Healthy Food for Denver's Kids Grantees

Since 2020, the Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids (HFDK) initiative has awarded close to $99 million in grant funding to close to 114 organizations (179 contracts) to feed Denver’s children and provide education about food and nutrition. The funds have been distributed through six rounds of competitive grants and three micro-grant opportunities to non-profits and local government agencies, including DPS, in addition to a special round of COVID-19 emergency hunger relief funding in 2020 and two micro-grant opportunities (including one to support newcomer youth food access in 2024). DDPHE has requested proposals on how to best improve children’s access to healthy foods and food-based education and skills, such as cooking and gardening.

Projects include providing healthy food to youth of all ages (0-18) through school food pantries, meal and snack programs, food distribution and delivery, grocery boxes and meal kits, and enrollment in federal nutrition assistance programs like SNAP and, WIC. Organizations also educate and empower youth and their families through food justice and leadership curriculum, cooking classes, and building and teaching in school gardens, urban farms, greenhouses, and hydroponic classrooms. See below for a summary of all the projects awarded.

Please click below to find information about all current and past HFDK grant recipients, including information about funded projects and programs, topic areas of work, geographic regions served, awarded amounts, and more:

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