Food Funder Directory

(alphabetical order)

Welcome to the CFF Food Funder Directory! This directory is an ongoing project of Community Food Funders.  Currently in beta version, we are looking to build this directory to eventually include every philanthropic entity active in the food system in our region.  If you would like to include your organization, please contact Adam Liebowitz to receive a simple electronic form to fill out.

Not sure if your foundation qualifies?  Remember that a “food system” is a far-reaching concept encompassing all aspects of food production, distribution, purchase, consumption, and disposal.  You may not identify as a “food funder” initially, but the food system overlaps with many other sectors such as health, social justice, and the environment.  Review our list of food system focus areas, and if you provide funding in any of these areas, then you belong in the directory!

Here is the directory in alphabetical order.  You can also view it by geographic area or on the main page sorted by focus area.

Ample Table for Everyone (ATE)

Ample table for everyone works to mitigate food insecurity in New York City by addressing the key causes: lack of time, lack of money, inaccessibility to nutritious food, and unfamiliarity with a variety of healthy ingredients, cooking methods and recipes. ATE offers...

Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund

The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund provides monthlong paid apprenticeships for young adults to live on sustainable farms — to work, learn, and be inspired to create change in their communities. Our farms range from urban to rural; they produce cheese, beef, poultry, fruit,...

Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation

We seek to move communities toward a more balanced, sustainable relationship with the environment. We support and invest in innovative organizations that preserve and protect the better use of natural resources, biological diversity and enhance the health of humanity....

CitizensNYC

CitizensNYC, founded in 1975 as one of the nation’s first micro-funding organizations, provides financial and capacity-building support to New York City neighborhood leaders who are making their communities more connected, resilient, and healthier. We make more than...

David Rockefeller Fund

The David Rockefeller Fund was established in 1989 by David Rockefeller and his wife Peggy to carry out their annual charitable giving in communities where they had homes outside New York City. In 2001, David Rockefeller expanded the Fund and invited his children and...

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

As part of its strategy to promote Environmental Stewardship in the Tri-State Area, DDCF makes grants to support a sustainable agriculture system in the Tri-State area that benefits people and wildlife. Grants support a local, sustainable food system in the New York...

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

Since 1992, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) has been uniting people and resources to address the most pressing needs in the 23 towns and cities that make up Fairfield County. Our mission is to partner with our community to create a region where every...

Field Hall Foundation

Field Hall Foundation's mission is to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties, NY. Priority is given to programs that address their most basic needs, including food insecurity.

Food and Farm Communications Fund

The Food and Farm Communications Fund is an open, multi-funder pooled grant program organized around a shared belief in the role of strategic communications and narrative to build power and embolden transformative change in our food and farm systems. We believe that...

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)

We build unique partnerships to support innovative science addressing today’s food and agriculture challenges. With 9.7 billion people projected to populate the world by 2050, our food system must evolve. Sustainably nourishing the growing global community demands...

Grotta Fund for Senior Care

Our fund aims to improve the lives of older adults living in Essex, Union, Morris, Sussex and eastern Somerset counties in NJ. We support programs that address challenging issues of seniors today, including social isolation and food insecurity as well as programs and...

Growing Justice Fund

The Growing Justice Fund is a pooled fund that invests in efforts to solidify the leadership, dignity, and power of Tribal, Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian, and immigrant people to identify and drive solutions that expand the market for good food from locally- or...

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

Created in 1980, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation supports Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's mission to improve the quality and value of health care for the people and communities we serve. The Harvard Pilgrim Foundation provides the tools, training and...

Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Helmsley Charitable Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional nonprofits and mission-aligned organizations in the U.S. and around the world in health, place-based initiatives, education and human services. Our emergency food assistance grantmaking...

Impact Fairfield County

Impact Fairfield County is a collective giving circle that engages women of Fairfield County, Connecticut in local philanthropy on a deeper level. We unite women by together providing large, transformational grants to local non-profits. We strive to reach the...

Industrial Arts Brewing Company – Landscape Lager Series

Since its inception in 2018, Industrial Arts Brewing Company has donated 100% of the profits from the Landscape Lager Series to nonprofit organizations focused on the environmental and agricultural health of communities in the Hudson Valley and beyond. The Landscape...

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is a diverse and inclusive organization working for a more equitable society. We consistently challenge structural racism, gender inequality, and discrimination based on ethnicity, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, economic...

Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation

The mission of the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation is to make a measurable difference, of lasting value, on important issues affecting the fundamental quality of human lives.

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund (LMTIF) works to increase access and opportunity for all New Yorkers by supporting cross-cutting initiatives in areas from education and the arts, to healthy food and economic development, and beyond. LMTIF’s Healthy Food &...

Levitt Foundation

Levitt Foundation funds "youth-powered food justice." Grants enable young people to learn about healthy eating and food systems AND take action to increase access to affordable fresh/nutritious foods in their own neighborhoods. The Foundation prefers...

Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.

Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to the enhancement of the quality of life in New York City. Since 1997, the Foundation has been providing grants to help support organizations working in the arts, human services, environment and preservation, and...

Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation

The Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation supports vibrant, interconnected communities that are powered by the people who live there. We see food and farming as a cornerstone of every region, so our major initiatives revolve around food hubs...

Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund

Since 1946, the Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund has been committed to social change by supporting grassroots organizations throughout the country and internationally. Interests of the Fund include youth development; food justice; sustainability; women's issues; community...

Merck Family Fund

The Merck Family Fund was established in 1954 by George W. Merck, President of Merck & Co., Inc.  He created the fund for two principal reasons: to do good with the resources acquired through the company’s success, and to create an opportunity to regularly bring...

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

Our mission is to provide grants to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers, bolster the health outcomes of diverse communities, eliminate barriers to care, and bridge gaps in health services. We are motivated by the example of Mother Frances Xavier...

NEO Philanthropy: Anti-Trafficking Fund

NEO Philanthropy's Anti-Trafficking Fund, a project of the Oak Foundation, funds the human rights response to human trafficking in the US. We believe it is important to look at root causes of trafficking, which include limited access to fair work and migration...

New York Community Trust

The New York Community Trust is New York’s largest community foundation, serving New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. For more than 100 years, The Trust has brought together the local knowledge and diverse expertise of its team and nonprofit and philanthropic...

New York Foundation

The New York Foundation is a steadfast supporter of community organizing and advocacy in New York City. We believe that the resilience and vitality of its neighborhoods is the city’s greatest resource. Our grants support community-initiated solutions to solve local...

New York Health Foundation

The link between food and health is clear. Nutritious food is medicine, helping to prevent and manage disease. But too much food, too little food, food that is not nutritious, or food that is not culturally appropriate can have serious health consequences. Food...

Newman’s Own Foundation

Newman’s Own Foundation is an independent, private foundation formed in 2005 by Paul Newman to sustain the legacy of his philanthropic work. Funded entirely through the profits and royalties of Newman’s Own products, the Foundation does not maintain an endowment,...

North Star Fund

North Star Fund is New York's community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for equality, economic justice and peace.  By organizing donors, raising money for grants, and providing technical assistance, we support efforts ranging from better...

Posner Foundation

The Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh invests in organizations across the globe and in our own community of Pittsburgh. We value our relationships with our partners and invest in their long-term visions. We seek high-leverage opportunities to advance long-term...

Surdna Foundation

The Surdna Foundation seeks to foster sustainable communities in the United States -- communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by healthy environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures. The Sustainable Environments Program...

Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance – Food Justice Fund

The Food Justice Fund is a community grantmaking project (sometimes called “participatory grantmaking”). That means that the final awardees of this fund will be selected by voting process that is open to any resident over the age of 14. The application process and...

The Claneil Foundation

The Claneil Foundation works to create healthy communities by supporting nonprofit organizations making an impact in the areas of hunger and nutrition/food system, health and human services, education, and the environment

The Ida and Robert Gordon Family Foundation

This Foundation was created in August 2015. We are exploring the focus for this Foundation and we are currently considering the nexus of climate and sustainable agriculture and related policies.

The John Merck Fund

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, The John Merck Fund (JMF) was established in 1970 by the late Serena Merck and is now in its third generation of family leadership. Starting in 2012, The John Merck Fund will spend all of its assets over the next ten years to spur...

The Tepper Foundation

At The Tepper Foundation, we support organizations working on the frontlines to expand opportunity — from promoting food and housing security to protecting fundamental rights. By working hand-in-hand with our grantee partners, we identify needs in communities and...

Woodcock Foundation

The Woodcock Foundation is a progressive family foundation established to link family creativity and resources with community development needs. Trustees select areas of interest, identify individuals within those areas who possess strong leadership skills, and then...