Who We Are

GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement is a multi-donor pooled fund driven by the wisdom and experience of funders, farmers and other workers in the food value chain with shared values and vision.

Our Advisory Committee

An Advisory Committee guides the grantmaking strategy and activities of GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement. The Advisory Committee is comprised of field leaders and funders working to create change across food value chains in urban, rural and Tribal areas of the country. Our inaugural Advisory Committee members include:

A-dae Briones, First Nations Development Institute*
Angel Mendez, Red Tomato*
Betti Wiggins, Houston Independent School District*
Erika Allen, Urban Growers Collective*, Green ERA Educational NFP*, Green Era Sustainability Partners*
Linda Jo Doctor, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Kendal Chavez, Office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham*
Jose Oliva, HEAL Food Alliance*, Chicago Region Food System Fund*
Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli, Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.*
Noah Cohen-Cline, The Rockefeller Foundation
Ricardo Rocha, Bondadosa, Inc.*
Roger Fragua, Flower Hill Institute*
Sandy Martini, Native American Agriculture Fund

* Organizations are named for identifying purposes only; Field Leaders are independent members of the Advisory Committee

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
-Dolores Huerta

Our Founding Funders

The fund was made possible by the collaborative efforts of its founding funders:

Funders marked by an asterisk (*) are founding funders of GROWING JUSTICE

Our Field Leader Design Table

The fund was co-developed and co-designed by a robust body of leaders from across the field of equitable good food procurement:

Erika Allen, Urban Growers Collective, Green ERA Educational NFP, Green Era Sustainability Partners
Kendal Chavez, Office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Alexa Delwiche, Center for Good Food Purchasing
Carly Griffith Hotvedt, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
Pakou Hang, Farmer, Hmong American Farmers Association
Haile Johnston, The Common Market
Marion Kalb, City and County of Denver
Kari Jo Lawrence, Intertribal Agriculture Council
Angel Mendez, Red Tomato
Joel Moffett, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Michaela Oldfield, Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council
Jose Oliva, HEAL Food Alliance, Chicago Region Food System Fund
A-dae Romero-Briones, First Nations Development Institute
Christina Spach, Food Chain Workers Alliance
Betti Wiggins, Houston Independent School District
Darnella Winston, Mississippi Association of Cooperatives

Our Team

GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement is fiscally administered by the Amalgamated Foundation, an independent nonprofit public charity. In addition to administering Combined Impact Funds like Growing Justice, the Foundation also offers Advance Change Funds, donor advised funds uniquely committed to social change. Reflecting their shared commitment to positive social change, Amalgamated Foundation receives charitable contributions from and maintains service agreements with Amalgamated Bank but is not a program or activity of Amalgamated Bank.

Strategic consultation and facilitation for the design and launch of GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement are led by Mesu Strategies, a research and strategy firm committed to a just and sustainable future in which all can participate and prosper.

Communications support for the design and launch of GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement are provided by outcome-driven design firm Provoc, with web development services from self-governing tech solutions firm Colab Coop.

Grantmaking operations for GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement are provided by JustFund, a nonprofit grantmaking solution to move money more quickly to grantees from funders.

Who We Are

Our Advisory Committee

Our Founding Funders

Our Field Leader Design Table

Our Team

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