The Eos Foundation continues to strive for an equitable and just society where the basic human needs of all individuals are met. This includes ensuring that children grow up well-nourished and healthy, with opportunities for high-quality education and the tools to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
The Eos Foundation continues to strive for an equitable and just society where the basic human needs of all individuals are met. This includes ensuring that children grow up well-nourished and healthy, with opportunities for high-quality education and the tools to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
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Eos Foundation Announces $700,000 Commitment to Hunger Relief in Across Massachusetts in Partnership with The Greater Boston Food Bank
Boston, MA (November 13, 2025) – The Eos Foundation today announced that it will be distributing $700,000 as communities across Massachusetts begin to recover from the freeze and reduction of SNAP benefits due to the recent government shutdown. Of that total, $125,000 will go to community partner organizations on Cape Cod to support individuals and families facing food insecurity and rising costs of living, especially during a challenging time of year with holidays approaching and reduced off-season work hours.
Eos Foundation Announces $125,000 in Emergency Funding for Food for Cape and Islands Residents
Cape Cod, MA – Thursday, November 13, 2025 – The Eos Foundation today announced $125,000 in emergency grants and supermarket gift cards to support vulnerable Cape Cod and Islands residents as they begin to recover from the freeze and reduction of SNAP benefits due to the recent government shutdown. The initiative includes $25,000 in general operating grants to community partners and an additional $100,000 in supermarket gift cards to be distributed in collaboration with the Greater Boston Food Bank to five local organizations working directly with residents across the region.
initiatives
Breakfast in the classroom grants
Since 2013, the Eos Foundation has provided grants to schools to launch After the Bell breakfast programs, focusing primarily on Breakfast in the Classroom. When done right, BIC typically feeds over 80% of students. Breakfast fuels students to start their day ready to learn, yet often students miss this important meal when it is served before school starts. Making breakfast available after the start of the school day eliminates one of the barriers and ensures that students have access to food.
School Breakfast Report Card
Our school breakfast report ranks the state’s high-poverty schools (those with 60%+ of student populations qualifying for free/reduced-priced meals) on their school breakfast participation rates – a measure of success for alleviating childhood hunger.
Despite the School Meals for All act signed into law by Governor Maura Healey in May 2023, breakfast participation rates among the highest need schools dropped to 48% in SY 24/25, compared to 58% in SY 19/20.
While 584,000 students participate in the free school lunch program every day, only 272,000 access free school breakfast. If lunch and breakfast participation rates were the same statewide, approximately 312,000 additional kids would eat breakfast every day.
Healthy Start Awards
Each year Eos hosts an annual Healthy Start Awards event to recognize schools in Massachusetts that are known to consistently reach 80%+ school breakfast participation rates with a $500 grant. The dedicated efforts of these schools’ administrators, teachers, custodians, school nutrition staff, secretaries, and nurses provide access to a nutritious breakfast for children in Massachusetts’ high-need schools, helping to ensure that students start their school day ready to learn.
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