Our Community


Our Partners



We partner with the following organizations committed to cultivating caring communities that motivate and support all residents to participate and access food in ways that promotes and sustains the holistic health of people and the environment.  

Food Pantries & Mutual Aid

  • Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition
  • Cornerstone Community Development
  • Gifts From God Ministry
  • Grace Church Food Pantry
  • Marillac St Vincent Food Pantries
  • Saint James Food Pantry

Schools & Community Organizations

  • Chinese American Service League
  • Citizen's Climate Lobby
  • Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
  • Common Threads
  • Darst Center
  • Drake Elementary
  • Morton Arboretum (CRTI)
  • New Community Outreach
  • Ray Graham Training Center
  • Rich Township School District
  • Southside Occupational Academy
  • Strassburg Elementary

Housing

  • Embrace Living Senior Communities
  • Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library Homebound Seniors
  • Legends South Public Housing

Healthcare

  • Family Christian Health Center
  • La Rabida Children's Hospital
  • TCA Health
  • UI Health

We are always looking to further our connections with the community and work together in collaboration. Select the button below to submit a partner interest form. 

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Our Funders



Our work would not be possible without the generous financial support of the following non profit organizations, government agencies, foundations, and corporations.

Nonprofit

  • Saint James Catholic Church
  • Grace United Church of Christ
  • Archdiocese of Chicago
  • Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition
  • Grace Seeds Ministry
  • Faith In Place
  • Illinois Stewardship Alliance

Government

  • National Resoure Conservation Services (NRCS)
  • USDA
  • Chicago Department of Public Health

Foundations

  • Bohmer Family Foundation
  • Chicago Community Trust (Food:Land:Opportunity)
  • Chicago Region Food System Fund
  • Chiditarod Foundation
  • Congregation of Saint Joseph Foundation
  • CPPS Heritage Mission Fund
  • Frechette Family Foundation
  • Fruit Tree Planting Foundation
  • Joyce Foundation
  • Lumpkin Family Foundation
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • Mander Foundation
  • Stone Family Foundation

Corporate

  • Campbell's
  • Continental Electric
  • Digital Pollen Collective
  • GrubHub
  • Northern Trust
  • Rimini Street
  • Patagonia
  • Simple Mills
  • Synchrony Financial
  • Whole Foods

Community Supporters



We are thankful for the support and collaboration of the following organizations.

  • Advocate Health
  • Advocates for Community Wellness
  • Americorps
  • Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association at Rush Medical College
  • Catholic Theological Center
  • Chicago Architecture Center
  • Chicago Conservation Corps (Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum)
  • Chicago Heights - Park Forest School District
  • Chinese Mututal Aid Association
  • CPASS Foundation
  • DePaul University
  • ELIM Christian Services
  • Emmanuel Church & Food Pantry
  • Experimental Station
  • Faith Church
  • Friends of the Forest Preserve
  • Girl Scouts
  • Green Spoon
  • Hegewisch Farmer's Market
  • Hendricks Academy
  • Homewood-Flossmoor High School
  • IIT
  • Illiana Christian High School
  • Illinois 4-H
  • Invenergy
  • John Fiske Elementary
  • Little Bean Learning Micro School
  • Miss Asian Chicago
  • Northwestern Medicine
  • Patagonia
  • Respond Now
  • Rich Township High School
  • Rimini Street
  • Prairie State College
  • Sauk Village Town Hall
  • Sunshine Gospel Ministries
  • San Miguel Middle School
  • Thee Chef Maria
  • The Contemporary Farmer
  • TLC Chefing
  • University of Illinois Extension
  • Wellness Jill
  • West Monroe
  • White Sox
  • Whole Foods
  • You Matter 2
  • Zitlali Creative Consulting