The DaVita Giving Foundation, a private charitable organization created by DaVita Inc., announced a $1.4 million grant to the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), a national association of 40 nonprofit organizations across the country focused on addressing the dual crises of illness and hunger.
This grant will help FIMC provide more than 100,000 medically-tailored meals to people with food insecurity and medical nutrition needs, including individuals living with end stage kidney disease, through four FIMC nonprofit members in the following markets:
Sacramento, Calif., through Project Open Hand
Los Angeles, through Project Angel Food
Minneapolis, through Open Arms Minnesota
Orlando, Fla., through Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida