DoorDash Announces More Than $500,000 in Project DASH Impact Grants to Support Local Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Social Impact Organizations
February 07 2024 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) today announced that it has awarded more
than $500,000 in Project DASH Impact Grants to over 200 food banks,
food pantries, and other social impact organizations located in
more than 30 states.
Project DASH is DoorDash’s initiative to empower food banks,
food pantries, and other social impact organizations to deliver
food and essential items to people experiencing food insecurity.
Since 2018, Project DASH has powered more than 5 million deliveries
of an estimated over 80 million meals.
These grants can be used for any home delivery-related expense,
including securing more nutritious food, defraying staff costs,
powering more deliveries, or reaching new populations. With this
round of funding, DoorDash is continuing to help residents access
food in a way that emphasizes convenience and dignity.
“We are extremely grateful to DoorDash for this generous Project
DASH Impact grant,” said Julie Yurko, President and CEO at Northern
Illinois Food Bank. “These funds will help increase the number of
home deliveries from our food pantries and programs like My Pantry
Express and ensure our neighbors who lack transportation and
accessibility, have access to the nutritious food they need to
thrive, with dignity, equity and convenience.”
Across the U.S., partners plan to leverage their Project DASH
Impact Grants to provide a broader selection of food options and
personal care products, serve people more regularly and supplement
volunteer home delivery, defray partner staff costs, and deliver to
vulnerable populations facing transportation barriers. Some
examples of partners leveraging Project DASH Impact Grants to
augment their work include:
- the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina growing
their reach in rural areas and incorporating delivery into their
backpack-based children's nutrition program, while continuing to
serve senior food box recipients; and
- Preble Street in Maine adding fresh produce, culturally
appropriate ingredients, and other items in food box
deliveries.
"Hugs and Hope extends our heartfelt gratitude to DoorDash for
their invaluable support in our mission to broaden our impact
through the launch of our 'Bags of Hope' Program providing food
deliveries for families of children attending Title 1 schools and
senior citizens. The deliveries are made on Fridays, ensuring they
have sustenance over the weekend when the children are away from
school. Thank you for making a difference with us because our
partnership is instrumental in spreading not only hope but also an
abundance of hugs," said Jeri Austin, Executive Director, Hugs and
Hope.
“Local delivery of charitable food helps break down barriers to
access for seniors, people with a disability, working parents, and
other people in local communities,” said Daniel Riff, Head of
DoorDash Drive Government & Nonprofit. “We’re excited to help
our partners across the U.S. serve more people in innovative ways
by providing more than half a million dollars in Project DASH
Impact Grants to food banks, food pantries, and other social impact
organizations. DoorDash is committed to working alongside our
partners and stakeholders across the public, private, and nonprofit
sectors to continue broadening food access.”
Project DASH empowers social impact organizations—such as food
banks and pantries—to work with Dashers and use DoorDash technology
to provide local delivery to their communities. These partner
organizations determine who receives deliveries, when deliveries
will take place, and where the distribution site will be. Dashers
complete the deliveries, and recipients receive updates via text
message throughout the process.
In 2023, the Urban Institute released a report, Connecting
People with Charitable Food through New Home Delivery Partnerships.
The report, supported by DoorDash, found that Project DASH has
helped alleviate organizational capacity challenges in implementing
home delivery, reduced stigma and enhanced convenience, and
expanded the communities anti-hunger organizations served,
including by connecting hard-to-reach populations with charitable
food.
Organizations interested in expanding their existing delivery
efforts or learning more about how delivery can enhance their
programs can contact the Project DASH team at
projectdash@doordash.com.
About DoorDash
DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) is a technology company that connects
consumers with their favorite local businesses in more than 25
countries across the globe. Founded in 2013, DoorDash builds
products and services to help businesses innovate, grow, and reach
more customers. DoorDash is your door to more: the local commerce
platform dedicated to enabling merchants to thrive in the
convenience economy, giving consumers access to more of their
communities, and providing work that empowers.
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