SF New Deal
Non-profit organization · La Lengua
60 29th St #310, San Francisco, CA 94110
Highlights
Supports small businesses, disburses funds, strengthens neighborhoods
Supports small businesses, disburses funds, strengthens neighborhoods
"A pandemic-born nonprofit that pays local restaurants to prepare meals for community distribution, pairing immediate food relief with support for small businesses. Backed by a major philanthropic pledge, it runs multiple feeding programs staffed by a growing team and partners with activists, organizers, and the city to get food to people in need. The organization also advocates for long-term changes in how local government contracts are awarded—seeking to make small businesses eligible for public feeding contracts typically dominated by large national distributors—and emphasizes sustainability broadly, including fair wages, worker practices, and sustained recovery support for both restaurants and food-insecure communities." - Hillary Dixler Canavan
"A San Francisco nonprofit that raised funds from donors and government contracts to pay independently owned restaurants to prepare meals for people experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic. The organization specializes in connecting community groups, businesses, and city government to build a more sustainable food-relief infrastructure rooted in local capacity and relationships." - Hillary Dixler Canavan
"A San Francisco–area food-access initiative that partnered in pandemic meal distributions, using some of the farm's produce in the meals provided to local families." - ByKristyn Leach, as told to Aliza Abarbanel
Annette Lewis
Thomas San Francisco
Victor Aguilar
