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Nonprofit Funding Area

Hunger Long Island

Learn more about how we fund hunger relief on Long Island. To find out what else we fund, explore the Info for Nonprofits page.

Young girl with school lunch
Food for the mind: Trust grants are helping make sure young people are eating free breakfasts and lunches at school, which has been shown to boost academic performance. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Funding Details

 

Program goal

To reduce or alleviate hunger on Long Island. 

Grants are made to

  • Increase access to nutritious and healthy food for vulnerable populations. 
  • Facilitate connection to social services and other programs (including entitlements, etc.) and/or address root causes of hunger. 
  • Increase participation of eligible youth in free school breakfast and lunch programs. 

For questions about this program area, contact Melissa Greenberger.

Recent grants

Organization Summary

Community Food Advocates 

to increase access to school meals for all children.

Pronto of Long Island

to support families struggling with food insecurity.

Interfaith Nutrition Network  

to continue connecting soup kitchen clients with social services.

Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County 

to increase access to fresh produce and provide nutritional education to people with diabetes.

Heart of the Hamptons 

to provide children in the Hampton Bays area with meals when schools are closed.

Long Island Cares

for the Nassau Center for Collaborative Assistance in Freeport.

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