Boston Globe , I've taken the rare step of copying and pasting this article to Google Docs so you can read it. Please forgive me, Boston Globe ! A slide for your pitch deck. Austin, TX ($70k) 5. What a fun idea.
Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Take the recent partnership between Massage Envy and Second Harvest Food Bank in the Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in California. Second Harvest Food Bank is a member of Feeding America , the largest national hunger relief charity in the U. Second Harvest Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America.
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 8, 2017
"One in six people in the United States reportedly struggle with hunger, and yet, at the same time, up to 40 percent of all the food produced in the U.S. Source: Metro I hate wasting food. isn’t eaten." Ask my kids. It drives me nuts. And it drives them crazy because I'm always yelling at them about it.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 16, 2023
With donations from Bezos Earth Fund and Open Philanthropy, the Good Food Institute has helped shaped the market for alternative meat. Yet the industry doesn’t appear to be taking off.
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 12, 2022
Brain Food 1. Corporate Giving Officer, Scholarship America , Saint Peter, MN ($66k - $91k) Do you have a partnership position you are trying to fill? Hit reply and share the job posting with me! I'm happy to post it here for FREE. ????
Selfish Giving
MARCH 22, 2010
My second stop this weekend was at Whole Foods , a grocer I’ve written glowingly on for their passive cause marketing programs. She asked me to support the Whole Planet Foundation , a nonprofit started by Whole Foods to help fuel economic development in poor countries, mainly through microfinancing.
Selfish Giving
AUGUST 14, 2017
If you’re operating in the cause marketing space and you’ve never heard of Smithfield Foods , you’re missing out. To provide some scale, Smithfield is one of the largest global food and consumer packed meats companies in the world, to the tune of $14 billion.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 19, 2023
We’re not talking about the food; we’re talking about scale. So, here’s what the fast food of fundraising has to offer other income channels. If major gift fundraising is Morton’s, social fundraising is McDonald’s. The great thing about the scale of social fundraising is that you get a lot of data.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Pedraza Martinez Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Food banks can operate on a large scale that requires expensive equipment and skilled management. The findings challenge conventional wisdom that groups should spend mainly on program costs. By Telesilla Kotsi and Alfonso J.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 18, 2024
Plus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association received $21 million from a longtime donor, and a food bank in Washington, D.C., By Maria Di Mento Yosef Kalinko/Seattle University Richard Hedreen has given $25 million and an extensive art collection to Seattle University. landed $10 million.
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 4, 2023
This year’s winners have addressed food insecurity, pushed for better healthcare for children, expanded civic participation and so much more. Each year, we ask you to nominate your top picks for our NonProfit Professionals of the Year Awards — and you never disappoint. Here are the winners.
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