We need your donation!
While the food is donated, it costs Asheville Poverty Initiative a little over $5-10 per plate to cover costs like; monthly rent, our largest and most important bill, purchasing kitchen and cleaning supplies, and pay utilities, insurance, water, and operating costs (that grants don’t often cover).
We are a 501c3 nonprofit primarily funded by individual supporters, community matters!
Please consider becoming a sustaining member by signing up for monthly donations via PayPal or direct account withdrawal!
How your contribution helps our community:
$50
Contributes to Kitchen Mama Donna getting new cooking utensils like knives and pans.
$100
Sponsors four hours of litter and debris cleanup by a member of API's new "Clean Team," which has been working to tidy West Asheville streets in recent weeks.
$250
Sponsors a group of students for a downtown poverty walk where participants gain insights into the realities of poverty in Asheville from those with lived experience.
$500
Provides mulch, seeds, and supplies to our community garden space for another incredible season of enjoying our amazing outdoor space in the heart of West Asheville.
$1,000
Covers about 10 days of operating costs for 12 Baskets Cafe, providing hot lunches, free groceries, supplies, resource connections, and group activities for the community.
Thank you to our Community Partners!
103.3 Asheville FM
AFD-Rest
Allen Tate / Beverly Hanks Biltmore Park Office
Allstate
AmeriHealth Caritas
Architype Brewing
Asheville Friends Meeting
Asheville Digital Lifestyle
Asheville Humane Society
Asheville Survival Program
AVL Drag Brunch
Buncombe County Community Paramedics
Cellarest Beer Project
Community Foundation of Western NC
CrossFit Pisgah
Deep Time
Dogwood Health Trust
First Presbyterian Church
Francine Delany School
GE
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
Grace Episcopal Church
House of Mercy
Mission Nurses
Mutual Aid Wellness Collective
NC Department of Environmental Quality
New Belgium Brewing Company
On World Brewing
Presbytery of Western North Carolina
Safe Shelter
Seek Healing
Spectrum Gardens
Sugar Hollow Solar
Summit Charter School
The Whale
Trinity UMC
UNC Asheville
UnLabelMe
Walnut Cove Members Association
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church
Watauga Opportunities
West Asheville Tailgate Market
WNCAP
Sponsor our free Community Lunch Program!
Sponsoring our free community lunch is a direct sponsorship program to help 12 Baskets Cafe, where a business or individual helps offset the average daily cost of food and operations. With your donation of $500 or more, you are helping fight food insecurity in Buncombe County. EMail us at Contact@ashevillepovertyinitiative.org for more information.