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Despite funding setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The FruitGuys Community Fund, a nonprofit founded by office fruit delivery pioneers and certified B Corp The FruitGuys, is pleased to announce the small farms chosen as its 2021 grantees. Grants totaling nearly $15,000 were awarded to three farms and agricultural nonprofits on the East Coast, West Coast, and South/Central regions of
2020 was a terrible year and yet the generosity of our community allowed us to bring healthy food to nearly two million people: neighbors in need, frontline healthcare workers, and public school kids and families. Buying your fruit from us on a regular basis helps our B Corp business support the small farms we partner with and the non-profits we
The FruitGuys Community Fund 2020 grantee farms have sent us their interim updates, and in spite of the pandemic, these farms and organizations have done some incredible work! These 15 small farms and agricultural nonprofits in 14 different states were awarded a total of $51,098.87 in funding for sustainability projects that reduce power use, increase yields, conserve water and soil,
The FruitGuys has created a new non-profit project to support its long-standing hunger relief mission. The FoodWorks Fund, a fiscally-sponsored project of Community Initiatives, provides direct hunger relief by donating fresh fruit and vegetables to people in need and helping small farms hurt by the crisis. For 22 years, The FruitGuys has been sending fruit donations to food banks and
The FruitGuys is now a certified B Corp, joining the ranks of socially-responsible companies such as Patagonia, Ben & Jerry’s, Kleen Kanteen, and Clover Sonoma that all make a commitment to transparency and blending purpose and profit. “Since our founding we’ve been on a mission to create a healthier workplace, support small farms, fight hunger, and be a great place
The FruitGuys knows that small grants can have big impacts on independent farms. That’s why in 2012 we founded The FruitGuys Community Fund, a non-profit that provides grant awards of up to $5,000 to support small farms and agricultural nonprofits as they strive for greater economic and environmental sustainability. To date, we have awarded $275,000 to fund projects at more
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on December 2, 2019 on the Phat Beets Produce blog. It is re-published here, with permission and unedited. Find out more about The FruitGuys many donation partners on our GoodWorks program page. In 2018 we co-wrote a blog post with our friends at Food First entitled The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce about
The FruitGuys, the nation’s leader in providing farm-fresh fruit and other healthy, thoughtful snacks to the American workplace, released its 20-year Impact Report summarizing its efforts to feed the hungry, support small farms and environmental stewardship, and create healthier workplaces. Family owned and operated, The FruitGuys pioneered the office fruit concept in 1998. Today, the company is the #1 fresh
As the holidays approach, we want to thank you for your business, but also share how The FruitGuys Donate-a-Crate program makes it easy to forward your fruit delivery to your local charities during office closures. Each year our clients generously donate hundreds of crates of fresh fruit to organizations that support people in need in their local communities. It’s easy
The FruitGuys has donated nearly eight million servings of farm-fresh fruit to people in need across the United States over the last five years, with almost 2 million servings in 2018 alone. The FruitGuys GoodWorks program fights hunger through direct produce donations from our warehouses and from generous FruitGuys clients via our Donate-a-Crate program. As the nonprofit arm of the
Did you know you can help people in need by forwarding your fruit box to a charity in your area? As the holidays approach, we wanted to not only thank you for your business but also share how The FruitGuys Donate-a-Crate program makes it easy to pay it forward now or any time of the year. Thanks to your generosity, our
In 2018– the sixth year of awarding small grants with big impacts to American farms and agricultural nonprofits– The FruitGuys Community Fund announced its largest class of grantees so far: 13 recipients of environmental sustainability grants in 11 states, for a total of $47,534. After receiving a record 130 applications, the Fund’s volunteer review committee chose 20 finalists whose projects and
The FruitGuys GoodWorks Program had a record year in 2017, donating more than two million servings of fresh fruit to hungry people across the country and providing fruit to first responders and victims of multiple natural disasters. The FruitGuys was founded in the kitchen of a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco in 1998 with the goal of providing healthy snacking
The FruitGuys Community Fund is pleased to introduce the 2017 class of farm grantees. In 2017, the project awarded ten small American farms and agricultural nonprofits a total of $42,913 in funding for sustainability projects. During this year, we awarded an additional $2,750, and we extended our reach, funding farm located in seven states, including California, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Maine.
The FruitGuys has been making produce donations since it started back in 1998, but in 2016, the company set a new record, donating more than 2 million servings of fruit and produce to those in need via food banks and charities that help the hungry in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and New York
This year, The FruitGuys Community Fund increased the number of grants awarded to small American farms and agricultural nonprofits to 10, providing a total of $40,133 in funding for sustainable agriculture projects. The Community Fund, a nonprofit, fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, received a record 110 applications for 2016’s sustainable agriculture grants, a 55 percent increase from 2015. Small
Small, independent, and family-run farms need all the help they can get, as evidenced by the record number of applicants for The FruitGuys Community Fund’s 2016 sustainable agriculture grants: in a 55 percent increase from last year, 110 farms and agricultural nonprofits from across the country detailed sustainability projects aimed at increasing pollinators; conserving soil, water, and energy; and increasing
The FruitGuys donated more than 1.3 million servings of produce directly to those in need during 2015, a new record for the South San Francisco–based company. Nearly 700,000 pounds of fruit and produce were given to food banks and charities that help the hungry in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and New York areas through
Reduced carbon footprints and record numbers of pollinators are just a couple highlights of the early results farms are reporting as a result of the agriculture sustainability grants they received earlier this year from The FruitGuys Community Fund. The eight grantee farms chosen were awarded grants for a total of $35,643 and span from California to Maryland, urban to rural,
World Environment Day, celebrated each year on June 5, was started by the United Nations in 1972 as a campaign to raise awareness about the environment and encourage a positive impact on the planet. Every year, the U.N. selects a theme and slogan for World Environment Day to center its efforts around. This year’s theme focuses on responsible management of
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