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Help Us End Food Waste
Each year, we waste a staggering 31% of the food we produce—enough for 120 billion meals. As that excess food is grown, processed, transported, and eventually rots, it burns through our limited supply of natural resources and emits greenhouse gases that warm our planet.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Together, we can redesign a food system that makes the best use of the food we grow.
Donate to ReFED today to fuel data-driven, high-impact solutions to reduce food waste.
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Mail a Check
Support ReFED by mailing a check. Please make checks payable to ReFED, Inc. and mail to 122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1390-L74, Chicago, IL 60603.
Employer Matching Gifts
Through a matching gift program, your employer may double or even triple the impact of your donation to ReFED.
IRA Qualified Charitable Contributions (QCD)
If you’re 70 ½ or older, you can make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) of up to $108,000 from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to ReFED without having to pay income taxes on the money.
Support Food Waste Solution Providers
ReFED Directs Philanthropic Funding for Maximum Impact Through the Catalytic Grant Fund
Beginning in 2022, ReFED established the Catalytic Grant Fund, a fund to provide direct nonrecoverable and recoverable grants to organizations on the front lines of the fight against food loss and waste. Based on our experience with a highly successful COVID-19 Relief Fund and the wealth of data and insights that we hold on the problem of waste in the food system, we have created this opportunity to help philanthropists who want to support system change, but don’t have the bandwidth to research individual funding opportunities. The Catalytic Grant Fund takes the guesswork out of the process, assuring that donor’s dollars are used where they will have the greatest impact – reducing food loss and waste, addressing climate change positively, supporting biodiversity, getting food to families that need it, and helping businesses secure better bottom lines.
For more information on giving to the Catalytic Grant Fund, please email [email protected] or click the link below.
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Contact Sam BuckThank You to Our Supporters
ReFED’s ambitious work is made possible by the generous support of our growing donor community. Alongside our legacy funders, they enable us to reimagine our food system without loss or waste.
Ajana Foundation
Arjay R. & Frances F. Miller Family Foundation
Atticus Trust
Byrne & Pamela Murphy
DAVID A. CROWN
The Hoch 2009 Charitable Trust
Mental Wellness Foundation
The Three Graces Foundation
Wiancko Charitable Foundation
Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust
Zegar Family Foundation
Anonymous Donor
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Our Individual Donors
We are extremely grateful for the partnership and support of our growing community of donors.
Reimagining a food system without waste or loss requires contributions of all types and sizes.
Richard & Joanna Adcock
Robert Allen
Alex Aruj
Witsanu Attavanich
Vignesh Bharadwaj
Laurel Blossom
Marco Borla
Sam Buck
Tom and Nancy Buck
Adrienne Buhmann
Emily Cecil
Rosella Chapman
Amy Chard
Jill Cherrstrom
Kendall Christiansen
John Dannan
Nicola Dixon
Bob Dizon
Newman Family
Leyla Farzaneh
Gerry Gersovitz
Hu's Giving
John Guetter
Hammond Street Fund for Arts & Education
Sarah Harpaz
Peter Hellwig
Tongtong Hu
Daniel Hughes
Nichole Huntley
Manratana Intrakamhang
Victoria Jiao
Peter Klaich
Stacey G. Koehnke
Yashwanth Kumar Korukonda
Land O' Lakes
Amanda Lang
Cynthia Le
Mary Lepley
Max Levine
Dale Lewis
Life is a Gift Legacy Fund
Penny Loafer
Emily Ma
Emily Mahoney
Michael Marano
McCormick
Peter J. McLaughlin and Jane Kitchel McLaughlin Family Fund
Elizabeth Mosolovich
Connie Mui
Thenmozhi Murthi
NEATGOODS, LLC
Emily Ocon
Shriram Paranjpe
Howard & Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Jeff Rhodes
William Rosenfeld
Chuck Savitt
ServiceNow
Rajagopalun Seshasankaran
Shawn Shepherd
Anna Shore
Deborah Sokol
Yalmaz Siddiqui
Rajeev Soni
Blue Sparrow
Mark Strauss
Steve Swartz
Agnes Sweileh
Xinrou Tan
Nicholas Tarrant
Emily Trinh
Sarah Vared
Ali Vaziralli
Nicholas Weber
Eric Woods
Sarah Zilinski
To learn how you can support our mission, please email us at [email protected].