Feed the Streets - Hollywood Sunday Dinners

Grant Information
Categories Community
Location United States
Cycle Year 2025
Organization Information
Organization Name (provided by applicant) FEED OUR STREETS
Organization Name (provided by automatic EIN validation)
FEED OUR STREETS
Secondary Addressee
EIN 85-3930134
Website https://www.feedthestreets.info
Contact Information
Contact Name Ms. Esmé Edwards
Phone 646-400-7069
E-mail esme@feedthestreets.info
Address
3599 Wesley St
Culver City
CA
90232-2432
Additional Information
Used for Grant funding will support the operating expenses at Feed the Streets’s outpost in Hollywood, where we serve dinner to about 200 people each Sunday. Funds will be used to purchase fresh vegetables and proteins for meal preparation, nutritious ready-to-eat items, snacks, fruits, beverages, and serving supplies such as utensils and to-go containers. $2,500 will sustain our operation for more than 3 weeks, providing over 600 meals as well as critical hygiene products such as soap, wet wipes, bandages, and sanitary pads.
Benefits Food is a human right. Feed the Streets seeks to realize this truth by providing direct support to our most vulnerable neighbors who are facing food insecurity and homelessness through supplying hundreds of meals a week in Hollywood, MacArthur Park, and Downtown Los Angeles. Grant funding will go directly towards purchasing fresh vegetables and proteins for meal preparation, nutritious ready-to-eat items, snacks, fruits, beverages, and serving supplies such as utensils and to-go containers.
Proposal Description

Founded in 2020, Feed the Streets believes that food is a human right, and one small act of kindness can make a real difference. We provide direct support to our most vulnerable neighbors who are facing food insecurity and homelessness through supplying hundreds of meals a week in Hollywood, MacArthur Park, and Downtown Los Angeles. At the heart of our meal services are more than 100 active volunteers who contribute thousands of hours each year cooking and serving delicious and nutritious food for our neighbors. Grant funding will support the operating expenses at Feed the Streets’s outpost in Hollywood, where we serve dinner to about 200 people each Sunday. Funds will be used to purchase fresh vegetables and proteins for meal preparation, nutritious ready-to-eat items, snacks, fruits, beverages, and serving supplies such as utensils and to-go containers. $2,500 will sustain our operation for more than 3 weeks, providing over 600 meals as well as critical hygiene products such as soap, wet wipes, bandages, and sanitary pads.