Hope for New York currently supports over a dozen organizations throughout the city addressing food insecurity by operating food pantries and serving meals. We believe there is a major opportunity to increase our impact by forming a "Hunger Collective" and leveraging the power of our network by 1) mobilizing resources for our affiliates, 2) centralizing purchasing, 3) providing logistics support, and 4) standardizing impact reporting. 

Each of the 4 network opportunities outlined above can be viewed as an independent workstream that will have a set of activities and deliverables. Each will require differing levels of research and outreach to partners, as well as practical implementation to establish feasibility and opportunity.  

This project will have a great mix of research, strategy, and implementation. We would like to pilot several initiatives to demonstrate some quick wins while creating a strategic plan that outlines what the HFNY Hunger Collective should do over the next 1, 3, and 5 years.