Non-Profit Provides Hunger Relief to Families and Individuals across Eastern Massachusetts
Cambridge, MA (November 1, 2023) – Food For Free, the Cambridge and Somerville-based non-profit dedicated to providing 150,000 people across Eastern Massachusetts facing food insecurity with reliable access to fresh and nutritious food, has received 8 grants from a variety of community and corporate organizations. These are grants that were received between June and October 2023 and will help Food For Free continue to provide food to members of the community who need it most.
The grants came from the following community and corporate organizations:
Anonymous Corporate Donor
Cambridge Community Foundation
David E. Retick and Christopher D. Mello Foundation
Monogram Foods Loves Kids Foundation
The Audax Foundation and the Biogen Foundation have provided significant support towards Food For Free’s Heat-n-Eats program. Heat-n-Eats makes it possible to distribute prepared food—a category of rescued food that is difficult to utilize and might otherwise end up in landfills—in a way that is extremely convenient for people who face barriers to cooking for themselves. These barriers include lack of kitchen space, expensive grocery costs, insufficient time, and lack of transportation to grocery stores that ultimately contribute to food insecurity. In FY24, Food For Free will expand the creation of Heat-n-Eats meals by rescuing an additional 60,000 pounds of food.
The Cummings Foundation has invested significantly in the overall growth and expansion of Food For Free. This funding will support our organization as we keep our programs running efficiently to better serve our community.
Food For Free is grateful for the continued support of community and corporate partners.
ABOUT FOOD FOR FREE
Food For Free is the leading food rescue and distribution nonprofit dedicated to providing reliable access to fresh and nutritious food to Eastern Massachusetts communities. Headquartered in Cambridge and Somerville, Mass., the organization rescues food that would otherwise go to waste and creates new distribution channels to reach underserved populations in 27 communities across the region. Founded in 1981 as one of the nation’s first food rescue organizations, Food For Free now serves more than 150,000 food insecure Massachusetts residents and distributes 7.5 million pounds of nutritious fresh and prepared foods annually. To learn more, please visit us at http://www.foodforfree.org/, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
