DC Central Kitchen was just featured as a national best practice in a tremendous, in-depth profile by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. This deeply reported piece, entitled “How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink,” is part of a larger Lilly Endowment-supported project by The Chronicle aimed at increasing public understanding of philanthropy. For nearly two months, Senior Writer Stephanie Beasley observed our programs, interacted with past and present DCCK employees, and collected input from nonprofit and academic peers about our impact on the wider nonprofit sector, ultimately labeling DC Central Kitchen a “national model for using food to create economic opportunity [that] doesn’t keep its playbook to itself.”
Beasley also included a series of “Key Lessons” from our history and front-line experience for other nonprofits and grant-makers to make the piece even more accessible and applicable. The piece includes compelling photography from photojournalist Charlotte Kesl as well.
Whether you’re a longtime supporter or just now discovering this 37-year-old nonprofit, you’ll learn something new about how we’ve been able to grow, how our lessons can help other organizations thrive in tough times, and where we’re going next.
You can read (and share!) this fantastic, inside look at DC Central Kitchen here.
Photo Credit: Charlotte Kesl for Chronicle of Philanthropy