2026 Food Justice for Kids Prize
A $1.4M Funding Collaborative
Overview
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) is collaborating with Newman’s Own Foundation, Humanitix, and The Henry P. Kendall Foundation on the 2026 Food Justice for Kids Prize (FJKP), which will award up to 14 prizes of $100k to nonprofits, Tribal organizations, schools, and school districts across the U.S. The Prize recognizes innovative organizations that help young people (through age 18) learn about healthy food, access and enjoy nutritious school meals, and engage with Indigenous food systems and traditions.
As part of the overall Prize, H2HC will recognize two organizations leading nutrition education and school food policy initiatives with state and/or national impact.
FJKP Focus Areas
- Indigenous Food Justice: Projects and policy work advancing food sovereignty or engaging with, gathering, growing, and cooking Indigenous foods.
- Nutrition Education and School Food: Projects and policy work supporting learning about, growing, and cooking healthy and culturally relevant foods; eating nutritious and culturally relevant school meals and integrating local food in schools; or improving access to school meals.
Key Dates
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April 28, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
Application Period Closes
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End of July 2026
Finalists Invited to Interviews
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Week of August 10, 2026
Finalists Interviewd
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October 8, 2026
Prize Announcement and Grant Disbursement
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November 16-17, 2026
Prize Winners Recognized at H2HC 2026 Fall Summit
Awards Announcement
The winners of the 2026 Food Justice for Kids Prizes will be announced on Thursday, October 8.
About the Co-Funders
Newman’s Own Foundation
Newman’s Own Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation whose mission is to nourish and transform the lives of children who face adversity. The Foundation continues Paul Newman’s commitment to use all the money that it receives—100% of the profits and royalties—from the sale of Newman’s Own products in service of its mission. Through the efforts of Paul Newman and Newman’s Own, the Foundation has given over $625M to social impact organizations since 1982.
Today, Newman’s Own Foundation grantee partners promote nutritious food in schools, advance Indigenous food justice, and through the SeriousFun Children’s Network, create medically inclusive camp experiences.
Humanitix
Humanitix is the ticketing platform that dedicates 100% of profits to charity. With tickets for good, not greed, Humanitix takes the booking fees everyone all hate paying and dedicates the profits to charity. Booking fees help provide access to education, healthcare, and life’s basic necessities to millions of humans across the world.
Event hosts switch to Humanitix for the stress-free ticket management experience, lower fees, and real human support. And with nearly 20M tickets sold across the world, ticket buyers love that every ticket they buy has a positive impact.
The Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Since 2011, The Henry P. Kendall Foundation has worked with partners to advance a resilient, regional food system in New England. The foundation envisions a future where healthy, local, sustainably produced food is broadly accessible and provides lasting health, economic, and environmental benefits. Its grants support farm to school initiatives, regional supply chain coordination, leadership development and networks, mobilization around the vision of New England Feeding New England, and the advancement of public priorities.
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) convenes and celebrates changemakers to highlight systemic work in food and nutrition that advances health equity. Since 2018, H2HC has committed $2M+ to support work that addresses food and nutrition challenges through community-driven solutions, policy innovation, and cross-sector partnerships. The H2HC community meets every year to share progress and learnings and celebrate H2HC Prize for Innovation winners at the H2HC Fall Summit.