Texas · Public charity
Feed the Soul Foundation
The foundation's mission is to provide a pathway of growth and sustainability to marginalized culinary businesses and students, through business development, education, grants and scholarships.
- $312k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $260k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Feed the Soul Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $260k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $220k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranky Grannys Sweet Rolls | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 8th Avenue Social Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dre's Water Ice and Ice Cream | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yapa Artisan Empanadas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cocina Consuelo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Binge Village LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soul Bowlz Curbside LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Coffee Lounge LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 53 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranky Grannys Sweet Rolls | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 8th Avenue Social Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dre's Water Ice and Ice Cream | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yapa Artisan Empanadas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cocina Consuelo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Binge Village LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soul Bowlz Curbside LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Coffee Lounge LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lulu's Sweet Bites | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fruitea Bubbles Cafe Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| J&B Joint Ventures Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Win Win Coffee | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 2peasdmd LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taylors Tacos | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Heart III LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals From the Heart Cafe LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Craft Burger LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fluffys Sno-Balls | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TeaPosh Naturals LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reggae Hut Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Townie Bagels LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| R & R Breakfast Spot LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Javonne Sanders | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fishscale Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Island Caribbean Feast | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bushwick Grind Cafe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Autentica Taqueria | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Luliet LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Major | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Local Green Atlanta | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Matthews Group Holding LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jibarito Stop LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sugar Euphoria | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kwench Juice Cafe Apex | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gold Coast Ghal Kitchen | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Darrows New Orleans Grill | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| conVIDA Cocktail Lounge | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Chocolat Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fishnet Baltimore LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tre's Street Kitchen | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Palm Coffee Bar | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mamajuana Cafe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morehouse College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hot and Cool Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gigi The Vegan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farina Pasta and Noodle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeks Vegan Pizza LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Heights Restaurant Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweet Brooklyn Bar LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Lee Initiative Inc · NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc · National Urban League Inc
How this is measured
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About Feed the Soul Foundation
- How much does Feed the Soul Foundation give?
- Feed the Soul Foundation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $260,000, out of $311,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Feed the Soul Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (76%), Education (21%), Employment (3%).
- Who are Feed the Soul Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Cranky Grannys Sweet Rolls ($10k), 8th Avenue Social Club ($10k), Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program ($10k).
- Does Feed the Soul Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Feed the Soul Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lee Initiative Inc, NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc, National Urban League Inc.
- Where is Feed the Soul Foundation based?
- Feed the Soul Foundation is based in TX.
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