by Adam Liebowitz | Apr 13, 2023 | News
Join us for a briefing in which Mellon program officers and two of the Foundation’s grantees will discuss what food grants in the humanities look like and why it is important to integrate this work into food funder strategies. Attendees who wish to continue the conversation after the seminar will have the opportunity to join a community of funders interested in integrating arts and humanities support into their justice-focused food grantmaking.
by Adam Liebowitz | Apr 11, 2023 | News
Please join us for this funder-only luncheon (also available online) to learn about our revamped leadership development and movement building program, including a new design element in which three cohort spots will be reserved for those in the philanthropic sector. This event takes place on the same day that applications for the fellowship will go live!
by Adam Liebowitz | Jun 28, 2022 | News
Food for the Spirit of Buffalo, NY has been named the winner of the 2022 Community Food Funders Champions Award! For the first time, this year the selection committee was comprised solely of winners from previous years. Food for the Spirit was chosen in recognition of their grassroots efforts to build an equitable food system in Western NY, focused on BIPOC farmers and food system actors. Food for the Spirit builds and strengthens networks to foster collaborations and grow the food justice movement centered on equity and healing.
by Adam Liebowitz | Apr 25, 2022 | News
In 2022, Community Food Funders (CFF) will be announcing the sixth recipient of the annual CFF Champions Award. We made some changes this year, to better align the award with its intended purpose and with our values as a network. The CFF Steering Committee made these changes after a series of racial equity training workshops we participated in together last year. They are part of ongoing conversations about equity within our network.
by Adam Liebowitz | Mar 3, 2022 | Films & Video, Past Events, Uncategorized
On March 1st, CFF partnered with Philanthropy New York and the NYC Workforce Funders to host a briefing titled, Feeding and Funding Our City: Recovery for New York City’s Invisibilized Food Ecosystem. The session featured a discussion with organizers from Street Vendor Project and Los Deliveristas Unidos, moderated by North Star Fund’s Executive Director Jenn Ching.
by Adam Liebowitz | Mar 1, 2022 | News
driving environmental sustainability, corporate stewardship, and ethical governance for small farms in New Jersey.
