The Community First Grant supports community-led nonprofits with programs focused on creating long-term fresh, healthy food access and more equitable and sustainable local food systems.

In 2016, Whole Cities Foundation awarded 32 grants investing $160,000 in nonprofits in the U.S.

  • Fresh Stop Bus | Hebni Nutrition Consultants

Florida

Community Partner: Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Orlando, FL | Mobile Market |Team Member: Vicky Santamaria

Community Partner: The Newtown Nation, Sarasota, FL | Farmers Market or Co-Op |Team Member: Laurin Kocher

  • Urban Tree Connection
  • Urbanstead

Mid-Atlantic

Community Partner: Community Matters, Cincinnati, OH | Healthy Cooking Class | Team Member: Jarrod Geary

Community Partner: Urban Tree Connection, Philadelphia, PA | Urban Farm | Team Member: Mercedes Lewis

Community Partner: Urbanstead, Philadelphia, PA | Urban Farms | Team Member: Debbie Rivette

  • Edible Flint
  • Heartland Alliance

Mid-West

Community Partner: Edible Flint, Flint, MI | Agricultural Skills Development | Team Member: Emily Kearns

Community Partner: Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, Chicago, IL | Urban Farm | Team Member: Joshua Coyle

  • Groundwork Somerville
  • Fresh Truck

North Atlantic

Community Partner: Family Day Foundation, Hartford, CT | Community Garden | Team Member: Michael Sweeney

Community Partner: Fresh Truck, Boston, MA | Mobile Market | Team Member: Jessica Cann

Community Partner: Groundwork Somerville, Somerville, MA | Urban Farm | Team Member: Dena Cherenson

Community Partner: Smith Hill Community Development Corporation, Everett, MA|Community Garden | Team Member: Sam Farrall

  • City Slicker Farms
  • Collective Roots

Northern California

Community Partner: City Slicker Farms, Oakland, CA | Urban Farm | Team Member: Gabrielle Rosi

Community Partner: Collective Roots, East Palo Alto, CA | Farmers Markets or Co-op | Team Member: Julie Atkins

  • Greater Newark Conservancy

Northeast

Community Partner: Greater Newark Conservancy, Morristown, NJ | Urban Farm | Team Member: Milena Caraballo

  • Roots for All Roads
  • Solid Ground

Pacific Northwest

Community Partner: Lake Oswego Farmers Market, Lake Oswego, OR | Farmers Markets or Co-op | Team Member: Benjamin Kloch

Community Partner: Roots of All Roads, Bellevue, WA | Pop-Up Market or CSA | Team Member: Gabby Thackaberry

Community Partner: Solid Ground, Bellevue, WA | Healthy Cooking Class | Team Member: Leah Abell

  • Cultivate Kansas City
  • Denver Food Rescue

Rocky Mountain

Community Partner: Cultivate Kansas City, Kansas City, KS | SNAP Incentive | Team Member: Tara Treffry

Community Partner: Denver Food Rescue, Denver, CO | Pop-Up Market or CSA |Team Member: M’Lissa Baker

Community Partner: La Mujer Obrera, El Paso, TX | Mobile Market | Team Member: Mark Heins

Community Partner: Utah Community Action , Salt Lake City, UT | Agricultural Skills Development | Team Member: Heather Griffith

  • Augusta Locally Grown
  • Lowcountry Street Grocery
  • So Much Good

South

Community Partner: Augusta Locally Grown, Augusta, GA | Agricultural Skills Development | Team Member: Bambi Davis

Community Partner: Bon Secours St Francis Health System, Greenville, SC | Community Garden | Team Member: Robin Aiken

Community Partner: Lowcountry Street Grocery, Charleston, SC | Mobile Market | Team Member: Pam Fischette

Community Partner: Sow Much Good, Huntersville, NC | Pop-Up Market or CSA | Team Member: Cora Triana

  • Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center
  • Social Justice Learning Institute

Southern Pacific

Community Partner: API Forward Movement, Los Angeles, CA | Pop-Up Market or CSA | Team Member: Marci Frumkin

Community Partner: Community Services Unlimited, Los Angeles, CA | Agricultural Skills Development | Team Member: Marci Frumkin

Community Partner: Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center, Del Mar, CA | Agricultural Skills Development | Team Member: Christina Ng

Community Partner: Social Justice Learning Institute, Los Angeles/ Inglewood, CA | Pop-Up Market or CSA | Team Member: Marci Frumkin

  • Farmshare Austin

Southwest

Community Partner: Farmshare Austin, Austin, TX | Mobile Market| Team Member: Betsy Foster

Community Partner: SPROUT NOLA, New Orleans, LA | Community Garden | Team Member: Kim Turner

Community Partner: TownFolk, Lafayette, LA | Community Garden | Team Member: Mallory Broussard

2017 Community First Team Members and Community Partners

2018 Community First Team Members and Community Partners

2019 Community First Team Members and Community Partners

2020 Community First Team Members and Community Partners

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