About the Nourish to Flourish Initiative
With almost 40 million jobs lost in the U.S. in just two months, housing is at risk and food insecurity has skyrocketed. But, like in most crisis situations, there are often silver linings. As the lockdown took effect in Salt Lake City, a small group of people from Sentry Financial, the Lightspark Foundation, and Pulp Lifestyle Kitchen began a conversation about how to address food insecurity while simultaneously supporting the restaurant industry. That conversation quickly evolved into an action plan for The Nourish to Flourish Initiative, which consists of three pillars: restaurants preparing food, organizations serving under-resourced groups, and community members providing funding.
The Nourish to Flourish Initiative is administered by the Lightspark Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity (EIN: 81-3990658). Donations to the Lightspark Foundation/Nourish to Flourish Initiative are tax-deductible. 100% of donated funds will be used to purchase meals to feed those experiencing food insecurity (all administration of the Nourish to Flourish Initiative is performed on a volunteer basis). A copy of the Lightspark Foundation’s IRS determination letter can be viewed here.
Meals Served
Restaurants
Service Organizations
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Meals Served
Restaurants
Service Organizations
To Local Restaurants
Restaurant Partners
Few, if any, industries have been harder hit by the pandemic than the restaurant industry. It has culminated in not only lost profits and livelihoods for owners, but lost jobs for employees. The Nourish to Flourish Initiative provides restaurants with a consistent guaranteed demand for meals every day, week in week out.
Service Partners
Food insecurity impacts 11.5% of Utahns, or more than 350,000 people in our state. The Nourish to Flourish Initiative is designed to help address this by empowering nutritionally-conscious restaurants to provide fresh, healthy meals to buttress those staples currently being provided by existing providers.
Funding Partners
By scaling the Nourish to Flourish Initiative, we can eliminate food insecurity in our community. And if we can do it in Salt Lake City, our success will be replicated by other communities across the country. Community funding, however, is a critical component of making this vision a reality.
Restaurant Partners
Few, if any, industries have been harder hit by the pandemic than the restaurant industry. It has culminated in not only lost profits and livelihoods for owners, but lost jobs for employees. The Nourish to Flourish Initiative provides restaurants with a consistent guaranteed demand for meals every day, week in week out.
Service Partners
Food insecurity impacts 11.5% of Utahns, or more than 350,000 people in our state. The Nourish to Flourish Initiative is designed to help address this by empowering nutritionally-conscious restaurants to provide fresh, healthy meals to buttress those staples currently being provided by existing providers.
Funding Partners
By scaling the Nourish to Flourish Initiative, we can eliminate food insecurity in our community. And if we can do it in Salt Lake City, our success will be replicated by other communities across the country. Community funding, however, is a critical component of making this vision a reality.
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