Campbell’s Awards $880,000 in Community Impact Grants
CAMDEN, N.J., April 17, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) and The Campbell’s Foundation today announced $880,000 in Community Impact Grants to 44 nonprofit organizations positively impacting communities where Campbell operates. The grants provide support to organizations that nurture Campbell neighborhoods, increase food access and encourage healthy living. These latest grants bring Campbell’s fiscal 2024 grantmaking total to more than $2.4 million. This year’s grantees include organizations in 30 Campbell communities from 16 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.
"The Campbell’s Foundation Community Impact Grants program empowers our employees to give back and support organizations making a meaningful impact in the communities we call home," said Kate Barrett, President of The Campbell’s Foundation.
The annual grant process starts with Campbell employees nominating local organizations to apply for grants, choosing from hundreds of organizations that submit statements of interest. The Foundation’s employee-led, all-volunteer Executive Committee then reviews applications and submits them for final approval by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The grants support a variety of programs including food pantries, farmers’ markets, nutrition education, food waste initiatives, physical activity programs, and parks and public spaces.
The following grantees will receive $20,000 each to support programming and operations in the listed Campbell’s communities:
Ashland, OH – YMCA of North Central Ohio
Beloit, WI – Beloit Meals on Wheels
Bloomfield, CT – 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm
Bloomfield, CT – Special Olympics CT
Camden, NJ – Cathedral Kitchen
Camden, NJ – Greater Philadelphia YMCA
Camden, NJ – LUCY Outeach
Camden, NJ – The Neighborhood Center
Camden, NJ – The Food Trust
Camden, NJ – Vetri Community Partnership
Charlotte, NC – DCP Team, Inc.
Charlotte, NC – Pineville Neighbors Place
Cincinnati, OH – La Soupe
Denver, PA – Helping Harvest
Denver PA – Lancaster County Food Hub
Dixon/Stockton, CA – United Samaritans Foundation
Downers Grove, IL – West Suburban Community Pantry
Downingtown, PA – Chester County Food Bank
Downingtown, PA – Meals on Wheels of Chester County
Franklin, WI – Hunger Task Force
Goodyear, AZ – Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank
Hanover, PA – New Hope Ministries
Hyannis, MA – Barnstable Land Trust
Hyannis, MA – The Family Pantry of Cape Cod
Jeffersonville, IN – Center for Lay Ministries
Lakeland, FL – Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE)
Maxton, NC – Robeson Church and Community Center
Miami, FL – Children's Home Society of Florida
Miami, FL – U.S. Soccer Foundation
Milwaukee, WI – Victory Garden Initiative
Minneapolis, MN – Appetite For Change
Mississauga, Ontario – Daily Bread Food Bank
Mississauga, Ontario – Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
Napoleon, OH – Buckeye Trail Association
Norwalk, CT – Filling in the Blanks
Norwalk, CT – Open Doors
Paris, TX – CitySquare Paris
Puerto Rico – Banco de Alimentos Puerto Rico, Inc.
Richmond, UT – Cache Community Food Pantry
Rogers, AR – Girls on the Run of Northwest Arkansas
Salem, OR – Salem Harvest
Tualatin, OR – Blanchet House of Hospitality
Tualatin, OR – Oregon Food Bank
Willard, OH – Services For Aging, Inc.
Since 1953, The Campbell’s Foundation has provided financial support to communities throughout North America where Campbell employees live and work, with a focus on increasing healthy food access, encouraging healthy living and nurturing neighborhoods. To learn more about the Foundation and Campbell’s community affairs programming, visit campbellsoupcompany.com/our-impact/community/campbells-foundation/.
About Campbell
For more than 150 years, Campbell (NYSE:CPB) has been connecting people through food they love. Generations of consumers have trusted us to provide delicious and affordable food and beverages. Headquartered in Camden, N.J. since 1869, the company generated fiscal 2023 net sales of $9.4 billion. Our portfolio includes iconic brands such as Campbell’s, Cape Cod, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Milano, Michael Angelo’s, noosa, Pace, Pacific Foods, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Rao’s, Snyder’s of Hanover, Swanson and V8. Campbell has a heritage of giving back and acting as a good steward of the environment. The company is a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500 as well as the FTSE4Good and Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indices. For more information, visit www.campbellsoupcompany.com.
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