Ada Ling

Final paper
Executive Summary
World Harvest requests $2.3 million to provide additional nutritional education for the
community of the Los Angeles County. The program will provide 250,000 individuals who are
in need of assistance, food, and nutrition education. The program will open six days a week to
provide additional food drives and to provide at least three nutritional classes a week to the
community of Los Angeles. Nutritional classes will show the community how to cook healthy
and nutritious recipes for themselves and for their family.
According to the Los Angeles County Public Health, Los Angeles County has over
561,000 people that suffer from food insecurity and about 217,000 adults suffer from very low
food security. The United Censes of Los Angeles county also states that as of 2018, there
are 70,000 registered nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles County. The World Harvest aims to
increase the assistance to individuals or families who suffer from food insecurities and lack of
nutritional education in Los Angeles, California.
To accomplish this, World Harvest will implement the following objectives for the three-
year program:
1. Purchase an additional community center, to offer nutritional education
classes and tastings three times a week to serve 50,000 individuals
2. Employ two full time coordinators:
a. A Program Coordinator to organize nutritional lesson plans three
times a week with the fresh produce provided by the organization
b. A Social Worker to help the families in need to connect with other
nonprofit organizations
3. Hire two full time program assistants to carry out the weekly lesson plans
World Harvest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was established in 2007 to
provide help with food and other basic necessities in the Los Angeles area and surrounding
counties. The mission of World Harvest is to provide food, basic staples, and living essentials to
people who are at risk of hunger and to the needy. The organization has helped Los Angeles by
providing food drives and soup kitchen to over 600,000 individuals. The nutritional classes will
be offered three times a week to improve the knowledge of children and adults in fresh fruits and
vegetables. The additional community center provides tastings and nutrition education with the
fresh fruit and vegetables that the families receive from the drive.
The total cost to sustain World Harvest is estimated at $4.8 million. The grant will be
matched with $2.3 million from direct donation from The Rockefeller Foundation. Cash and in-
kind contributions to make programs possible. Potential sources include:
• Value of volunteers $200,000
• Online giving $75,000
• Corporate sponsorships
LA Zoo $30,000
Recycle LA $30,000
• Anniversary Party $40,000
• Donated goods and services $80,000
• Discretionary funds allocated to the project from the organization $50,000
• Contributions from corporate sponsors $100,000
Whole Foods
Vons
Albertsons
Agency Credibility
The World Harvest Charites and Family Services provides food and other basic living essentials.
This includes providing fresh produce from the farm to the tables and reducing food waste. It offers
healthy eating by providing produce to create a balanced meal with fruits and vegetables to reduce the
risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, and other diseases related to poor diets.
Glen Curado volunteered with the local food bank in 2006, and he saw that with a small food
banks they could improve which resulted in the World Harvest Charites and Family Services in 2007.
"[At other food banks], you give out one bag to each person, it has canned soup, mac and cheese, and
one loaf of bread. No vegetables, no good food. It seemed like a scam to me," said Curado, now CEO of
World Harvest Food Bank.
Since 2007, World Harvest Food Bank has provided a system where families can donate 30
dollars to get a shopping cart and be able to fill up the cart with the produce offered at the food bank. It
has helped serve over 5,000 families in the county of Los Angeles. If families are not able to donate the
full 30 dollars, then they are able to volunteer four hours of their day to get free produce. Besides
providing free produce, they have also partnered up with Republic Services to reduce food waste. A
partnership with the LA Zoo has composted over 74 tons of food that would have been placed in the
landfills.
Founder Glen Curado was awarded Certificate of Appreciation from the County of Los
Angeles in 2018. On March 2018, World Harvest Food Bank was recognized by the Board of
Public Work Los Angeles for RecycLA Star which improves the health and quality of life by
reducing food waste and increasing recycling. In 2017, he was awarded “National Small
Business Week” from the City of Los Angeles and a Certificate of Recognition from the city of
Los Angeles for their services provided to the community. With continuing work and
partnerships with Los Angeles Zoo, Vons, Albertsons, and Whole Foods, there has been less
food waste. Today, this internationally respected nonprofit is one of the largest organizations
dedicated to providing food for insecure family and members of the county of Los Angeles.
 Logic Model

Identified Problem or Need (supported by data) CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

An estimated of 778,000 people are 300% below the federal poverty level in LA County. Lack of access to cheap fresh produce

RESOURCES
OUTCOMES
(What personnel, facilities,
PROCESS OBJECTIVES (Include measurements, measurement
GOAL funding,
(Include numbers or other indicators, and some indication of how
or other resources do we have to
measurements) evaluation will occur)
help meet our goals?)

Increase healthy produce World Harvest Food Bank This three- year project will: The desired outcome is to reduce the
For the community of Los number of families in Los Angeles County
Angeles Los Angeles Unified School 1. Purchase an additional community who do not have access to fresh
District center, to offer nutritional education produce/nutritional educational classes
Decrease the rate of classes and tastings three times a week and to have at least 75% of participants
Obesity in Los Angeles CSU, Los Angeles to serve 50,000 individuals with positive measurable outcomes:

Improve nutrition knowledge Groceries stores 2. Hire a Program Organizer to organize 1. This will be assessed by
and skill nutritional lesson plans three times a tracking the number of
Interns and staff week with the fresh produce provided by new families who come to
the organization nutritional educational
Volunteers classes
3. Employ a Social Worker to help the
Partnerships families in need to connect with other 2. Each new
nonprofit organizations family/household that
Donations comes in to receive fresh
4. Hire two full time program managers produce will compete a
to carry out the weekly lesson plans survey after their
appointment that can be
either submitted online or
in a box after the
appointment
Needs Assessment
There are many families that are suffering from an epidemic of food insecurity and
nutrition. It is a widespread war against our children and adults that we have the power to stop,
and understanding the issue is the first step. The best and most effective way to prevent food
insecurity and poor nutrition is through education and intervention programs. We can make a
huge difference in many lives of children and adults over education, promotion of prevention,
and treatment for those who have already been affected.
According to the United States Census, there are about 1.5 million people in Los Angeles
County that are below the poverty level. More than one in ten Californians were receiving
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as CalFresh, which is over 1
million people. CalFresh is a food assistance program that aids families and individuals that
suffer from food insecurity in order to provide and promote healthy eating to decrease obesity
and other chronic diseases. Two-thirds of all Los Angeles SNAP recipients are children and
about eight percent are seniors (United States Department of Agriculture).
Even though California has the fourth lowest rate of adult obesity, it is considered the
twenty-fourth highest obesity for young youth. In 2017, the adult obesity rate went to 25.1%
which is about 2.5 million people compared to the year 2000 at the rate of 18.7% which was
about 1.8 million people. Health behaviors can affect individuals which increases the rate of
obesity for the Latino, White, African-American, and Asians compared to other ethnicities
(County of Los Angeles Public Health). Every culture and family have different lifestyle diets,
income, and education levels that can also affect them.
Being in a busy city, many people drive from location A to location B which decreases
physical activity and increases obesity and fast food intake. With World Harvest, they host an
annual event called “5K Run, Walk, and Crawl!” to bring awareness to food insecurity and to
promote healthy eating.
Every year, Americans throw away about 66 billion tons of food waste that fill up the
landfills. With over 10 million people in the Los Angeles County, about 1.2 million tons of food
waste and yard trimmings are thrown out by LA residences. World Harvest has partnered up with
RecycLA to help move 74 tons of food waste a year from the LA Zoo, but that is a small fraction
in food waste that is being composted or moved away from the landfills. They were able to help
the landfills by feeding the animals with the food waste which has helped the zoo save over
16,000 dollars a month.
Food insecurity in the county of Los Angeles occurs with the lack of resources in the
community. It is quicker and cheaper for families to buy fast food than to buy fresh produce.
Other social determinants have major effects for the members of the Los Angeles County due to
the culture and lifestyle where they are born, the education they receive, and the access to
healthy foods. A child that was born in a low-income community makes them have a higher risk
of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. It is important that the community members of
Los Angeles county have the access and assistance that they need to begin healthy eating.

For over a decade, World Harvest has been providing healthy eating and a history of hope
and healing. The principal theme across all of our programs is to provide families we serve with
an environment of compassion and kindness to prevent unhealthy eating and promoting zero
waste.
Methods
Purchase an additional community center: Research will be conducted to determine the
location of need for the community by collecting data to assess the need: demographics,
questionnaires, and conducting quick and brief interviews when families are visiting the food
bank. Once the data is collected and analyzed, the purchase of a community center will be
developed to offer nutritional classes, cooking classes to further family education on fruits and
vegetables.
Create nutritional/tasting program for healthy eating: World Harvest will provide program
assistants and volunteers with proven training and tools to promote healthy eating with cooking
lessons. Provided materials will engage parents, children, and community stakeholders to
recognize the importance of healthy eating. Cooking lessons will focus on helping families to
build a healthy diet rather than choosing unhealthy food.
Hire full-time social worker: A call for applications will go out through the non-profit website
and will be evaluated by the human resources department before being presented to a hiring
committee. Applicants must demonstrate an understanding of nutrition, providing services for
low income population, coordinating services, case management, and be willing to evaluate the
success of the program twice yearly and work closely with the Los Angeles county. All eligible
applicants will hold a master’s degree in social work or related field, have at least two years’
experience in compassion for and experience with all ages, and a certificate in social work.
Hire full-time program manager: A call for applications will go out through the non-profit
website and will be evaluated by the human resources department before being presented to a
hiring committee. Applicants must demonstrate an understanding of nutrition, curriculum
development, public speaking skills, event coordination, marketing materials, and be willing to
evaluate the success of the program twice yearly and work closely with the Los Angeles county.
All eligible applicants will hold a master’s degree in nutrition or related field and have at least
two years’ experience in education.
Hire two part-time program assistants: A call for applications will go out through the non-
profit website and hiring sites will be evaluated by the human resources department before being
presented to a hiring committee. Applicants must demonstrate an understanding of nutrition,
curriculum development, public speaking skills, event coordination, budgeting, and be willing to
evaluate the success of the program twice yearly and work closely with the Los Angeles county.
All eligible applicants will hold a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, health science or related field
and have at least one-year experience in office experience.
Evaluation
The Healthy Eating program will be evaluated on a semi-annually basis to measure
outcomes and ensure the completion of process objectives.
Outcome Evaluation: The most important measure of this project is to increase the
number of low-income families served and to increase fruit and vegetable intake. Records of the
number of adult participants in each class requires completing a pre- and post-survey to gauge
learning outcomes. This survey will be modified for adults who participate in nutrition field-
specific health classes and will ask to rate the following on a Likert type scale ranging from 1 to
5

1. Level of new knowledge about fresh produce nutrition

2. Level of confidence in cooking healthier option meals
3. Satisfaction with the field-specific cooking on a budget material in the modules
4. Level of overall knowledge about nutrition
5. Satisfaction of Healthy Eating participation and experience
A pre- and post-survey will also be created and required for all volunteers and will ask to
rate the following on a Likert type scale ranging from 1 to 5:
1. Level of knowledge about picking fresh fruits and vegetables.
2. Level of knowledge about cooking low budget.
3. Satisfaction of Healthy Eating program participation and experience
Both surveys will also allow for additional comments to be made. The responses from the
surveys will be analyzed by the full-time program manager assigned, to advance the educational
efforts and will be reported to the oversight committee.
Process evaluation: The program manager assigned to advance the educational efforts of the
Healthy Eating will hold meetings with the CEO, Glen Curado, a full-time program manager,
and two program assistances once every 6 months to assess the progress of the program. A report
will be produced semi-annually by these members to update the department and the funder on
the success of the three-year program. The reports will specify the number of families served,
note the results of the families and volunteer surveys, and recommend future improvements to
the program.
Budget (and budget narrative)
THREE-YEAR BUDGET

Line item
Personnel $453,835
Fringe $135,986
Travel $3,240
Equipment (single items that cost $5,000 or more) $895,000
Supplies $5,400
Construction related costs $700,000
Other 0
Total direct costs $2,193,461
Indirect costs (10 percent of replace with MTDC amount) $59,845
Total $2,253,306
Budget Narrative
Personnel: $453,825
Program Manager (1 FTE X $63,543 X 3 years) $190,629
Social Worker (1 FTE X $53,932 X 3 years) $161,796
2 Program Assistants (13/hour X 25/hrs each X 52 weeks X 3 years) $101,400
Fringe: $135,986
$453,825 X .3 $135,986
Travel: $3,240
2 X (One flight to training conference X $300) per person X 3 years $1,800
2 X (Two hotel nights at conference X $120) per person X 3 years $1,440
Equipment: $895,000
Multi-use building $895,000
Supplies: $5,400
Two laptops $1,400
Kitchen tools (knives, pots, pans, cutting boards) $4,000
Construction related costs (for multiuse building): $700,000
Architecture and engineering $100,000
Environmental compliance analysis and report $100,000
Construction contractor $500,000
Other: $0
All electricity, utilities, and other program related costs will not be billed to the grant and will
instead be counted as a match.
Indirect costs: $59,845
MTDC (modified total direct cost as per equipment: $895,000, construction related costs
$700,00) = $598,451 X .10
Future and other funding
Other Funding:

Total: $4,506,612

Match: $2,253,306

Cost to continue each year: $1,503,204

• Value of volunteers $200,000

• Online giving $75,000
• Grant from The Rockefeller Foundation $898,204
• Corporate sponsorships
LA Zoo $30,000
Recycle LA $30,000
• Anniversary Party $40,000
• Donated goods and services $80,000
• Discretionary funds allocated to the project from the organization $50,000
• Contributions from corporate sponsors $100,000
Whole Foods
Vons
Albertsons
World of Harvest Anniversary Party is held in July to celebrate the anniversary of Los Angeles
County taking one step forward to healthy eating. Each guest pays a ticket fee to attend the event
and has the opportunity to bid on silent auctions of donated items. Last year's event raised
$30,000.