Fair Food Network Incorporated
Fair Food Network is a nonprofit based in Detroit, MI that grows community health, wealth, and resilience through food. It leads the Double Up Food Bucks nutrition incentives, operates the Fair Food Fund for impact investing, and administers related grant and financing programs (including the Michigan Good Food Fund). The site provides program descriptions, resources, news, and ways to engage.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations running or ready to host nutrition-incentive activities (grocery stores, farmers markets, food access nonprofits) that can implement the Double Up Food Bucks model or similar programmatic work and meet reporting requirements.
Good Fit
- • Operates a retail food outlet or market that can deliver nutrition incentives or match purchases.
- • Has prior experience managing program funds and simple reporting systems.
- • Is located in Michigan or in a state that participates in the Double Up Food Bucks program.
- • Can absorb mid-sized grants (tens of thousands up to low hundreds of thousands) and has operational readiness.
- • Is aligned with food access, healthy food purchasing incentives, or local food systems work.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year were spread across 27 states, showing a national footprint, although just over half of total dollars were directed to Michigan.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 142 distinct recipients and 143 grants, including a mix of retailers, markets and organizations; while a few large awards concentrate dollars, the recipient list is broad and largely independent.
New Applicants
Direct behavioral evidence supports newcomer access: 82 new recipients appeared in 2024 (roughly 58% of grantees) and there are three years of observable turnover; there is no formal application page, so selection appears programmatic but not closed to new entrants.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
