City Fruit relies on individual donors for its funding. In the year 2023, individual giving made up 9% of total revenue. In 2022, individual contributions made up almost 18% of total revenue. Compared to many US gleaning and food access nonprofits, City Fruit’s individual donation…
Nonprofit organizations in the milieu of food systems and hunger relief have a lot in common in terms of their development practices in goals. Unfortunately, the work tends to be quite busy on a day-to-day basis, hindering the prospects for internal reflection as well as…
Much of the fruit that is harvested by City Fruit goes to meal programs, food banks, and diversion partners. This means that City Fruit staff and volunteers do not always get to directly interact with the folks who enjoy the fruit we harvest and share….
While City Fruit has a Master Fruit Tree Stewards (MFTS) program to educate the community on caring for fruit trees, City Fruit also offers tree care services. The tree care specialist, offers care and maintenance of privately owned trees to ensure healthy trees that produce…
For the last five years, City Fruit has hosted an annual gala called “Celebrates.” Galas generally tend to be opportunities for non-profit organizations to raise funds for their programing, and City Fruit has added the equally important opportunity of “friend-raising.” Celebrates is an event geared…
City Fruit harvests an abundance of apples every year, and congruently owns three cider presses. These cider presses are both used for City Fruit educational purposes and as a revenue stream for the organization. Of these three cider presses, two are manual and fully operated…
Written by Vera-Camille Ingressa, Fundraising and Development Specialist VISTA. Tabling is just like it sounds: laying information about an organization out on a table, sitting behind it, distributing that information, and answering questions. Simple enough, but why do it? Tabling is a good way to…
Written by Vera-Camille Ingressa, Fundraising and Development Specialist VISTA. Through fundraising and development, work is an ongoing priority, City Fruit does a variety of fundraising events throughout the year to supplement these efforts. Three are GiveBig, a giving drive held in spring, City Fruit Celebrates,…
Written by Vera-Camille Ingressa, Fundraising and Development VISTA. Running a silent auction is a great way to raise funds for an organization. Though similar to a regular auction, this option reserves a nice set of possibilities that are less simple to pull off live. Silent…
Written by Jordyn Egbert, Fundraising and Development Specialist VISTA In order to utilize Seattle’s fruit trees to their best and fullest use, City Fruit harvests both quality, market ready fruit, and bruised, windfallen, and pest damaged fruit. City Fruit partners with meal programs, cider companies,…