About our programs
Soda tax funded programs were selected based on priorities set by the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee. These priorities are intended to support community capacity and self determination while also decreasing chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Browse through the categories below to see the innovative programs that integrate healthy habits with workforce development and community building. Funded organizations did even more lifesaving work during COVID-19, pivoting to provide healthy, free food and creating virtual classes and community spaces.San Francisco Soda Tax homepageSoda tax programs
Nutrition security
Nutrition security includes multiple types of programs: food security (providing free or subsidized healthy food); food access (increasing availability of healthy food); healthy retail (supporting existing corner stores to stock fresh produce); urban agriculture (growing food); and nutrition education.
Physical activity
Physical activity includes a range of free programs to get people moving in ways that resonate culturally and support the spectrum of abilities.
Water access
Water access focuses on providing a free and healthy alternative to sugar loaded drinks in public venues and our public schools as well as educating about the importance of tap water for our health.
Oral health
Oral health programs offer dental sealants on our youngest school children’s teeth as well as case management and education and outreach to emphasize the importance of oral health.
Workforce development
Workforce development is often a second/third bottom line for some SDDT funded healthy eating/active living (HEAL) organizations; that is, they utilize the SDDT funds to hire and train community residents to implement their SDDT-funded HEAL work.
Community building
Community building programs offer healthy eating/active living opportunities but do so in a context that is primarily designed to offer safe spaces for community and places to build a sense of community.
Soda tax funded community-based organizations
See below for a list of funded organizations and city agencies for fiscal year 2025-26. Click here to see a complete list of past funded entities.
Healthy Food Purchasing Supplement grantees
Healthy Schools grantees
Soda tax funded city agencies
San Francisco Department of Public Health
- School-based sealant application in public elementary schools
- Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee (SDDTAC) infrastructure and backbone support
- Grants to community based organizations are administered through SF Department of Public Health including: Children's Oral Health Task Forces, Healthy Food Purchasing Supplement, Healthy Communities, and PSE grants.
San Francisco Human Services Agency
Citywide Food Access addresses ongoing food and nutrition gaps by granting funds to CBOs to implement direct programming including purchasing power (grocery voucher) programs, supplemental meal services, community food production (urban agriculture), neighborhood-based grocery access, and the D10 Community Market.
San Francisco Unified School District
- Student Nutrition Services: classroom-based health, food, nutrition, and water education, student-led action, and hydration station installation.
- Healthy Schools Grants to Community-Based Organizations
San Francisco Office of Economic & Workforce Development
The Healthy Retail Initiative, led by a community-based organization, works with corner stores and community ambassadors to improve access to healthier food and beverages in local stores, especially in areas where there may be limited options.
Downloadable resources
List of funded entities
Info sheets