Social Impact
OUR MISSION
To inspire families of all backgrounds to eat better food and live longer more vibrant lives.
OUR VISION
For all Americans to live a healthy lifestyle, regardless of who they are, where they live, or how much they make.
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People living in under-served communities (such as low-income families and members of certain ethnic minorities) face many obstacles to living a healthy lifestyle. Because of a wide range of factors such as tighter food budgets, lower nutritional education, and limited access to outdoor play spaces, these communities are at far greater risk for obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related illnesses.
In addition to making healthy and delicious products, we provide an annual grant (and volunteer support) to non-profit organizations that are working to eliminate socio-economic health disparities in the US. See below to learn more about our recipients!
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2023 GRANTEE: BIRTHING PEOPLE FOUNDATION BY KINDRED SPACE LA
LEARN MOREKindred Space LA is an LA-based black-owned birthing center designed to address the maternal and infant health disparities in communities of color. Their non-profit, Birthing People Foundation, empowers WOC/POC by providing free and low cost training, education and certification on pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
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2022 GRANTEE: HIKE CLERB
LEARN MOREHike Clerb is an LA-based intersectional women’s hike club and 501c(3) founded in 2017 by changemaker, Evelynn Escobar. Inspired to take action by the lack of representation of people of color in the outdoors, Hike Clerb was born as a radical solution to this issue and more. The organization is equipping Black, Indigenous, women of color with the tools, resources, and experiences they need to collectively heal in nature from Los Angeles and beyond.
A Dozen Cousins contribution funded Hike Clerb’s ‘Night Clerb’ program, a camping program that brings two unique overnight experiences to life in Southern California that facilitate ways for Black and Indigenous women of color to experience the outdoors collectively through activities like camping and backpacking.>
2021 GRANTEE: LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY FRIDGES
LEARN MOREIn 2021, A Dozen Cousins made a food donation to LA Community Fridges using all proceeds from our "Kitchen Collection", an exclusive-collection curated by talented Latina artists and creators in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. LA Community Fridges is a one-of-a-kind organization that maintains a free network of public refrigerators throughout Los Angeles.
This allows citizens to easily share food with members of their community that are in need. The organization is 100% run by volunteers and has changed the way communities pour into each other.>
2020 GRANTEE: PROJECT POTLUCK
LEARN MOREProject Potluck is an industry organization with the mission to help People of Color build successful companies and careers in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. In 2020, A Dozen Cousins made an in-kind donation to Project Potluck alongside Beanfields and Mason Dixie Foods in order to help increase the number of better-for-you brands that are built by and targeted towards People of Color.
>2019 GRANTEE: THE HAPPY KITCHEN/LA COCINA ALEGRE
LEARN MOREThe Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre is a program of The Sustainable Food Center that offers free cooking and nutrition classes to communities in need. In 2019, we partnered with them to sponsor two 6-week courses (one in English, one in Spanish) that allowed 50 families to receive nutrition education that was budget conscious, culturally relevant, and taught by former students from their own community.
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