SF New Deal
Non-profit organization · La Lengua ·
Supports local businesses by funding community meal programs
Supports local businesses by funding community meal programs
"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
"I’m super inspired by the work that the SF New Deal has done in filling the void left by a marked lack of sufficient government support for our restaurant community." - Eater Staff
"Launched with an initial $1 million from the CEO of Twitch and baker Lenore Estrada, SF New Deal is a restaurant relief effort that has poured more than $10 million into small businesses and served more than a million meals to people in need; the initiative is accepting donations." - Eater Staff