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September 19, 2024 2024 Giving Guide

Full Plates Full Potential

2025 Goals

Our north star is permanently eliminating childhood food insecurity in Maine. As much as possible, we seek to align our work with broader anti-hunger efforts in the state and beyond, most notably Maine’s Roadmap for Ending Hunger by 2030 (which specifically includes maximizing existing nutrition programs as a key strategy). This year we will be focusing on developing a strategy for out-of-school time programs such as Afterschool and Summer Meals, and assisting in the development of resources for child nutrition programs as they begin to transition to new school nutrition guidelines.

Fundraising events/Opportunities

Full Plates welcomes involvement from the business community as sponsors for our community events. During the 2024-2025 school year we will be hosting community suppers throughout the state to bring together school communities to learn more about school nutrition programs. For more information, please contact Keirstin Read at kread@fullplates.org.

Giving Opportunities

There are many fun and creative ways to support Full Plates Full Potential and Maine kids. From a lemonade stand to hosting an event, businesses can get involved to help end childhood food insecurity in Maine! We have an array of opportunities ranging from our annual appeal and sponsored grant making, to percent of sales donations or one-time contributions. To learn more, please contact Keirstin Read at kread@fullplates.org.

Volunteer Opportunities

Full Plates welcomes the opportunity to conduct Lunch & Learn style events at businesses throughout the state. As a small nonprofit with a statewide impact, we can always use extra hands on deck during our annual appeal season, and offer annual appeal mailing assistance as a volunteer opportunity. Additionally, we welcome donations of goods and services for our events. For more information, please contact Keirstin Read at kread@fullplates.org.

For those looking for ways to become more directly involved with anti-hunger work in their communities, please visit www.fullplates.org/other-ways-to-give to connect with direct service organizations in your area.

Leadership

 

Justin Strasburger
Executive Director

Laura Pineo
Board Chair

 

Board Officers

Laura Pineo, Chair, Former School Nutrition Director

Julie Butcher ,Pezzino Vice Chair, Executive Director, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine

Justin Alfond, Treasurer and Co-founder, Entrepreneur, Activist and Philanthropist

Chelsey Carrier, Secretary, Attorney and Mediator

Board Members

Khadija Ahmed, Entrepreneur, Chef and Non-Profit Founder

Stephanie Cesario-DeBiasi, Program Officer, Maine Community Foundation

Molly Clark, Co-owner, Cold Spring Ranch

Kevin Concannon, Former USDA Under Secretary FNCS

Ericka Dodge Katz, Director of External Communications & Community Relations, Hannaford Supermarkets

Jeanne LaPointe, School Nutrition Director, RSU 10

Ryan Parker, Impact and Partnerships Lead, FoodCorps

David Pease, Director of Talent, Diversity & Inclusion, Bangor Savings Bank

Diane Woods, Business Management Consultant

At A Glance

 

Established: 2015

Employees: 8

Annual revenue: $1,427,466

Top funding sources

44% Institutional giving

41% Donation income

11% Cause marketing income

4% Event income

Contact

14 Maine St., Box 3

Brunswick, ME 04011

www.fullplates.org

Facebook: @FullPlatesFullPotential

Instagram: @FullPlatesFullPotential

Awards/Accolades

In March 2023, Full Plates was awarded $10 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through a cooperative agreement to dramatically increase the use of local ingredients in school meals and ensure school nutrition workers have the skills and equipment needed to use them.

Mission Statement

To strengthen child nutrition programs as critical tools for ending childhood food insecurity in Maine.

Service locations

State of Maine