Stop being overlooked. Start getting funded.
Let's Build a Food System that Works!
A 6-Month Food System Change Program
Your community food work is effective. The problem isn't what you're doing — it's how the work is seen. Food Dignity® repositions the work you do so funders say yes.
Grassroots leaders do meaningful food work but they get passed over for funding.
It's not because your work isn't effective. It's because your work isn't positioned, measured, or communicated in the language funders understand.
- You're doing powerful work that is unrecognized.
- Funders support the big nonprofits, not small organizations.
- The system wasn't built for you, it was built to support the status quo.
- You're competing with organizations that monopolize the funding. Yet, they fail to solve hunger or create system change.
- The food system rules are built to keep bigger organizations in control.
Food Dignity® changes that — without asking you to be something you're not.
How it works
A four-phase framework built around what you do. This isn't about starting over. It's about making your program clear, credible, and easy to invest in.
CONNECT
Phase 1:
Map your ecosystem. Identify the right partners, funders, and decision-makers.
RETHINK
Phase 2:
Reframe your work and use new metrics that reflect what you do.
BUILD
Phase 3:
Get your program grant-ready with a targeted funding strategy.
AMPLIFY
Phase 4:
Be visible. Speak on stages, engage policymakers, and lead the conversation.
Proof It Works
I did this system change work.
Zero to $2M in funding!
When we started a nonprofit in Pennsylvania, our budget was zero. We did meaningful work, but kept getting passed over for the funding.
We didn't become something we weren't.
We clarified our model, strengthened how we measured impact, and repositioned our story so funders wrote the checks.
Over six years, that shift into undeniable system change work. That's the approach behind Food Dignity®.
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What's Included:
Six months of hands-on support — designed to work with your time, not against it.
- 2 intensive strategy sessions (2.5 hours each) to assess your model and redesign your approach
- 1 stakeholder & funding alignment session (2.5 hours)
- 6 monthly 1:1 consulting calls to troubleshoot and refine in real time
- Custom grant-ready language you can use immediately in funding applications
- Curated list of targeted funders and partners aligned with your work
- Stakeholder map with clear next steps for each relationship
- Custom evaluation framework and metrics that reflect what you actually do
- Right to Know Law request strategy (1 request in partnership with Scott Carter) to strengthen your positioning
- Strategic growth roadmap
You are a right fit if...
You're deeply connected to your community and doing work that matters.
You are constantly passed over for funding despite having real impact.
You know the current food system isn't working and you don't want to replicate it.
You're ready to be recognized as a leader in your space.
Why Work With Clancy?
She brings:
- Funding strategies that grew a small nonprofit from ZERO funding to over $2M within five years.
- 25+ years of public health, nutrition, and leadership experience.
- Ground-level insight from running a food pantry and a national nonprofit.
- A proven track record of moving big ideas into community-driven action.
- Credibility across nonprofit, government, corporate, and academic sectors, with a track record of turning “silos” into collaboration.
- A facilitation style that’s honest, inclusive, and built to move.
FAQ
Have more questions? Contact Clancy at Clancy@ClancyHarrison.com for more questions.
Ready to Build the Next Thing—Together?
Whether you're redesigning your local food system or looking to bring siloed leaders into one powerful Think Tank, Clancy helps you move from scattered effort to shared impact.
