Our Community Based Organizations (CBO) program pays restaurants to deliver meals to neighbors in need through distribution partnerships with long-serving community based organizations who have deep experience serving their own populations. Private donations and grants provide program funding to purchase the meals which are delivered by restaurants with support from volunteer drivers and Cruise Automation.

Through our CBO program, we partner with small businesses, long-serving community-based organizations and City agencies to provide income for workers and meals for neighbors in need. We actively work in partnership with a number of CBOs and community advocates to center the needs of the African American, Latinx, AAPI and LGBTQIA+ communities in San Francisco.

The CBO program was launched by SF New Deal on March 23, 2020 just days after Mayor Breed announced the first pandemic Shelter in Place Order.

In May 2021, we piloted a new meal support program, Mission Bay Bites, providing meal vouchers redeemable at the nearby SPARK Social food truck park to eligible Mission Bay residents.