The Save Mart Companies’ CARES Foundation is seeking applications for the 2025-26 Feeding Forward Grant Program, which helps expand food recovery infrastructure and efforts in alignment with California SB 1383 regulations.
In honor of the foundation’s 20th anniversary, the 2025-26 Feeding Forward Grant will focus on building the capacity of nonprofits that work to recover and redistribute food. Grants ranging from $20,000 to $200,000 are available to fund infrastructure such as cold storage, refrigerated vehicles, warehouse improvements, forklifts and other equipment.
“The Save Mart Companies and the CARES Foundation are honored to support organizations that make a lasting impact in our communities and help our neighbors thrive,” said Joan Dobias-Davis, chair of the CARES Foundation and SVP, chief human resources officer for The Save Mart Companies.
“We value those organizations that passionately work to address important needs, especially programs that support youth, education, the arts, health, food insecurity and other life challenges faced daily in the communities we serve.”
Applications for the Feeding Forward Grant will be accepted through Aug. 11. Interested nonprofits can apply here.
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About The CARES Foundation
The CARES Foundation’s mission is to build healthy communities through fresh food, access to it and supporting programs and organizations that help communities.
The foundation operates with a separate board of directors that meets quarterly to award grant funding. Since its inception, the foundation has donated more than $5 million to nonprofits throughout California and western Nevada.