Since our first year of funding, 2014, Giving2Grow members have donated $170,000 to local non-profits who share our mission of addressing childhood hunger in SW Pennsylvania.

Visit the website links below to learn more about our grant recipients’ projects.

1. Feed Our Students: $10,000.

2. United Methodist Church Union: $5,000.

3. Whitehall Presbyterian Church: $10,000.

Visit the website links below to learn more about our grant recipients’ projects.

1. United Methodist Church Union – Kids Meal Network:  $5,000.  

2. Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle:  $10,000. 

3. South Hills Interfaith Movement – Community Gardens: $10,000. 

4. Bible Center Church – Oasis Project: $10,000. 

5. Fayette County Community Action Agency – Let’s Get Cooking:  $10,000

Visit the website links below to learn more about our grant recipients’ projects.

412 Food Rescue

Organization’s Mission:  to prevent perfectly viable food from entering the waste stream. They bridge the disconnect between the fact that 40% of food is wasted while 1 in 7 people in the US are hungry.  412 is the only organization in Pittsburgh working solely on food that would otherwise be wasted.

Program Description/Goals:  To continue serving as a logistics hub between places that have useable food that will otherwise go to waste, volunteers who pick up and deliver the food, and recipients who provide the food to their clients–including many families with young children.

FOCUS Pittsburgh

Organization’s mission:  FOCUS North America serves the hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, sick and imprisoned by providing food, occupation, clothing, understanding and shelter.

Program Description/Goals:  The FOCUS Pittsburgh Backpack Feeding Program engages and organizes community members, parents and volunteers to provide weekend food to children who may otherwise go hungry.  They are working  to create a sustainable, scalable, efficient program to address food insecurity in Pittsburgh families.

Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle (PBBC)

Note: G2G funded PBBC in 2015

Organization’s Mission:  to promote, protect and support breastfeeding as the optimal early feeding method for women and children of African descent and to increase knowledge regarding short and long term nutrition goals and a healthy lifestyle.

Program Description:  The PBBC continues to reach and support more African American mothers and infants in breastfeeding and healthy lifestyles, along with continued training of mentors and lactation professionals.

South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM)

Note:  G2G funded SHIM in 2015.

Organization’s mission:  to empower struggling families to achieve self-sufficiency.  SHIM assists with basic needs of food and clothing, utility assistance and employment support. They serve a growing number of refugees who have fled their country of origin and cannot return. These families need additional support as they learn a new language, experience American culture and integrate into the South Hills community.

Program Description/Goals:
SHIM will continue their Peace Garden program, which was planned, built and cultivated by refugee families, supported by SHIM staff and maintained with the help of community garden volunteers.  The children’s garden engages 150 children in science, gardening, food and nutrition activities, under the guidance of a master garden

Rainbow Kitchen Kids Cafe’

Note: G2G has funded the Kids Cafe’ in 2014, 2015 and 2016. They will not be eligible for funding in 2017.

Organization’s Mission: Rainbow Kitchen Community Services is committed to improving the quality of life for low-income families and individuals through programs that address hunger, child nutrition, and supportive services.

Program Description/Goals:  Rainbow kitchen Kids Cafe’ program continues to alleviate child hunger and help meet the nutritional needs of low-income children by providing participating children with a hot, balanced, nutritious daily dinner meal.

Visit the website links below to learn more about our grant recipients’ projects.

South Hills Interfaith Ministries

Organization’s mission:  to empower struggling families to achieve self-sufficiency.  SHIM assists with basic needs of food and clothing, utility assistance and employment support. They serve a growing number of refugees who have fled their country of origin and cannot return. These families need additional support as they learn a new language, experience American culture and integrate into the South Hills community.

Program Description/Goals:
To develop a vegetable garden to be  planned, built and cultivated by refugee families, supported by SHIM staff and maintained with the help of community garden volunteers.  The children’s garden will school children in science, gardening, food and nutrition activities, under the guidance of a master gardener/teacher.

Rainbow Kitchen Kids Cafe’

Organization’s Mission: Rainbow Kitchen Community Services is committed to improving the quality of life for low-income families and individuals through programs that address hunger, child nutrition, and supportive services.

Program Description/Goals:  Rainbow kitchen Kids Cafe’ program continues to alleviate child hunger and help meet the nutritional needs of low-income children by providing participating children with a hot, balanced, nutritious daily dinner meal.

Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle

Organization’s Mission:  to promote, protect and support breastfeeding as the optimal early feeding method for women and children of African descent and to increase knowledge regarding short and long term nutrition goals and a healthy lifestyle.

Program Description:   Funds will enable PBBC to expand their services to more mothers and infants and to provide training to mentors and lactation consultants.

Visit the website links below to learn more about our grant recipients’ projects.

Rainbow Kitchen

Organization use of G2G grant: To keep their  Rainbow Kitchen and Kids Cafe feeding hungry children after school in the Homestead/Whittaker area.

Just Harvest

Organization’s use of G2G grant: To support a Hunger Intern in developing  a long term approach to getting breakfast and lunch programs to  the children that need them in our area schools.

Grow Pittsburgh

Organization’s use of G2G grant: To support their Edible School Yard program in Pittsburgh area schools.