Grants
A regional food bank serving 90,000 residents annually through two direct programs and a network of 90 partner agencies. It's the largest provider of emergency supplemental food and a key proponent of anti-hunger education and advocacy in the community. Its Kids N.O.W. program provides food for children in need on weekends and school breaks.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$125,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$75,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| food security |
$250,000 |
2021 |
general support, $250,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $750,000) |
| Responsive |
$50,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$75,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$50,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$50,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| food security |
$250,000 |
2020 |
general support, $250,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $750,000) |
| food security |
$85,000 |
2019 |
new refrigeration and shelving for local agency partners |
| food security |
$250,000 |
2019 |
general support, $250,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $750,000) |
| food security |
$200,000 |
2018 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years, effective July 2016 (payment three of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| food security |
$215,000 |
2017 |
purchase of a new truck and software upgrades |
| food security |
$200,000 |
2017 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years, effective July 2016 (payment two of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| food security |
$500,000 |
2016 |
capital campaign for new building |
| food security |
$200,000 |
2016 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years, effective July 2016 (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| food security |
$75,000 |
2015 |
general support |
Offers a robust daily meal program and distributes over 260,000 hot and cold meals annually to more than 30 nonprofit organizations in Santa Clara County as far south as Morgan Hill and Gilroy. It also serves Merced, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| food security |
$30,000 |
2019 |
general support |
| bright spots |
$1,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| food security |
$60,000 |
2018 |
general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment three and three, total grant amount $180,000) |
| food security |
$60,000 |
2017 |
general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
| food security |
$60,000 |
2016 |
general support, $60,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $180,000) |
| food security |
$20,000 |
2015 |
general support |
A network of community gardens in Santa Cruz's Pajaro Valley that aims to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables for low-income families. The initiative is dedicated to local food sovereignty, providing plots of land to farmworker families—who contribute to the region's agricultural industry, yet are disproportionally impacted by food insecurity--allowing them to grow their own food.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2021 |
the charitable activities of Tierra Milperas |
| food security |
$30,000 |
2020 |
the charitable activities of Tierra Milperas |
| food security |
$30,000 |
2019 |
the charitable activities of Mesa Verde Gardens |
| food security |
$30,000 |
2018 |
the charitable activities of Mesa Verde Gardens |
