How You Can Help

$25.00
Helps a child receive school meals without embarrassment.

$50.00
Helps eliminate unpaid lunch balances for students and families.

$100.00
Supports meals for multiple students at school.

$250.00
Expands meal access across a school or community.

Custom Amount

Even more goes to the school when you help us cover our processing fees

3% Cover the Fee

Lunch It Forward has applied for recognition as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are expected to be tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law once tax-exempt status is granted.

Be part of the solution that ensures every child can eat at school with dignity, every day.

Every donation is directed toward eliminating school lunch debt and supporting partnerships with public schools. Lunch It Forward’s founders do not take a salary, allowing as much funding as possible to go directly to schools. Your support helps ensure children are not denied meals due to circumstances beyond their control.

Three children standing in a line at a school lunch counter, each with a tray of food, smiling and looking at the camera.

School lunch debt isn’t a family failure — it’s a systems gap. Thousands of students fall just outside federal assistance guidelines and are left to carry the weight of unpaid meal balances they didn’t create. By supporting Lunch It Forward, you help close that gap. Your generosity pays off school lunch debt, protects children from stigma, and gives schools the support they need to focus on education — not billing.