Previously Funded Grants

People's Community Foundation combats health inequities, food insecurity, gentrification, and homelessness in Oakland. They empower the community through organizing, education, and development, nurturing leaders who drive their Grocery Program, Hot Meal Distribution, People's Farm, and Free Health Clinic. Funds will support transportation and materials costs for their BIPOC-focused initiatives in Oakland, addressing health disparities and food insecurity through the Breakfast and Grocery Programs, and Farm.

Sunflower Hill aims to create places and spaces where adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities live, work, learn, and thrive as part of the greater community. Funds will support Sunflower Hill’s project to increase access to fresh produce for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities at their Irby Ranch community by installing a community refrigerator and organizing Farmer Market Fridays, providing round-the-clock access to farm-fresh, organic produce while offering job skills training and empowering residents.

The Alameda Boys & Girls Club’s mission is to inspire and enable all youth to realize their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. Funds will support the Seed-to-Table Coordinator position to expand the farm stand project that provides free or low-cost surplus garden produce grown on site to the local community and parents.

A project of Social Good Fund, Gill Tract Farm Coalition’s mission is to conduct collaborative community-driven research, education, and extension focused on ecological farming and food justice, and to foster equitable economies, a healthy environment, and increased resilience in vulnerable communities, both urban and rural. Funds will reduce food waste and strengthen communities by expanding the Gill Tract Farm’s capacity to offer locally grown produce to food distribution partners, a weekly free farmstand, and to grow and distribute culturally relevant food with and for neighbors in UC Village. Funds will be used for staff time on the project as well as to improve food storage equipment on site and food safety and handling training.

AEG Management Oakland, LLC, the team behind the management of the Oakland Arena, is replacing single-use cups with a reusable cup service. Initially, this service will be piloted in the suites with the goal of expanding facility-wide. The funds will support the costs associated with the reusable cup service and the hiring of sorters to ensure the program operates smoothly and efficiently.

In partnership with OKAPI Reusables, Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda is set to enhance its reusable cup network by incorporating ten additional cafes, focusing on businesses in Albany, Berkeley, and Oakland. The allocated funds will be used to purchase reusable cups, promote the service, and cover labor costs for setting up the program.

Chartwells and Northeastern University at Mills College in Oakland will enhance and expand the campus's reusable foodware program, focusing on a dining hall and a retail eatery. The funds will be used to purchase reusable containers, RFID equipment, and tracking software.

Fremont Unified School District will start lunchtime reusable foodware pilot programs at 10 elementary schools using Dishjoy's offsite dishwashing facility. The project is a partnership with Dishjoy and the Center for Environmental Health, and includes additional funding from Plastic Free Restaurants and the City of Fremont.

Sparkl Reusables provides a reusable foodware system to eating establishments and meal distribution programs in the Bay Area. This funding will increase marketing & outreach staffing capacity and offer a rebate to bring the price of Sparkl's reusables on par with disposables when needed.

Pilot reusable foodware at three schools in the Alameda Unified School District's student meal program using Dishjoy's offsite dishwashing facility. The project is a partnership with Dishjoy and the Center for Environmental Health, and includes additional funding from Plastic Free Restaurants.

Switch to reusable foodware to serve the unhoused community members at First Pres.'s two homeless shelters. Project involves purchasing foodware, leasing dishwashers, and some kitchen remodeling necessary for washing.

Improve and expand SPARKL's program that delivers over 1,000 bulk meals/week in reusable foodware to seniors in partnership with Spectrum Community Services. Launch a similar program in partnership with Nutrition Solutions.

Oakland Asian Cultural Center builds vibrant communities through Asian and Pacific Islander arts and cultural programs that foster inter-generational and cross-cultural dialogue and understanding, collaboration, and social justice. Funds will be used to develop “Reviving the Art of Repair and Repurpose” workshops, in English and Mandarin, to teach Chinatown community members the creative arts of repairing and repurposing materials.

The mission of the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services at the Oakland-based Depot Store. Grant funds will provide operating support to collect, store, and redistribute materials for the Depot Store.

Make It Home Bay Area’s mission is to furnish homes of families and individuals transitioning out of crisis or homelessness with donated, gently used, or repurposed furnishings and household goods. Funds will be used to hire staff to increase furniture diverted from landfill, and increase the number of Alameda County residents served.

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Student Tech Repair Internship program works to ensure that all students, families, and teachers have the necessary technology to be successful in school while creating unique opportunities for student interns to build STEM skills and increasing local sustainability efforts with regards to electronic waste. Funds will cover the costs of eight summer interns and part-time OUSD staff oversight.

The Unity Council’s mission is to promote social equity and improve the quality of life for their communities in Oakland by providing them with the tools and resources to achieve their long-term educational, career, and financial goals. Funds will be used to develop a regenerative program, Hecho en Oakland Reducir, Reparar y Reusar / Made in Oakland: Reduce, Repair & Reuse, with a focus on reusing and reducing textile waste from the fast fashion industry. The new program will include repairing clothes and reusing textiles to make upcycled fashion and homewares.

The ReCARES Network collects, redistributes, and encourages the reuse of donated medical equipment and supplies by increasing access to Durable Medical Equipment (DME) while reducing unnecessary environmental waste. Funds will be used to develop a DME Donor Stop—a replicable training project to prepare essential human resources necessary for the full functioning of their DME donation operations.

Waterside Workshop’s Street Level Cycles program is a youth job-training program that repairs and sells discarded bicycles, and provides access to a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Funds will be used for interns to participate in the Street Level Cycles Waterside’s bicycle education and reuse program. Through their innovative internship model, youth interns work alongside skilled instructors and learn professional bike repair by refurbishing used bicycles. Waterside Workshop’s interns consist primarily of youth who face barriers to employment, including foster youth, homeless youth, youth with learning disabilities, and youth who are at risk of dropping out of high school.

Established in 1999, C&S provides commercial kitchen equipment installation and repair services in Bay Area. Grant funds will be used to provide financial incentives for restaurant owners to repair equipment instead of purchasing new. In addition, funding will allow C&S to design and implement an apprentice program to ensure industry has trained staff to repair equipment.

Digifli is an enterprise that converts refurbished LCD computer monitors purchased from local e-waste companies and turns them into electronic community bulletin boards. Alameda County non-profit organizations, local artists, and small business owners receive free monitors to promote events and business activities. Grant will provide funding for Digifli to expand their services to additional organizations and promotions of community-based events. Funds will support outreach efforts in Alameda, Oakland, and Hayward to locate new entities to sign up for free monitor systems as well as the option to select low-cost paid advertising plans.

The mission of Emeryville Celebration of the Arts is to foster an appreciation of the arts and artists of Emeryville, produce and coordinate community-based events and programs, and increase public awareness of the rich diversity of all forms of creative expression in Emeryville. Funding will allow the organization to cover the initial large startup costs to fabricate almost 800 totes and pouches manufactured with salvaged street banners that advertised previous annual art exhibitions. These upcycled products will generate income from their sales to the community.

Fixit Clinic organizes community repair events in Alameda County and throughout the United States. Funds will pay for staff at Fixit Clinic to operate regularly scheduled community repair events (“Fix it Clinics”) at Circuit Launch Makerspace which specializes in electronics and robotics to expedite assessment, disassembly, troubleshooting, and repair. Holding regular Fixit Clinics at Circuit Launch is part of a broader effort to provide access to repair throughout Alameda County on a more regular basis.

Make It Home Bay Area (MIHBA)’s mission is to furnish homes of families and individuals transitioning out of crisis or homelessness with donated, gently used, repurposed furnishings and household goods. Funds will be used to hire staff to increase furniture diverted from landfill and increase the number of Alameda County residents served.

New Moons Ago reduces fashion wastes collectively, by reconnecting people through upcycling pre-loved clothing. Funds would be used to develop patterns and customer base for personal upcycling pant-making project for population losing mobility as well as to make an adaptive fashion platform for people with limited mobility.

Omni Commons is a collective of organizations that provide a broad spectrum of services to underserved, disadvantaged, and marginalized communities. Funds will allow Omni Commons to hold bi-weekly in-person community repair events to help Alameda County residents keep durable goods in service rather than being discarded or sent to an e-waste facility. These events will leverage the workspace, tools, and expertise already at Omni Commons to aid in repair of anything that is broken. Holding regular community repair events at Omni Commons is part of a broader effort to provide access to repair throughout Alameda County on a more regular basis.

PLACE is a community hub that educates and empowers the community to experiment with and implement regenerative solutions to social and environmental challenges. PLACE offers sliding scale workshops and events. Funds will be used to provide community-based contractor stipends to provide sustainable income and scholarships to increase participation in programming around circular design skills including repair, mending, and maker-art made from salvaged materials. In addition, funds will be used to provide supplies and equipment repair in projects that operate using recovered and donated materials.

Rebuilding Together creates community partnerships to rejuvenate neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of homes owned by low-income homeowners and non-profit facilities that serve low-income communities. Funds will be used to support the new Dorothy's Closet brick and mortar location in Berkeley which is a joint venture with Dorothy Day House in Oakland. Funding will assist to re-home donations, secure storage space for a secondary donation drop-off, and sorting facility. Items available at Dorothy's closet will be both distributed to those in need via vouchers at the store as well as sold at low cost to the local community.

Rock Paper Scissors Collective is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models. Funds will support programming for art workshops available for a variety of participants including veterans, blind/deaf community members, as well as local youth.

Tech Exchange sources high quality decommissioned technology from contributing partners, refurbishes computers and distributes them to households across the Bay Area. Funds will be used for sustainable computer refurbishment and workforce development efforts for digital equity. Funding would support the placement of two Civicorps interns who will serve in Tech Exchange’s Oakland warehouse and a portion of intern stipends.

Uhuru receives high-quality donated furniture and sells at affordable prices in their Oakland retail shop. Grant funds will support program coordinator to manage training and work experience program for interns via partner work site programs. Interns will help stabilize their workforce to increase their free donation pick-up services of furniture and home goods to divert additional 51 tons of furniture and home goods from the landfill over 10 months.

Wonderfil facilitates creating a scalable and cost-effective refill vending machines for liquid and cream products which reduces the demand for plastic packaging for these items. Funds would be used to conduct outreach and place Wonderfil kiosks in the South and East areas of Alameda County. Refill kiosks would be placed in stores, apartment buildings, laundromats, and schools to dispense laundry detergents, liquid soaps, and other cleaning products into refillable containers.

E-Waste and Solar Recycling Center was founded in 1997 with the sole purpose of reuse & recycling of E-Waste, Solar-Panels, Lamps & Batteries. Funds will allow them to further expand their solar panel collection and reuse operation while coordinating with StopWaste and CPSC to develop policy and certification protocols to improve the opportunities for solar panel reuse in the Bay Area.

Kala’s mission is to help artists sustain their creative work over time through its artist residencies, and to engage the community through exhibitions, public programs, and education. Kala’s artist residency and art classes are unique because of the array of equipment and technology we have specializing in printmaking. Funds will enable Kala to repair bulky, specialized printmaking equipment in a sustainable way to keep large items out of the landfill and in circulation in Kala's studio. Over 500 artists each year will have access to this specialized equipment once repaired.

The mission of Loved Twice is to clothe newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing for the first year of life. Funds will be used to collect, sort, redistribute and coord

Oakland Indie Alliance (OIA) is a community of more than 400 small-scale entrepreneurs - OIA helps and supports small businesses to thrive. Funds will be used to facilitate the reuse and repair of a variety of equipment among small business community. Activities will include orchestrate marketing, communication and outreach among members that have useful equipment or supplies that they would like to donate and to connect them with other small businesses in need. In addition, OIA will provide outreach and one on one interactions to their community regarding StopWaste initiatives including reusable food ware promotion to eating establishments, 1383 educational information and other initiatives during the year.

The Re-Up Refill Shop offers a range of ecological bath, body, cooking, food, kitchen, and cleaning products in refillable containers, reducing waste from single-use plastics. Grant funds are to purchase refrigeration equipment so the shop can create a new zero waste dairy department utilizing local purveyors. In addition, project will include partnering with Mandela to offer CSA pick up at the shop, expanding Mandela's customer base for local BIPOC farmers.

Funding will support Tech Exchange’s sustainable computer refurbishment and workforce development efforts as they work toward the vision of digital equity. Specifically, funding from StopWaste would underwrite the stipends of two Civicorps interns for two 6 month internships who will serve in Tech Exchange’s warehouse at the heart of our reuse operation.

Funds will allow two interns to join The Crucible’s Bike Shop which specializes in supporting community members to build, repair, and recycle bikes. Interns will partner with Mandela Grocery Coop to fabricate delivery bikes carts for local grocery delivery as well as work in the Earn-a-Bike program where local youth work with the interns to fix two donated bikes where youth retain a bike to keep and the other is donated to fundraise for the program. Program diverts 500+ bikes from landfills, and provides residents with carbon-free, equitable transportation.

2 A Good Cause, Inc., was established in 2006 to help non-profit organizations meet their needs through creative reuse and repurposing; helping local nonprofits connect with businesses in order to meet their short and long term needs in both goods and service. Funds will be used toward the purchase of a box van to increase the collection and redistribution of goods and materials that would have otherwise ended up in landfill.

BioLink Depot is a unique organization that provides millions of dollars worth of donated laboratory equipment and supplies for free to educators and researchers, to promote scientific training for students. Funding will be used to purchase specialized testing equipment to ensure donated items are in excellent working condition prior to distribution to educators in need.

The Center for Environmental Health's (CEH) mission is to protect people from toxic chemicals by working with communities, consumers, workers, government, and private sectors to demand and support business practices that are safe for public health and the environment. Funds will be used to create an audit of potential reusable foodware infrastructure in Alameda County school districts, host webinars on implementing reusables, connect schools to each other to share reusables best practices, create and distribute reusable foodware case studies to move Alameda County school districts toward committing to transition to reusable foodware.

ReThink Disposable, a program of Clean Water Fund, prevents waste before it starts by working with local governments, businesses, institutions, and consumers to switch from single-use disposable packaging to reusable foodware.  Funds will allow ReThink to partner with Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), to replace harmful single-use foodware with non-toxic reusables to be used during daily food service, focusing initial efforts at BUSD elementary schools.

Fixit Clinic organizes community repair events in Alameda County and throughout the United States. Funding will allow Fixit Clinic to continue to provide support to the many local Fix It Clinics in Alameda County to be held both in person and online.

Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp provides comprehensive after school programming, designed to provide the essential scaffolding a child needs to navigate the school community.  Funding will be used to purchase used bikes, as well as build bikes from scratch, to develop a bike lending and repair enrichment program where students will be exposed to new skills and career potential in repair and reuse.

Make It Home’s mission is to furnish homes of families and individuals transitioning out of crisis or homelessness with donated, gently used, repurposed furnishings and household goods. Fund will be used to coordinate with Alameda County Social Service agencies, offset costs to transport and furnish homes to those in need in Alameda County.

Muir Products builds automated dispensers that streamline the dispensing of products which simplifies the customer refill process. The automated system will make it easier for Alameda County residents to reduce their reliance on single-use plastics by providing streamlined systems to refill their own containers at local shops. Funds will be used to pilot two refill systems at local refill entities: Fillgood in Albany and ReUP Refill in Oakland.  

The Resources Area for Teaching (RAFT) provides materials, kits, and curriculum for students and teachers using salvaged and reusable materials donated by companies and manufacturers. Grant funds will provide 2,500 activity kits and online education curriculum to support learning for Title 1 schools. In addition, funds will help secure and collect material donations from Alameda County manufacturers for reuse in their large warehouse and educational kits. 

RRR's mission is to promote digital inclusion through the repurposing of computing devices for the next generation. Funding will enable RRR to provide 50 reclaimed high-quality MacBook laptops; provide coding classes and technical support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds at Hayward's Tennyson High School.

Friends of the Oakland Library's mission is to advance the role of the Oakland Public Library as a vital community resource. Funds will be used to assist Friends in the continued collection, sale and redistribution of used books and will help offset loss of revenue due to store closure as a result of Shelter in Place orders.

Three Stone Hearth is a sustainable model for community-scale food preparation. Since its founding in 2006, they have packaged their food in returnable, reusable packaging. Funds will be used to continue this effort by improving cleaning and sanitation of reusable foodware as well as developing processes to increase their meal delivery customer returns of their reusable foodware.

Waterside Workshop’s Street Level Cycles program is a youth job-training program that repairs and sells discarded bicycles, and provides a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Rebuilt bicycles provide green transportation for low-income youth and adults, and bicycle sales help support their free education programs. Funds will support staff for operations and youth instruction.

East Bay Natural Grocers, Inc. is comprised of three locally owned, independently operated and certified green food retailers, including two natural foods stores and one food service operation. Funds support a pilot project to implement reusable food containers for the transportation of hot and cold foods from their eatery Tomato, as well as for bulk and baked goods. Project will commence when County Health Order allows bulk food and buffet service.

Civicorps is a West Oakland based nonprofit whose mission is to re-engage young adults, ages 18-26, to earn a high school diploma, gain job skills, and pursue college. They offer training in Environmental Management and Recycling as well as operate East Bay's only charter school designed to serve the needs of young adults. Grant award will provide funds to pay 50% of internship wages for two Civic Corps members to learn computer refurbishment skills. Internships are through their Conservation Career Pathways project at the Tech Exchange computer refurbishment center.

Corporate eWaste Solutions is a Hayward based certified electronics reuse and recycling provider. Reuse and Repair grant funds will allow the repair and refurbishment of lightly damaged laptops which would normally be recycled. These laptops will be donated to Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay to distribute to low income families in Alameda County.

The Ecology Center’s mission is to inspire and build a sustainable, healthy, and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond. They transform the ideals of sustainability into everyday practice. Grant funds for expansion and continuation of the Reusable Cup Pilot, implementing the Vessel Reusable Cup system into additional cafes and eating establishments in Alameda County. Project will commence when County and City Health orders allow project activities.

Hively believes that every family should have the resources and support to ensure that children get the best start possible including counseling and other resources they need to thrive. Grant funds will be used to expand and improve their Oakland and Pleasanton based program that collects big box store returns as well as gently used household items and clothing donations for redistribution to families in need.

Loved Twice believes every newborn baby deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. Loved Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds will be used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month. This event includes artist collectives, street artists, local culinary artisans and beverages as well as food trucks. Funds encumbered to support reusable infrastructure at First Friday events when County Health Order allows for large group activities to resume.

The ReUp Refill shop in Oakland allows customers to get bath, body, kitchen, and cleaning products in refillable containers, reducing waste from single-use plastics. Funds will allow the shop to purchase a pre-owned electric bike for sustainable deliveries and refurbish a used shipping container to provide storage of large scale inventory items such as 55 gallon drums.

Surplus Service provides the highest and best end of life solutions for e-waste, via refurbishment and reuse of electronics rather than recycling or sending them to the landfill. Funds will be used to expand their BioMed group to refurbish medical equipment that may have otherwise been landfilled or recycled. Adding the capability of refurbishing medical equipment to their existing operation will divert thousands of pounds from landfill and recycling streams.

The Plant Exchange's mission is to divert large amounts of usable plants from the landfill or organics stream by developing partnerships with retail/wholesale distributors and contractors who provide The Plant Exchange with donations of unused plants. Funds will be used to support ongoing operations for donated plant pickups.

Waterside Workshop’s ‘Street Level Cycles’ program is a youth job-training program that repairs and sells discarded bicycles, and provides a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Rebuilt bicycles provide green transportation for low-income youth and adults, and bicycle sales help support their free education programs. Funds will support staff for operations and youth instruction.

Cal Shake creates exemplary productions of works, both old and new, interpreted in vital and urgent ways. They seek to both teach and learn through art—not simply about the theater but about our world. Grant funds used to build reusable stock set pieces that will reduce the amount of construction waste sent to landfill.

The mission of The Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in the Depot Store. Funds to expand and implement the Estate Reuse Service program that provides Alameda County residents dealing with challenging life transitions with a convenient resource to responsibly dispose of personal property.

Filljoy's mission is to reduce single-use plastic, packaging and product waste in retail environments. Filljoy is a technology solution that simplifies and encourages bulk shopping by utilizing apps available on smartphones. Filljoy’s innovative technology solution makes it easier for customers to shop with their own reusable containers. Funding to pilot Filljoy software/kiosks at three Alameda County grocery stores that offer bulk purchasing options.

Habitat ReStores accept donations of used and salvaged home improvement items sold to the public at a discount. Proceeds are used to help build strength, stability, self-reliance and shelter in local communities. Funds used for communications/outreach campaign to promote the ReStore and the variety of salvaged, donated and reused items for sale. Campaign will encourage people to visit the Restore as well as educate residents about the importance of reuse and donations.

Loved Twice believes every newborn girl and boy deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. clothing newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing for the first year of life. Grants funds assist Love Twice to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort these precious garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

Rebuilding Together creates community partnerships to rejuvenate neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of homes owned by low-income homeowners and non-profit facilities that serve low-income communities. Funds used to train and supervise 500 volunteers and 30 clients yearly to salvage reusable building materials instead of sending to landfill/recycling.

The Alliance promotes the social, environmental and economic benefits of reuse through advocacy, data collection projects, and community building services that strengthen the reuse community.Funds used to expand the Agency's database of Alameda County reuse enterprises and their activities to improve upcycling infrastructure in Alameda County.

Upstream is a national non-profit organization sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution and our throw-away culture. They create opportunities, develop tools and invite business leaders, policy makers and culture hackers to join us in changing the world. Funds used to coordinate regional activities around reusable food ware opportunities for implementation countywide.

Street Level Cycles is a community bicycle shop that utilizes donated and discarded bicycles to teach youth valuable job skills in how to rebuild bicycles using salvaged bicycle partts and materials. Funding to help offset costs of staffing and rent.

The mission of The Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in the Depot Store. Funding used to promote their Estate Reuse Services—a personalized estate clearance program designed to provide Alameda County residents dealing with challenging life transitions with a convenient resource to ecologically dispose of personal property.

Loved Twice believes every newborn girl and boy deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. Love Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

​Tech Exchange sources high quality decommissioned technology from contributing partners, refurbishes computers and distributes them to households across the Bay Area. TheirTech For All solution is designed to supply everything needed to support digitally disconnected residents with technology access. Funds used to support the purchase of a used truck to implement and grow successful electronic reuse program.

The mission of The Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in the Depot Store. Funds used to conduct targeted business outreach in Alameda County to help expand the East Bay Depot’s donation solicitation activities to include more businesses, corporations and manufacturers.

Loved Twice believes every newborn girl and boy deserves to have clothes for their first year of life — one of life’s basic necessities. Love Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

Street Level Cycles is a community bicycle shop that utilizes donated and discarded bicycles to teach youth valuable job skills in how to rebuild bicycles using salvaged bicycle parts and materials. Funding to help offset costs of staffing and rent.

Community Kitchens’ founding principle is to unify and bring together their community to build stronger and more resilient foodways to support and uplift underserved community members and businesses. Funds will support the purchase of two refrigerators and one chest freezer to establish a secure drop-off hub for restaurants. This hub will not only aid restaurants in complying with SB 1383 but also alleviate food waste, ensuring that more nutritious meals reach Oakland communities in need.

New Life Christian Church Food Pantry is dedicated to meeting the needs of their community in Hayward. Funds will be used to purchase an efficient refrigerator to preserve the recovered food and a scale to accurately weigh the donations. This will help increase their capacity to recover surplus food donations.

Teen Challenge of East Bay, Inc.(TCEB) provides successful recovery for men with destructive, abusive, and addictive lifestyles through mentoring, education, training, and spiritual direction. Funds will enable TCEB to expand their food storage capabilities by purchasing a walk-in freezer. This upgrade will prevent spoilage and extend the storage duration, allowing them to accommodate more food donations. By replacing multiple existing units with a single, energy-efficient solution, TCEB can boost their annual food recovery by 12,000 pounds and significantly enhance their overall energy efficiency. This investment will ensure that more donated food is preserved and utilized, supporting their mission to serve the community effectively.

Washington Hospital System's mission is to meet the healthcare needs of their district residents through medical services, education, and research. Funds will enable them to enhance their surplus food recovery efforts from their Cafeteria and Patient Dining operations by purchasing a refrigerator dedicated to donations. They plan to establish a central fridge solution, streamlining storage and maximizing the efficiency of food recovery. This will make accessing donations, from partners like Daily Bowl, more efficient and effective.

Arsola’s Distribution Center and Community Services is a non-profit community organization that provides safe, comfortable, stable housing, food access, and support services to bring about social, behavioral, and economic growth and advancement for individuals struggling to build a better way of life. Funds will support Arsola to expand its food recovery and distribution program by purchasing two one-door refrigerators and one freezer. The equipment will be installed at two new distribution pop-up sites allowing them to recover more food and store it safely at each distribution location.

Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (LMUMC) operates food programs that serve individuals and families living near the church and all over Alameda County. LMUMC operates a monthly food distribution of shelf stable and fresh produce with food available upon request. Hot meals and sandwich lunches are prepared and distributed twice each week to the housed and unhoused near the church, as well as through its partners. Funds will support LMUMC to expand the capacity of their lunch meal program and food distribution program to the homeless and low-income families by purchasing one single-door refrigerator, one blast chiller, shelving, and one insulated blanket.

The Peace Haven Corporation's mission is to provide food, community services, and engagement to individuals and families they serve. Their vision is to create a community where no one goes hungry or feels left out. Funds will support the Peace Haven Corporation to purchase one refrigerator, one freezer, and a full-size insulated heated holding cabinet for their dignified freedom store. The equipment will significantly aid the Peace Haven Corporation in accepting a greater quantity of surplus food donations, enhancing their storage capacity, and ensuring that the food remains fresh for longer periods, thereby minimizing the risk of spoilage.

Founded in 1977, the Alameda Food Bank is a non-profit organization that offers assistance to the Alameda community by providing nourishing food in a compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners. Funds will support the Alameda Food Bank to purchase a glass door freezer unit to aid in the safe distribution of frozen items to clients during our three weekly distributions. This freezer unit will allow our clients to select their own frozen items, resulting in recovered food to be put to the highest use and for clients to have a dignified shopping experience when visiting the Alameda Food Bank.

East Bay Food Justice serves hot meals seven times a week to the public at fixed locations in Berkeley and Oakland and delivers prepared food to homeless encampments. Funding will support East Bay Food Justice Project in repairing/refurbishing a non-operational walk-in refrigeration unit at Omni Commons, a nonprofit building where their organization maintains a permanent space. The funds will help replace the present labor-intensive and energy-inefficient cold storage area to create over 532 cubic feet of centralized, accessible, and standards-compliant energy-efficient refrigerated storage space.

Open Heart Kitchen is the largest hot meal program of its kind in the Tri­-Valley Area. Founded in 1995 as a small, grassroots effort to address hunger in the Tri-Valley, Open Heart Kitchen serves meals at multiple locations in Dublin, Livermore, and Pleasanton. Funds will support the purchase of equipment for Open Heart Kitchen’s Tri-Valley Food Hub to help redistribute donated produce and surplus fresh/frozen groceries from the Alameda County Community Food Bank and other local food service providers. The Food Hub will be their central location of operations for the redistribution of donated food. This new program will increase the use of donated surplus edible food and funds will help purchase needed equipment such as thermal pallet covers, thermal blankets, tote boxes, vented agricultural crates, and milk crates.

The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs without discrimination. Their goal is to provide services to low-income families in need. Funds will support purchasing an electric pallet jack to help improve the handling process and the efficiency of their food distribution program. Moving the food around faster will help extend the life of the food they receive. The funds will also help purchase reusable totes and reusable pallet wraps.

HOPE Collaborative' s mission is to advance racial, economic, and health equity in Oakland through community-driven food and neighborhood initiatives. Funds will be used to purchase equipment to extend the shelf life of recovered food and expand their recovery and redistribution efforts by allowing them to work with more partners and use their other resources to support community led mutual aid efforts.

Irvington Presbyterian Church Outreach Ministry is committed to addressing systemic poverty by helping to eliminate food insecurity. The Outreach Ministries will build on its existing food rescue program capacity by increasing the amount of guests served by 150 a week to 175-200 within the next eight months. Funding will be used to partially fund a walk-in refrigerator in order to rescue and store more food to feed people in Irvington and surrounding areas of Fremont.

Funds will support the Alameda Food Bank in auditing and documenting internal procedures and creating a handbook that can be shared with external partners. This handbook will assist other organizations in the creation of a grocery store-style shopping experience where recovered food will be distributed.

The Bear Pantry provides basic needs services to University Village Albany (UVA) residents, reducing food insecurity and fostering community well-being. The UVA Bear Pantry and UC Berkeley’s Basic Needs Center aim to expand food recovery efforts from UC Berkeley food service operators and pilot reusable food donation trays. Funds will support recovery of prepared food from UC Berkeley dining halls, stadiums, and sports events while keeping the distribution of surplus food internal to university operations—a closed loop system for food recovery that will utilize reusable infrastructure in the donation system, minimizing waste of single-use foodware.

The Center for Food, Faith & Justice is building a network of congregations, integrated urban gardens, community food justice programs, economic development, hunger and homeless programs, and food-related job training programs which began in 2014. Funds will support increased staff time, materials, and operating expenses to expand on the Beyond the Table program which recovers and redistributes food through partnerships with grocers and organizations. The initiative includes community education, job training, and increased meal program capacity.

Daily Bowl recovers excess food that would otherwise go to waste and delivers it to Bay Area agencies that feed food-insecure families. Funds will support Daily Bowl’s existing food recovery and redistribution efforts and allow the organization to expand outreach and educational efforts with Tier 2, large commercial food generators in Alameda County.

FoodRecovery.Org connects businesses with surplus food to organizations and communities in need through its online platform, thereby diverting edible food away from landfills at no charge to platform users. Funds will support the recovery of edible surplus food, communication, logistics, and transportation of surplus food from Oakland Unified School District and large food generators to nearby nonprofits to nourish food-insecure residents.

Mandela Partners is a non-profit organization that uses food as a tool for community and economic development in Alameda County. Their flagship program, Mandela Produce Distribution, is a community food hub that increases access to local, sustainably grown fresh produce while supporting the economic success of small-scale BIPOC farmers. This project will focus on the prevention of food waste through inventory management of produce stands, combined with the donation of surplus produce to Food Recovery Organizations. Funds will support staff time and the purchase of reusable crates to replace disposable packaging.

Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice’s Self-Help Hunger Program combines food recovery, food security, and career development to help vulnerable communities in North Oakland withstand displacement and preserve their culture. Funds will be used to increase staff time for food recovery, distribution, and network building. It will also cover vehicle operating costs and general maintenance to significantly expand and increase the amount of food recovered, distributed, and shared with partner organizations.

Project Open Hand's mission is to improve health outcomes and quality of life by providing nutritious meals to the sick and vulnerable. Funds will go towards adding refrigeration to an existing Project Open Hand delivery vehicle to keep frozen meals at a safe temperature to facilitate distribution and prevent them from going to waste.

San Lorenzo Family Help Center is tackling food insecurity in the wider San Lorenzo area. Through partnerships with food recovery organizations and support from volunteers, the San Lorenzo Family Help Center leads the coordination and distribution of nutritious emergency food and resources to low-income families and individuals. Funds will be used to purchase a walk-in refrigerator which will double food recovery storage, decrease food spoilage, and increase the number of families assisted with food and other resources through distribution events.

St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County feeds, clothes, houses, and heals the most vulnerable individuals and families in Alameda County. Funds will be used to increase the amount of nutritious food given to clients across the county with a focus on the Oakland San Pablo corridor.

Tri-Valley Haven's Client Choice Food Pantry provides fresh groceries and personal necessities six days a week, serving low-income and homeless individuals and families and people at risk of being unhoused. Funds will support essential staff and operational expenses to grow their food recovery efforts and double the number of mobile food distribution sites to a total of eight.

Common Vision works at the intersection of food, education and the environment. Funds will support increased personnel time dedicated to expanding donation partnerships, distribution sites, and educational programming around food and nutrition.

The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) is a non-profit deeply committed to Asian and Pacific Islander communities and works with and for all the diverse populations of the East Bay to build healthy, vibrant and safe neighborhoods through community development. Funds will support the expansion of its Oakland Chinatown Food Distribution Program to approximately 420 households per month through four monthly food distributions at two central locations in Oakland Chinatown. EBALDC will also increase staff capacity to provide more efficient program management and coordination while increasing resident engagement to ensure a positive food distribution experience for residents and volunteers.

Greater Grace Community Services Outreach Program (GGCSOP) ensures secure stable, reliable, and healthy food for six thousand families in Oakland. Funds will support expansion of food distribution to serve an additional 2,000 individuals on a weekly basis by stabilizing GGCSOP's volunteer base with stipends and build capacity for the site to operate during extended hours.

Just Fare is building a just world where food is a force for social change. Just Fare offers catering services for offices & events while offering dignified prepared meals through their Community Kitchen Program free of charge, while utilizing carefully selected ingredients from organic, local, independent farms for all meals. They also provide commercial kitchen design & foodservice consulting. Funds will support implementation of Just Fare's internal food donation program from workplace catering sites, development of a data analysis tool to reduce overproduction, and development of a case study informed by the above to share with other caterers and food producers.

Mary Barber Ministries provides nutritional, emotional, spiritual, and hygienic care to overlooked East Oakland community members. Funds will support Mary Barber Ministries to increase the surplus edible food collected and distributed from 75,400 lbs. to 226,200 lbs. during the grant term. Mary Barber Ministries will establish a client-choice food pantry, hold 2-3 community events, and form 2-3 new surplus edible food collection partnerships.

Oakland Communities United for Equity (OCUEJ) and Justice’s Self-Help Hunger Program dovetails food recovery, food security, and career-building for low-income Oakland residents. Funds will support OCUEJ with storage, equipment, and personnel costs and stipends for essential staff and trainers involved in the Cooks Training Program, as well as food recovery, cooking, and distribution efforts that provide up to 8,000 nutritionally and culturally appropriate hot meals to nutritionally insecure North Oakland residents.

San Lorenzo Family Help Center's mission is to eliminate hunger within the local community while partnering with churches, schools, neighboring businesses, government agencies, local neighbors and volunteers. Funds will support San Lorenzo Family Help Center to expand its growing food recovery program by hiring a warehouse assistant, purchasing equipment to move food donations around more efficiently, and recovery vehicle expenses.

The Berkeley Food Network (BFN) is an innovative, community-centered organization that brings expanded food assistance services to food-insecure Berkeley residents. BFN’s goal is to ensure that all Berkeley residents are free from hunger and have access to affordable high-quality, healthy food. Funds will support the refinement of their food recovery program to be more deliberate, efficient, and flexible, resulting in the targeted recovery of greater quantities of desirable, waste-free, high-quality foods from large generators. In addition, funds will be used to purchase an electric pallet jack and support the development of an ongoing feedback loop between BFN clients and food-assistance partner organizations.

Alameda Boys & Girls Club inspires and enables all youth, especially those who need it most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. Funds will support personnel time dedicated to the development of the Family Freshies program, a weekly farmer's market that will provide job training skills and educational opportunities to teens, while distributing surplus produce grown for the existing gardening and cooking program.

The Berkeley Food Network (BFN) is an innovative, community-centered organization that brings expanded food assistance services to food-insecure Berkeley residents. BFN’s goal is to ensure that all Berkeley residents are free from hunger and have access to affordable high-quality, healthy food. Funds will be used to purchase a pallet jack and operationalize a recovery network in the East Bay, allowing BFN to accept large donations from Tier 1 generators and distribute to other food recovery organizations within their network, acting as a food hub.

Common Vision works at the intersection of food, education and the environment. Funding will be used to produce a case study on cooperative food recovery from Oakland-based food business Good Eggs, that will serve as a model for other large food generators and non profit donation partnerships, while documenting their strategy of utilizing school gardens as distribution sites for recovered food and central hubs in the local food network.

The Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Activities League's (DSAL) mission is to build on natural, human, social, economic, built, political, and cultural capital to create safer, healthier communities. Funds will be used to support DSAL's social enterprise, Dig Deep Farms, and their Food Hub distribution facility to increase food recovery, operate efficient aggregation, sorting, processing and packaging of recovered food for distribution to food-insecure residents.

Food Shift reduces food waste, nourishes neighbors, and provides jobs by recovering overlooked food and upcycles/redistributes it through their culinary training program which hires apprentices overcoming employment discrimination. Funds will be used to implement and scale PAWSitive Bones, a social enterprise producing the first 100% upcycled dog treat, made from locally-sourced, recovered surplus produce and other food by-products that would typically go to waste.

Greater Grace Community Services Outreach Program ensures secure stable, reliable, and healthy food for six thousand families in Oakland. Funds will support the expansion of the food recovery and distribution program with increased personnel time, as well as equipment and materials to build infrastructure to manage distribution.

Mandela Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned and operated grocery store in West Oakland, a neighborhood rich with culture and history, but lacking access to local, fresh, and nutritional foods. Funds will support the growth of the bi-weekly Sunday Service meal program that upcycles surplus store inventory and donated food into hot meals and food bags for the curbside community and houseless neighbors. The number of meals and bags distributed will increase from 50 to 75 each Sunday Service, and funds will support a new team position that will focus on developing connections and partnerships to increase food recovery and appropriate donation needs.

Mary Barber Ministries provides nutritional, emotional, spiritual, and hygienic care to overlooked East Oakland community members. Funds will support their mobile food pantry and other food distribtion events by purchasing equipment and supporting staff and volunteer time to increase the amount of food collected and distributed, number of people served and capacity to rescue more surplus food by establishing new partnerships with retailers and restaurants.

Oakland Communities United for Equity & Justice's Self Help Hunger Program, as an organization founded "by and for" resilient but displacement-vulnerable North Oakland residents, has been supporting the community for 14 years. Funds will support an increase in the Community Cooks Trainees Project, hot meal program, donation partners, and amount of recovered food, by providing funds for personnel time, transportation, and a generator.

The Food Commonweal was founded in 2018 with a mission to improve the health and wellness of East Oakland residents through increasing their access to culturally-relevant healthy food. Funds will support an expansion of The Famer & The Chef social enterprise, that utilizes excess locally grown produce to make condiments and sauces, though staff time, equipment and supplies to increase recovery and production capacity.

Tri-Valley Haven(TVH) is a non-profit organization in Livermore creating homes safe from abuse and contributing to a more peaceful society one person, one family, one community at a time. In addition to running a food pantry, they operate multiple shelters, a thrift store, and crisis support services for individuals and families in the Tri-Valley area and Alameda County. StopWaste funding will support Tri-Valley Haven's new expanded Food Pantry which has returned to a Client Choice model, allowing clients to select their own food instead of receiving a pre-packed bag of groceries. This model reduces food waste, meets clients health needs and upholds their dignity, allows the pantry to order foods that are more in demand, and reduces staff and volunteer time pre-packing food items. Additionally, TVH will be adding more grocery rescue locations, projecting more than 200,000 pounds of food rescued, and expanding their Mobile Food Pantry operations to more housing locations.

Arsola’s Distribution Center and Community Services is a nonprofit community organization that provides safe, comfortable, stable housing, food access, and support services to bring about social, behavioral, and economic growth and advancement for individuals struggling to build a better way of life. Funds will support Arsola's food pantry program in East Oakland, which recovers over 350,000 lbs. of food annually to feed roughly 8,600 individuals and families each month.

The Berkeley Food Pantry provides families with adequate sustenance and nutrition at times when bills for food, rent, health care, and other items overwhelm them. Funds will support the Pantry at Your Door project, which provides bimonthly food deliveries directly to the homes of at-risk populations, such as elderly, disabled, and low-income families with young children.

Daily Bowl's mission is to recover surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and rapidly redistribute to local food pantries and agencies catering to our less fortunate and hungry community members. Funds will be used to glean produce and prepared food from commercial establishments, grocery stores, and eating establishments and distribute to local non-profit food pantries and places of worship.

Food Shift develops practical solutions to reduce wasted food, feed communities, and provide jobs. Food Shift's social enterprise recovers overlooked food from waste to provide nourishing food for overlooked neighbors overcoming food insecurity. Funds will support Operation Together Phase II, originally launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in response to the rise in food waste and food insecurity, the project gleans and redistributes overlooked food as food assistance for our most vulnerable neighbors.

Hope 4 the Heart serves local low-income families by providing food, produce, diapers, and household items. Funds will be used to support the food recovery program that collects and redistributes over 3 million pounds of rescued food per year to feed over 16,000 families every month.

One Nation Dream Makers mission is to help veterans and others in the community to restore hope and get their lives back on track and to become positive forces in their communities. Funds will support expansion of the food recovery and distribution program, increasing the number of food donations and growing distribution beyond the current Dublin and Hayward sites.

Washington Hospital System's mission is to meet the health care needs of their District residents through medical services, education, and research. Funds will be used for a plate heating and holding system for meals served to patients, which keeps food hot during transport and delivery to avoid the common wasting of cold food by patients.

The Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Activities League's (DSAL) mission is to build on natural, human, social, economic, built, political, and cultural capital to create safer, healthier communities. Funds will support DSAL's social enterprise, Dig Deep Farms, and their Food Hub distribution facility to operate efficient aggregation, sorting, processing and packaging of recovered food for distribution to food-insecure residents.

Daily Bowl's mission is to recover blemished and excess produce destined for waste and rapidly redistribute to local agencies catering to our less fortunate and hungry community members. Funds will be used to glean produce and prepared food from commercial establishments, grocery stores, and eating establishments and distribute to local non-profit food pantries.

The McGee Center for Food, Faith & Justice (CFFJ) provides an innovative, community-centered network of food sourcing and distribution to alleviate the problems of hunger and poor nutrition in Berkeley. Funds will support CFFJ’s Food Recovery Program that recovers food that would otherwise have gone to waste from food retailers, distributers, and producers in Berkeley and nearby municipalities, and redistribute through an on-site pantry and meal program serving residents experiencing food insecurity.

The Berkeley Food Network aims to provide an innovative, community-centered network of food sourcing and distribution to alleviate the problems of hunger and poor nutrition in Berkeley. Funds will be used to further develop the Food Recovery Program, which recovers food that would otherwise have gone into the waste stream from food retailers, distributers, and producers in Berkeley and nearby municipalities. Increased food recovered will be used in the pantry program as well as grow the Hub Kitchen Program to provide at least 1,500 meals a week.

Daily Bowl's mission is to recover edible food destined for waste and distribute that across to agencies catering to our less fortunate and hungry community members.. Funds used to support programs that incorporate collecting prepared food from commercial establishments, grocery stores and eating establishments and distribute to local non-profit food pantries.

Hope 4 the Heart provides food, produce, diapers, and household items to local families who are experiencing food insecurity by distributing pallets of food to over 100 churches, schools, and nonprofit organizations every week, free of charge. Funds support rescuing an additional 185 tons of edible food across Alameda County networks.

The Berkeley Food Network aims to provide an innovative, community-centered network of food sourcing and distribution to alleviate the problems of hunger and poor nutrition in Berkeley. Funds support BFN's Food Recovery Program that recovers food that would otherwise have gone into the waste stream from food retailers, distributers, and producers in Berkeley and nearby municipalities. The program ensures that the food is used in the highest and best use, primarily to feed people in Berkeley experiencing food insecurity.

Move For Hunger mobilizes the relocation industry to fight hunger and reduce food waste. Funds to help expand its relocation partnerships in Alameda County while launching its new Apartment Program, in partnership with StopWaste, to raise awareness and responsiveness for the issues of hunger and food waste.

Alameda County Community Food Bank distributes millions of healthy meals every year, and is dedicated to finding new approaches to ending hunger and poverty. Funding to increase food donation/recovery through the Grocery Rescue Program (GRP) and launch a real-time donation pilot to recovery infrequent food donations such as prepared food.

Replate's technology platform enables businesses to schedule on-demand pickups for their surplus food. Funding to amplify current food recovery efforts in Alameda County by focusing marketing to 30-40 potential companies in county and allocating resources towards developing a web platform to further develop their peer to peer food sharing platform in AC.

The Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM)’s mission is to educate, inspire, and connect communities, responsible farmers, and producers as part of a healthy, Earth-friendly, equitable local and regional food system. These new grant funds will supply approximately 575 reusable plastic totes to transport fresh produce to Alameda County farmer's markets to eight BIPOC farmers who are enrolled in AIM's racial equity program called the "Incubator Booth". The Incubator Booth program supports beginning BIPOC farmers get established at farmer's markets.

Donut Petit's City of Alameda artisanal doughnut shop sources local and organic ingredients to create classic and unique flavors. Building on the success of prior grant funds, these additional funds will allow the bakery to purchase additional reusable bakery boxes to match Donut Petit's growing need.

Marin Living Foods makes premium almond milk beverages using clean ingredients to create unique flavor profiles. Disposable wooden pallets for beverage transport will be switched to reusable, durable pallets, resulting in cost savings and reducing waste. Additionally, Marin Living Foods will switch to reusable pallet covers made with thermal fabric to maintain beverage temperature during transport and further reduce transport packaging waste.

Sun Hop Fat is an Asian food market in Oakland. Grant funds will allow the market to work with a local farm produce vendor, Hanamoto Farms in Morgan Hill, to switch from disposable wax-coated cardboard boxes to reusable produce crates for their daily deliveries to Sun Hop Fat market.

Donut Petit's City of Alameda artisanal doughnut shop sources local and organic ingredients to create classic and unique flavors. In 2021-22, Donut Petit received funding to purchase 150 reusable containers to transport donuts from their commercial kitchen in Alameda to farmers markets, fairs, events, and catering. Building on the success of that initial grant, these additional funds will allow the bakery to purchase 191 additional reusable bakery boxes to match the growing need.

Mercy Brown Bag Program serves food-insecure adults over the age of 60 in Alameda County through their free grocery program. The project will fund an initial pilot to replace single-use paper grocery bags with reusable bags for distribution at three senior centers that receive food through their mobile grocery program. Pending results of the pilot, a second phase will be implemented to expand the program to up to 10 sites in Alameda County.

The Agriculture Institute of Marin (AIM) currently manages seven Certified Farmers Markets in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Alameda, and Marin Counties), a mobile market, and provides hands-on educational programs to thousands of children and adults about the connections between the environment, agriculture, and health. This third round of grant funds will be used to purchase 875 more reusable plastic totes and distribute them to eight farm participants to transport produce to farmer’s markets in Oakland, Hayward, and Newark. It is estimated that the reusable totes will prevent the purchase, use, and disposal of 5,105 wax-coated cardboard boxes annually (6,637 pounds) with an estimated cost savings to farmers of over $6,000/year.

Donut Petit's City of Alameda artisanal doughnut shop sources local and organic ingredients to create classic and unique flavors, uses environmentally conscious packaging, and donates leftover goods to reduce food waste. Funds will replace single use bakery boxes with 150 reusable containers (clear food storage boxes) for transporting donuts from their commercial kitchen in Alameda to farmers markets, fairs, events, and catering. This will result in the reduction of 1,200 single-use cardboard bakery boxes per year.

PACE Supply is a wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies (pipe, valves, fittings, etc.) with 17 wholesale locations in California and two in Alameda County (Oakland and Dublin). This reusable transport packaging pilot project will replace wooden pallets, cardboard boxes, and plastic film with 8 intermediate bulk containers (IBC’s) for daily shipments of plumbing supplies from the Stockton Distribution Center to the Oakland wholesale location.

The Mercy Brown Bag Program, a project under the Elder Care Alliance Community Mercy Retirement and Care Center, coordinates the distribution of nutritious groceries to over 8,000 older adults twice a month, free of charge. Funds will be used to purchase 40 reusable pallet wraps to replace plastic wrap used to secure pallets of groceries for transport to 90 senior facilities throughout Alameda County. It is estimated that the reusable pallet wraps will prevent the purchase, use, and disposal of 27,500 lbs. of plastic wrap each year, equivalent to 17 miles of plastic, with an estimated cost savings of $1,000 per year in avoided plastic wrap purchases.

Uhuru Foods & Pies builds commerce by and between African people worldwide by putting control of food, food production and distribution into the hands of black people once again through baking and selling pies. Funds will be used to replace approximately 1,500 cardboard boxes and 7,200 linear feet of packing tape annually with 300 reusable totes to transport handmade pies from the bakery into retail locations in Alameda County. It is estimated that the reusable totes will prevent the purchase, use, and disposal of more than 900 lbs. of cardboard and packing tape annually, with an estimated cost savings of $2,200 per year.

Commex Corporation provides food grade plastic film for packaging. Grant funds will be used to replace single-use wooden pallets with 138 reusable pallets to transport shipments of film plastic to Emerald Packaging in Union City. The reusable pallets will prevent the purchase, use, and disposal of approximately 16.5 tons of wooden pallets annually.

Philz Coffee is a coffee roaster retailer with over 50 coffee shops, as well as wholesale and online roasted coffee sales. Funds will be used to replace single-use plastic pallet wrap with 48 reusable pallet wraps for weekly shipments of coffee beans from their third-party warehouse in San Leandro to the Philz Coffee Roasting Plant in Oakland. It is estimated that the reusable pallet wraps will prevent the purchase, use, and disposal of disposal of 1,822 lbs of plastic pallet wrap each year.

AIM currently manages seven Certified Farmers Markets in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Alameda, and Marin Counties), a mobile market, and provides hands-on educational programs to thousands of children and adults about the connections between the environment, agriculture, and health. AIM will coordinate this project on behalf of 8 participating farms to replace 14,400 cardboard boxes with 645 reusable plastic totes for transporting produce to East Bay markets over a five year period.

Drake’s Brewery will replace approximately 290,000 feet of plastic film and 16,640 pounds of wooden pallets per year by purchasing 32 reusable plastic pallets, 12 pallet wraps, and 300 pallet bands to move raw materials and finished product across the brewery’s production spaces.

Hall's Farm will replace approximately 5,800 waxed cardboard boxes per year by purchasing 400 reusable plastic crates for weekly delivery of produce from their Salinas Valley farm to five restaurants and two farmer’s markets in Alameda County.

Funds used to purchase 150 reusable totes which are used to deliver ready-to-eat packaged meals to grocery stores throughout the Bay Area, eliminating 2500 corrugated boxes each year, reducing product loss and improving worker safety.

Replaces 250 limited-use (due to frequent damage) plastic bins used for distribution of produce with 100 durable reusable totes.

Funds 380 reusable totes which replace corrugated boxes used to store and transport mushrooms to Alameda County farmers markets and preventing over 7,000 lbs. of discarded corrugated boxes/year.

Bay Area Community Health's mission is to work with community churches, neighbors, and volunteers to end hunger. Grantee will purchase reusable pallets and thermal blankets to reduce their waste footprint while also increasing safety and efficiency in food storage and distribution.

Tri-City Health Center's (TCHC) mission is to deliver excellent health services in a caring, nurturing, and respectful atmosphere while improving the quality of life for every patient. Grantee will purchase a new refrigerator, reusable coolers, and reusable plastic bins to reduce the use of disposable transport packaging and also support the safe and efficient collection of surplus edible food for their Food Farmacy program.

Grantee will purchase reusable totes or bins, a freezer (and installation), hot/cold boxes and reusable coolers to increase the number of homebound people that receive donated by 50 for a total of 200 served, increase the number of unsheltered persons provided with food by 50 persons for a total of 250 persons, and increase recovery of prepared and perishable foods.

Grantee will purchase two commercial refrigerators and one commercial freezer. As a result of this new equipment, it’s estimated that the Grantee will recover approximately 600 lbs. of edible food a week during the duration of the grant.

Grantee will purchase and install a freezer, refrigerator, and thermal blankets to support food rescue and distribution by increasing capacity to refrigerate and freeze donated food and increase the amount of food distributed with new temperature controlled food recovery equipment. FACES estimates increasing donations and foods distributed by at least 200%.

Grantee will purchase insulated blankets, insulated pan carriers hot/cold packs, and insulated delivery bags to recover surplus food to feed people experiencing food insecurity while reducing the use of disposable transport packaging. It is estimated that the Grantee will recover and distribute approximately 89,700 lbs. of food from Cal Dining between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020.

St. Barts will purchase stackable reusable containers and a cart/strap to hold boxes. Containers that are stackable will reduce the amount of storage space in the pantry and increase the space for more food items to be donated. Temperature controlled food storage/transport equipment will also help with perishable items donated from locations and during food distribution at the pantry.

Grantee will a combo commercial refrigerator/freezer to recover surplus food to feed people experiencing food insecurity. It is estimated that the Grantee will recover approximately 230,000 lbs. of edible food between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020.

Grantee will purchase reusable totes, reusable pallet wraps, reusable pallet bands or belts, freezer and installation, thermal blankets, and scale to recover surplus food to feed people experiencing food insecurity while reducing the use of disposable transport packaging.

Go Green Initiative provides schools with the tools, training and ongoing support they need to create a “culture of conservation” and natural resource stewardship within their community. Funds used to conduct outreach and training to Pleasanton residents and commercial institutions to better implement the Mandatory Recycling Ordinance.

Surplus Service provides the highest e-waste recycling solutions that lead to higher sustainability reuse and disposal of electronics rather than simply recycling them or sending them to the landfill. Funds supported new refurbishing division, including a new Supervisor and two IT Repair Technicians to repair and resell approximately 500 LCD monitors and TV's monthly from various vendors.

Civicorps Recycling is a social enterprise that provides commercial recycling collection services to Oakland businesses while training young adults to enter recycling careers. Funds used to purchase forklift and expand e-Waste collection reuse and recycling project through targeted marketing campaign.

Rising Sun's mission is to empower individuals to achieve environmental and economic sustainability for themselves and their communities. Grant funds provided food waste prevention education and resources to 1,000 households in Alameda County during Green House Calls.

Metro Lighting is a retail lighting store located in Berkeley. Funds will be used to procure and install a press-molding glass production table and equipment to expand Metro lighting’s capability to create and sell lamp shades produced from recycled glass cullet.

BioLink Depot is a unique organization that provides millions of dollars worth of donated laboratory equipment and supplies for free to educators and researchers, to promote scientific training for students. Funding supportst Bio Link for transportation logistics for pick up and drop of donated biomedical materials for distribution to educational facilities/classrooms.

Supporting the Baykeeper organization, the Eat Real Festival is an annual celebration of good food with a focus on artisan food craft, street food, craft beers, local wines and delicious cocktails—all featuring sustainable local ingredients. Funds used to support implementation of food waste prevention activities with Festival vendors.

Supporting Baykeeper organization, the Eat Real Festival is an annual celebration of good food with a focus on artisan food craft, street food, craft beers, local wines and delicious cocktails—all featuring sustainable local ingredients. Grant funds initiated a food waste prevention protocol at this large food festival.

18 Reasons empowers community with the confidence and creativity to buy, cook, and eat good food every day. Their Cooking Matters program, which provides training to neighborhood leaders to teach cooking/nutrition to East Bay families, will engage their board, staff, and peer educators (Health Promoters) in a one-week Stop Food Waste Challenge and share those educational tips at their cooking workshops.

Church in Hayward serving neighboring communities. Educating parish committees who serve food on site about food waste prevention tools. Funds to support food and reusables for daily meals for homeless people at the Church.

Eden Garden provides fresh, organic food for those in need and gives people a hands on opportunity to learn about growing their own food. Engaged 25 Eden Garden, Crosswinds Church, and community members in the first one-week Stop Food Waste Challenge. Plan to hold culminating event with how-to tip stations at harvest celebration. Funds will be used to improve garden infrastructure and grow more food.

Mandela Partners is a vital resource for fresh fruit and veggies at their brick and mortar store in West Oakland. They also provide food to residents throughout West and East Oakland at their pop-up farm stands at libraries, corner stores and elementary schools. They are partnering with StopWaste to engage community members on how to get the most out of their food, not only through in-person and neighborhood networks, but also using videos and other creative approaches during COVID. In this time of need, Mandela is a hub for getting food boxes to families and farm workers in need.

A-1 Community Housing Services provides programs targeting the issues of homelessness; financial education, first time home buyer education, relocation assistance, foreclosure prevention and credit management. Enlisted 20 clients to do their own Fridge Reality Check and shared 6 educational tips. Working with grantee to provide presentation in Spanish.

Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont brings people together to grow healthy, pesticide-free food and to learn about environmentally sustainable gardening and urban farming practices SWEET graduates initiated this grant with a food waste reduction workshop attended by 70 people. Enlisted 20 attendees to do their own Fridge Reality Check and continue to post educational tips on food waste. A second workshop will take place fall 2019. Funds used to support multi-media tools for LEAF.

Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) is a network of gardeners in Alameda, California who are interested in growing food and donating extra fruit and vegetables to the Alameda Food Bank. Engaged 25 ABG and community members to take the 6-week Stop Food Waste challenge and shared 6 educational posts on food saving tips. Held a sustainability lunch and cooking demo at culminating event.

Funds used to help increase participation in residential food scrap recycling.

Funds used to help increase participation in residential food scrap recycling.

Funds used to help increase participation in residential food scrap recycling.

Funds used to help increase participation in residential food scrap recycling.

Funds used to help increase participation in residential food scrap recycling.