The Grubhub Community Fund is bringing holiday cheer to Chicago nonprofits who are feeding the community by announcing nearly $650,000 in grants.

This holiday season, Grubhub has selected 64 nonprofit organizations in our hometown that provide food and meal services to receive microgrants of up to $10,000 through our new Full Plate Program. In total, Grubhub has recommended nearly $650,000 in grants through the Grubhub Community Fund to nonprofit organizations across Cooke, DuPage, and Lake counties that are providing access to nutritious groceries and meals to those experiencing food insecurity in Grubhub’s hometown.

“The Full Plate Program is Grubhub’s first open grant program and made possible by the Grubhub Community Fund. This grant funding comes at a critical time for the 64 Chicagoland nonprofits in various communities supporting our hometown neighbors by ensuring they have access to food and essential needs,” said Brianna Morris, Grubhub’s Senior Manager of Community Impact. “We are grateful to all of our grant recipients who are working day-in and day-out to close the hunger gap across the city of Chicago, and we look forward to providing future opportunities to organizations creating meaningful change in our local communities.” 

The grant recipients will use the funding for everything from purchasing groceries and meals for community members to investing in equipment and resources needed to distribute food and keep programming up and running. This will help feed our hometown neighbors in more than 75 neighborhoods across the Chicago area, including Austin, Back of Yards, Englewood, Garfield Park, North Lawndale, Pilsen, Uptown, Sauk Village, Waukegan, and West Chicago. 

Hear from a few of our 2023 Full Plate Program grantees: 

“Good Food Catalyst is thrilled to receive funding from the Full Plate Program to help distribute free meals on the South and West Sides of Chicago,” said Jeannine Wise, Director of Good Food is Good Medicine. “Our meals utilize local produce grown by BIPOC urban farmers and incorporate expert nutrition and flavor guidance from chefs, doctors, and registered dietitians.With the Full Plate grant, we will be able to purchase nutritious meal ingredients that will help us reach our goal of producing 20,000 meals for community members in 2024, in addition to covering some of the program’s staffing costs.” 

“The microgrant Just Roots received from the Grubhub Community Fund’s Full Plate Program will help us feed countless community members on Chicago’s South Side, specifically in Bronzeville, Chinatown, Englewood, South Shore, South Loop, Kenwood, and Bridgeport,” said Sean Ruane, Director of Operations & Development with Just Roots. “Through our program, we operate sustainable urban farms that produce fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs that are provided directly to local community members. In this coming year, we aim to provide 12,500 pounds of fresh, organic, culturally affirming food from our farms to South Side food pantries, mutual aid organizations, and senior and public housing facilities.”

“The Glen Ellyn Food Pantry is extremely grateful to receive funding from the Grubhub Community Fund’s Full Plate Program as it will help support our “Extraordinary Dairy Program,” said Laura Glaza, Executive Director of The Glen Ellyn Food Pantry. “Our community has growing needs for food and can especially benefit from dairy products, like milk and eggs, which are an extraordinary source of nutrients that contribute to a healthy diet – but have become increasingly expensive. Thanks to Grubhub’s program, we will be able to purchase a six-month supply of dairy products for our neighbors.”

The Full Plate Program is made possible through the Grubhub Community Fund*, and is administered in partnership with Greater Chicago Food Depository and Nourishing Hope. Grubhub, Greater Chicago Food Depository and Nourishing Hope partnered together to review and evaluate the applications based on need, impact, and demonstration of fiscal responsibility.

“The Greater Chicago Food Depository is proud to support the Grubhub Community Fund’s Full Plate Program,” said Deborah Clair, the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Director of Corporate Relations. ”As a nonprofit committed to connecting our neighbors with healthy food and advancing solutions that address the root causes of hunger, we understand how meaningful the programs offered by the grant recipients are for local community members. In the coming year, we are excited to see the number of meals provided and the number of our neighbors whose lives will be impacted through the Full Plate Program.”

“Thanks to the Grubhub Community Fund, the Full Plate Program will help the grantees feed countless Chicagoans experiencing hunger,” said Kellie O’Connell, CEO of Nourishing Hope. “We’re proud to have partnered with Grubhub on this exciting new initiative.” 

As part of our effort to help close the hunger gap and to give back to our hometown, Grubhub is committed to supporting local, community-centered programs that provide access to nutritious foods and beverages to individuals and families in need. Thank you to Greater Chicago Food Depository, Nourishing Hope, and all of our selected Full Plate grantees for helping feed our neighbors!

2023 Selected Full Plate Grantees:

• Above & Beyond Food Pantry
• Allen Metropolitan CME Church
• American Association of Single Parents, Inc.
• Barbara W. Smith Family Life Center
• Bryn Mawr Community Foundation
• Care for Friends
• Catholic Bishop of Chicago dba St. Thomas of Canterbury
• Chatham-Avalon Ministries Food Pantry
• Chicago Dream Center
• Chosen Tabernacle Full Gospel Baptist Church
• Christian Life Center AOG Church
• Common Pantry
• Community Feast at United Church of Rogers Park
• Coppin Community Center
• Cultivate Collective
• Edward G. Irvin Foundation
• Elmhurst Yorkfield Food Pantry
• Evangelism Outreach Ministries
• Evanston Vineyard Church
• Faith Feeds Food Pantry
• Figueroa Wu Family Foundation
• First Baptist Church of Melrose Park Food Pantry
• First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
• Food Access Project 
• Food Pantry of Messiah-St Bartholomew Episcopal Church
• For Your Consciousness Ministry
• GAP Community Center
• Glen Ellyn Food Pantry
• Good Food Catalyst
• Grace Housing Complex
• Grace United Church of Christ
• Grant A Wish Inc
• Harmony Community Cares NFP
• Harris Temple A.O.H. Church Food Pantry
• Irving Park Community Food Pantry
• Just Roots
• Martin Temple Community Foundation
• Mihut Romanian Charitable Mission
• Neighborhood Food Pantries
• New Christian Joy Full Church Food Pantry
• New Eclipse Community Alliance
• New Hope House Community Food Pantry
• Operation Blessing of SW Chicagoland
• Our Daily Bread Food Pantry
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish
• Our Shining Stars Foundation
• Parkway Garden Christian Church Food Pantry
• Seeds Center of Maple Park United Methodist Church
• Sheldon Heights Food Pantry
• Shepherd’s Hope LTD
• Sisters Working It Out
• Society of Arab American Neighborhood Development
• St. Moses the Black Food Pantry
• St. Paul and the Redeemer Episcopal Church
• The Addison Township Foundation Food Pantry
• The Outreach House
• The Salvation Army Corps and Community Des Plaines
• The Salvation Army Norridge Citadel
• The Southwest Collective
• Trinity Charities
• Trinity Resurrection United Church
• Valley Kingdom Community Development Corporation
• Wayne Township Pantry
• Windsor Park Evangelical Lutheran Church

*The Grubhub Community Fund is a donor advised fund at a national sponsoring organization. The Grubhub Community Fund is made possible through donations from our customers through our Donate the Change feature. Grubhub matches contributions on eligible orders from our Grubhub+ members.