Our Grant Recipients
Local grant recipients receive 70% of the funds raised through the Taste of the Nation Portsmouth:
- Footprints Food Pantry provides emergency food to low-income individuals in southern York County, Maine.
- The Seacoast Family Food Pantry (SFFP) is committed to serving the Seacoast community with determination and compassion, respecting the dignity of every individual and family who needs our assistance.
- Rockingham Community Action’s WIC (Women, Infants & Children) program provides nutritious food, education and health care services for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants and children up to age 5— including coupons for fresh fruits and vegetables from Farmer’s Markets.
- Strafford County Community Action provides assistance to meet immediate and long-term needs for low-income households, including food pantries, and other safety nets for families in emergency situations.
- The New Hampshire Center for a Food Secure Future (NHCFSF) is a University of New Hampshire-based collaboration that was created to address the need for coordinated, comprehensive action linking agriculture, the food environment and health and nutrition in our state and region.
Our state recipient receives 10% of the funds raised from the Taste of the Nation Portsmouth, and 10% from the Manchester Taste of the Nation:
- Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire is a statewide advocacy organization for children that addresses problems associated with child poverty through research, education, outreach and lobbying.
The remaining funds are split between international anti-hunger organizations like Grassroots International, Oxfam America, ACCION International, The Lambi Fund of Haiti, Los Ninos, Bread for the World, SHARE Foundation: Building a New El Salvador Today, Ashoka, International Development Exchange and Global Food Bank Network— and Share Our Strength’s anti-hunger strategy development program.
Share Our Strength Seacoast also hosts the annual Share Your Love dinner, which to-date has provided $50,000 in direct funding to bring Operation Frontline nutrition education classes to families right here on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.
