We amplify and support partners to provide access to good food for all and advance food equity and nutrition security.
Partnership for a Healthier America Inc. centers its grantmaking on food access, nutrition security, and the systems that shape what communities can buy and serve. A defining thread in the recent record is produce-focused support tied to food banks, Food Is Medicine, and city-based partnerships, including a $120,000 award to Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association in St Louis for Good Food for All work and a $101,400 federal subgrant to Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice in Tougaloo for produce funds for Food Is Medicine patients. The foundation also backs local food-system capacity, as seen in a $93,000 grant to Nine 13 Inc - Nine 13 Sports in Indianapolis for Indy Food Hub and program support. Its portfolio shows both direct food access work and broader nutrition education efforts, with funding aimed at getting fresh produce into hospitals, neighborhoods, and community networks. Across the recent grants, the pattern is practical and place-linked: support for local coordinating partners, produce distribution, and operational capacity that helps organizations move food rather than just plan around it. The result is a grantmaker focused on food equity through partner-led delivery and community-level implementation.
In food-as-medicine work, Partnership for a Healthier America Inc awarded $101,400 to Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice in Tougaloo for produce funds for distribution to Food Is Medicine patients, and a separate $72,080 grant to the same organization supported locally sourced produce prescription programs for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS. In city-based food system work, they gave $93,000 to Nine 13 Inc - Nine 13 Sports in Indianapolis for Indy Food Hub and program support. Their community food access work also appears in a $120,000 grant to Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association in St Louis for local coordinating partner sub-granting, program operations, community engagement, and supplies and materials. The foundation’s grant descriptions repeatedly connect fresh produce with local delivery, coordination, and program support rather than one-off food purchases alone.
Typical grants cluster around a modest core with a lower quartile of $16,500, a median of $25,000, and an upper quartile of $70,000. The recent record also includes larger awards, such as $93,000, $101,400, and $120,000, showing room for targeted higher-dollar grants. The same grantee can appear across years and programs; Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice received multiple awards in 2024 and 2025. Partnership for a Healthier America Inc operates through programmatic grantmaking and subgrants rather than individuals or program-related investments, and some initiatives accept unsolicited requests while others do not.
$350K
$10.8M
$8.7M
$5.1M
Most grants fall between $17K and $70K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$17K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$70K
About 3% of grants go to recipients in IN.
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Grantmaking is national and entirely U.S.-based in the recent sample. Indiana appears frequently, including Indianapolis, Bloomington, Terre Haute, Muncie, Merrillville, Fort Wayne, and Lafayette, while St. Louis, Tougaloo, and several Midwest cities also recur. The top recipient state by grant count is Indiana, and 3% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state of DC. The recent grants show a strong Midwestern footprint alongside Mississippi Delta support, with city-level and regional partners both represented.
The foundation funds food access, nutrition security, community food systems, public health, childhood nutrition, hunger relief, and produce promotion and marketing. Recent grants show that in practice this includes produce distribution, food-is-medicine work, food hub support, and coordinating partners for local food access programs.
The grant-size distribution centers on $16,500 at the 25th percentile, a median of $25,000, and $70,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also reach above that range, including $93,000, $101,400, and $120,000.
Giving is national. The recent grants are 100% U.S.-based, with recipients in multiple states and a strong concentration in Indiana. The sample also includes organizations in Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Some active programs do, including Hospital Healthier Food Initiative, FNV Campaign, Good Food at Home, Partner of the Year Award, and Veggies Early & Often. Other programs listed, such as Good Food Cities — Local Grantmaking, Healthy Hunger Relief, COVID-19 Fresh Food Fund, and GROW, do not accept unsolicited requests.
Recipients do appear more than once. Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice received two separate grants in 2024 and 2025 for Food Is Medicine-related produce support, which suggests the foundation uses recurring support in some program areas.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice | Tougaloo, MS | $101,400 | 2025 | Federal Subgrant Award - Food is Medicine: Produce funds for distribution to Food Is Medicine patients |
| Nine 13 Inc - Nine 13 Sports | Indianapolis, IN | $93,000 | 2025 | Grant award for Indy Food Hub and program support |
| Coahoma Collective | Clarksdale, MS | $29,000 | 2025 | Grant award for Downtown Clarksdale Farmers Market - UHC |
| But God Ministries | Madison, MS | $19,000 | 2025 | GFAH grant for food distribution in downtown Clarksdale Farmers Market and Mobile market in Jonestown |
| Mississippi Delta Council for Farmworkers Opportunities | Clarksdale, MS | $16,500 | 2025 | Grant for sub-awards GFAH program admin expenses |
| Mississippi Delta Council for Farmworkers Opportunities | Clarksdale, MS | $16,500 | 2025 | Subgrant award for outreach and expenses |
| Center for Food Action in New Jersey | Englewood, NJ | $15,000 | 2025 | SubGrant award for Good Food at Home program |
| Martha's table | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2025 | SubGrant award for Good Food at Home program |
| Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc | Fitchburg, WI | $15,000 | 2025 | Partner Grant agreement for GFAH - staff time and expenses for implementation of program |
| Building Bridges Across The River | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2025 | Grant award for Good Food at Home program |
| Montbello Organizing Committee | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 2025 | Grant award for Good Food at Home program |
| Denver Housing Authority | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 2025 | Grant award for Good Food at Home program |
| Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice | Tougaloo, MS | $72,080 | 2024 | Federal Subgrant Award - Food is Medicine: Locally Sourced Produce Prescription Programs for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS |
| Delta Health Center Inc | Mound Bayou, MS | $55,000 | 2024 | Subgrant Award - Year 2 - Food is Medicine: Locally Sourced Produce Prescription Program for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS; Administrative and Operational Expenses |
| Delta Health Center Inc | Mound Bayou, MS | $55,000 | 2024 | Subgrant Award - Year 1 - Food is Medicine: Locally Sourced Produce Prescription Program for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS; Administrative and Operational Expenses |
| Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice | Tougaloo, MS | $42,860 | 2024 | Federal Subgrant Award - Invoice 2 - Equipment and Maintenance for GusNip Prescription Produce Grant |
| Maplebear Inc dba Instacart | San Francisco, CA | $37,000 | 2024 | Good Food For All subcontractor - Fresh fruits and vegetables in Indianapolis, IN |
| City of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $35,000 | 2024 | GFA Grant deployment per Scope of Work |
| MackIda LoVeal & Trip Mentoring Outreach Center | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 2024 | Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - community partner subgrant |
| The Indianapolis Parks Foundation dba The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 2024 | Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant Riverside Park - GFA produce boxes; Bethel Park GFA produce boxes |
| City of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $6,000 | 2024 | GFA subgrant - addl funding |
| Coahoma County Diaper Bank dba of the Diaper Bank of the Delta | Clarksdale, MS | $6,000 | 2024 | Bill - Diaper Bank of the Delta: GFA subgrant Agreement - 12 week Produce Distribution for period 6/5/23 - 9/30/23 |
| Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township | Indianapolis, IN | $5,500 | 2024 | GFA program subgrant - Indianapolis Phase 2 - distribution to Harrison Hill Elementary |
| Christ Church Apostolic Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $5,500 | 2024 | GFA Program subgrant -Indianapolis Phase 2 |
| Kidz Coalition Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $5,500 | 2024 | Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant |
| Eclectic Soul VOICES Corporation | Indianapolis, IN | $5,500 | 2024 | Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant |
| Breeding Tabernacle CME Church | Indianapolis, IN | $5,500 | 2024 | Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant 100 produce boxes for 10 weeks |
| Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association | St Louis, MO | $120,000 | 2023 | Good Food for All - St Louis - local coordinating partner sub-grant for program operations, community engagement, and supplies and mate |
| Feeding South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Brooklyn Park, MN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank CCL | Springfield, OH | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc | Hiawatha, IA | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Gleaners Foodbank of Indiana Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Eastern Illinois Foodbank | Urbana, IL | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc | Merillville, IN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio | Lorain, OH | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank | Terre Haute, IN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | Geneva, IL | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Hoosier Hills Food Bank | Bloomington, IN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc | Muncie, IN | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Kansas Food Bank | Wichita, KS | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award: Produce purchasing - $50,000; Capacity Building - $20,000 |
| Midwest Food Bank | Normal, IL | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Great Plains Food Bank | Fargo, ND | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| River Bend Food Bank | Davenport, IA | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Food Bank of Iowa | Des Moines, IA | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| South Michigan Food Bank | Batte Creek, MI | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
| Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank | Toledo, OH | $70,000 | 2023 | Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000 |
Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice
$101,400Federal Subgrant Award - Food is Medicine: Produce funds for distribution to Food Is Medicine patients
Nine 13 Inc - Nine 13 Sports
$93,000Grant award for Indy Food Hub and program support
Coahoma Collective
$29,000Grant award for Downtown Clarksdale Farmers Market - UHC
But God Ministries
$19,000GFAH grant for food distribution in downtown Clarksdale Farmers Market and Mobile market in Jonestown
Mississippi Delta Council for Farmworkers Opportunities
$16,500Grant for sub-awards GFAH program admin expenses
Mississippi Delta Council for Farmworkers Opportunities
$16,500Subgrant award for outreach and expenses
Center for Food Action in New Jersey
$15,000SubGrant award for Good Food at Home program
Martha's table
$15,000SubGrant award for Good Food at Home program
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc
$15,000Partner Grant agreement for GFAH - staff time and expenses for implementation of program
Building Bridges Across The River
$15,000Grant award for Good Food at Home program
Montbello Organizing Committee
$7,500Grant award for Good Food at Home program
Denver Housing Authority
$7,500Grant award for Good Food at Home program
Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice
$72,080Federal Subgrant Award - Food is Medicine: Locally Sourced Produce Prescription Programs for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS
Delta Health Center Inc
$55,000Subgrant Award - Year 2 - Food is Medicine: Locally Sourced Produce Prescription Program for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS; Administrative and Operational Expenses
Delta Health Center Inc
$55,000Subgrant Award - Year 1 - Food is Medicine: Locally Sourced Produce Prescription Program for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS; Administrative and Operational Expenses
Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice
$42,860Federal Subgrant Award - Invoice 2 - Equipment and Maintenance for GusNip Prescription Produce Grant
Maplebear Inc dba Instacart
$37,000Good Food For All subcontractor - Fresh fruits and vegetables in Indianapolis, IN
City of Indianapolis
$35,000GFA Grant deployment per Scope of Work
MackIda LoVeal & Trip Mentoring Outreach Center
$10,000Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - community partner subgrant
The Indianapolis Parks Foundation dba The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis
$10,000Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant Riverside Park - GFA produce boxes; Bethel Park GFA produce boxes
City of Indianapolis
$6,000GFA subgrant - addl funding
Coahoma County Diaper Bank dba of the Diaper Bank of the Delta
$6,000Bill - Diaper Bank of the Delta: GFA subgrant Agreement - 12 week Produce Distribution for period 6/5/23 - 9/30/23
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township
$5,500GFA program subgrant - Indianapolis Phase 2 - distribution to Harrison Hill Elementary
Christ Church Apostolic Inc
$5,500GFA Program subgrant -Indianapolis Phase 2
Kidz Coalition Inc
$5,500Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant
Eclectic Soul VOICES Corporation
$5,500Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant
Breeding Tabernacle CME Church
$5,500Good Food for All - Indianapolis phase 2 - Community Partner subgrant 100 produce boxes for 10 weeks
Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association
$120,000Good Food for All - St Louis - local coordinating partner sub-grant for program operations, community engagement, and supplies and mate
Feeding South Dakota
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Second Harvest Heartland
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Freestore Foodbank Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank CCL
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Gleaners Foodbank of Indiana Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Eastern Illinois Foodbank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Hoosier Hills Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Kansas Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award: Produce purchasing - $50,000; Capacity Building - $20,000
Midwest Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Great Plains Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
River Bend Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Food Bank of Iowa
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
South Michigan Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank
$70,000Healthy Hunger Relief Midwest Grant Award 2021 - Capacity Building $20,000 and Produce Purchasing $50,000