Empowering children, one meal and one book at a time.
Empowering children by combating childhood hunger and promoting literacy.
Our Mission
Grandma's Love, Inc. mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to ensure children at risk of hunger are provided with enough food and books to grow into healthy, happy, and active children — emotionally, physically, and educationally.
Our Vision
Every school-aged child needs proper nourishment to learn and grow. We strive to ensure children and their families do not go hungry over the weekends and non-school weeks, working alongside individuals and organizations within the communities we serve and beyond. We also empower children with literacy materials to enhance their reading and comprehension skills for a successful future.
Started by Theresa Monforte-Caraballo
Grandma's Love, Inc. was founded in 2015 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, by Theresa Monforte-Caraballo. Over years of raising her children and grandson and working in Brooklyn and Staten Island schools, Theresa began to notice children asking for extra meals — and realized that hunger was a major issue for many school children.
She launched Grandma's Love at a local Brooklyn elementary school, discreetly supplying children in need and their families with a backpack of food during the school year. Theresa has since expanded Grandma's Love to other area schools and extended the program throughout the entire year.
Grandma's Love recognizes that a nourished child has a greater ability to learn and succeed in school. That's why we also provide children with books, literacy programs, and educational resources — to continue feeding the minds of our future.
A holistic approach to hunger and literacy
Grandma's Love, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to combating childhood hunger in communities throughout New York City, especially in low-income and at-risk neighborhoods.
We believe that making sure children have enough to eat is essential to their physical, psychological, emotional, educational, and social well-being. Grandma's Love is supported by local community members and businesses, private and public donors, corporate sponsors, and various grants — all helping make the dream of empowering children by combating hunger possible.
Since its inception, Grandma's Love Inc. has provided approximately 5,000 bags of groceries to families in need and has made a significant impact on the well-being and development of children in New York City. Our unique approach is holistic: we address both hunger and literacy together, ensuring the whole-child development of every young person we serve.
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More than a meal
We care for the whole child — body and mind, in school and at home.
Nourishing
Over 15,000 meals provided to our families each year.
Literacy
Over 10,000 books given to children to keep and create memories with.
Emergency Assistance
When a challenge arises in our community, we are there to help.
Community Connections
Creating connections and bridges to help wherever we are needed.
Feeding the minds of our future
We are driven by a passion to promote literacy and provide access to books for all. Our book vending machines and literacy programs are designed to inspire a love of reading and learning in children and adults alike. By fostering a culture of reading, we help individuals and communities reach their full potential.
