California · Public charity
Fresh Approach
The mission of FRESH APPROACH is to create long-term change in local food systems by connecting california communities with healthy food from california farmers and expanding knowledge about food and nutrition.
- $90k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $80k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $51,840
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Fresh Approach funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $80k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $445k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $604k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pie Ranch | $292,788 | 3 | 6% |
| South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center | $250,597 | 2 | 0% |
| Agricultural Institute of Marin | $195,260 | 2 | 2% |
| Spade and Plow | $84,240 | 2 | n/a |
| The Food Initiative of Greater Stanislaus Inc | $67,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Route One Farmers Market | $61,549 | 2 | 21% |
| Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association | $56,308 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Land-Based Learning | $31,257 | 2 | 1% |
| Leah's Pantry | $28,904 | 2 | 1% |
| County of San Mateo - Phoenix Garden | $20,345 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pie Ranch | $292,788 | 3 | 6% |
| South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center | $250,597 | 2 | 0% |
| Agricultural Institute of Marin | $195,260 | 2 | 2% |
| Spade and Plow | $84,240 | 2 | n/a |
| The Food Initiative of Greater Stanislaus Inc | $67,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Route One Farmers Market | $61,549 | 2 | 21% |
| Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association | $56,308 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Land-Based Learning | $31,257 | 2 | 1% |
| Leah's Pantry | $28,904 | 2 | 1% |
| County of San Mateo - Phoenix Garden | $20,345 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara County Food Action Network | $15,820 | 1 | 8% |
| Butte County Local Food Network | $5,092 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fresh Approach supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fresh Approach
- How much does Fresh Approach give?
- Fresh Approach reported 4 itemized grants totaling $80,189, out of $89,840 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Fresh Approach fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%).
- Who are Fresh Approach's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Pie Ranch ($293k), South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center ($251k), Agricultural Institute of Marin ($195k).
- Does Fresh Approach fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fresh Approach?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Marin Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Fresh Approach based?
- Fresh Approach is based in CA.
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