Greater High Point Food Alliance awards over $59,000 for food security projects

A food-preservation class, a database upgrade and nutrition lessons are the kind of projects the Greater High Point Food Alliance is backing again, with more than $59,000 spread across 23 grants in its 2026 cycle. At roughly $2,500 per project on average, the money is built to reach pantry shelves, church programs, school-linked efforts and neighborhood groups, not to solve hunger with one large check.

That approach fits the way the Food Security Fund has operated since it was established in 2018. The alliance says the fund has invested nearly $350,000 across Greater High Point, and every project is supposed to include a pay-it-forward component. In a region that ranked No. 14 in the nation for food insecurity in 2022, the funding is meant to do more than cover a single delivery day. It is supposed to help groups build the kind of capacity that keeps food moving when prices rise, donations fall or families fall behind.

The scope of that work can be seen in recent grant recipients such as My Little Taste Buds, which focused on nutritious food programming, Community Outreach of Archdale-Trinity, which received support for database enhancement, and Change Will Come Youth Foundation, which used the money for food-preservation education and equipment. Those are small, practical interventions, but they point to different parts of the same problem: getting food to people quickly, helping local groups track need better and teaching families how to stretch what they have.

The alliance’s broader network reaches beyond grants. The City of High Point says the group provides the free High Point Food Finder app, and its Community Resource Guide is built to help residents of Guilford County, including High Point and Greensboro, find food, emergency and health resources. High Point also says the alliance has supported the farmers market’s Double the Bucks program, while the market accepts EBT, putting fresh food within reach for more households.

The alliance’s annual Food Security Summit, held Sept. 19, 2025, was built around connecting resources and reducing siloed work, and that remains the real test of this new funding round. The grants will help more families in High Point and surrounding communities, but they do not erase the scale of the need. Hunger in Greater High Point is still structural, and the new money is another step in a long campaign to make local food access steadier, smarter and more resilient.