Alchemist Community Development Corporation

A nonprofit organization

$32,400 raised by 139 donors

65% complete

$50,000 Goal

Alchemist Community Development Corporation is grassroots in the truest sense, so we depend on donors just like you to help us serve our community.

For 22 years, we have planted ourselves in Sacramento's most underserved communities, because we believe that food is essential to creating equity and community.

Give Today & Double Your Impact

Today those roots reach far into Sacramento’s neighborhoods with diverse programs. From farmers' markets to shared kitchens, food entrepreneurs creating their businesses, families getting groceries where the system falls short, and neighbors turning empty lots into gathering places.

Thanks to Tri Counties Bank, every dollar you donate through Big Day of Giving does double the work.

What We Do

We run 6 certified farmers’ markets across Sacramento County

Manage CalFresh/EBT and Market Match at nine certified farmers' markets

Facilitated $1.6 million+ in CalFresh food purchasing power in 2025

Operate Community Food Connections, providing emergency food distributions in partnership with Sac City Schools and community sites.

Build a pathway to economic equity through the food economy through Alchemist Kitchen Incubator Program and our Microenterprise Academy.

Support dozens of small food businesses yearly- most owned by women, Veterans, LGBTQ+, disabled folks, and people of color.

Offer steady income, job readiness, & skills in hospitality through our workforce development program in partnership with Juma Ventures.

Guide participants to long-term career stability, ownership, and leadership within the local food economy.

Turn underutilized spaces into community anchors: gardens, gathering places, and food hubs.

Alchemist Public Market, a $16.5M in Sacramento's River District, opens in Summer 2027!

Every project is shaped by the people who live there. Community voice drives what we build and how we build it.

Champion funding and legislation for CalFresh, Market Match, and Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO)

Bring practitioner and community voices to the policy tables that shape Sacramento's food system

When federal food funding is threatened, we show up for our families, our farmers, and our neighbor

Featured Campaigns

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Alchemist CDC Board of Directors 2026

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Mission

We connect communities to land, food, and opportunities towards a vision where all neighborhoods are vibrant, healthy, equitable, and diverse.

Needs

Alchemist CDC’s work is made possible by people who believe that community-centered food systems are worth investing in. Whether you engage through giving, volunteering, partnership, or simply showing up in the community, there are many ways to be part of this work.

Unrestricted donations remain especially critical. Flexible support allows us to keep farmers’ markets operating week after week, sustain CalFresh and Market Match access for families and farmers, maintain shared kitchens, gardens, and community spaces, and respond as demand for food access, workforce training, and small business support continues to grow. These dollars allow us to meet people where they are and adapt as conditions change.

We invite you to give today through Big Day of Giving and be part of what we are building. Later this year, we will also launch a new monthly giving program to provide a consistent, reliable way for supporters to stay connected to this work over time.

For those looking to engage more deeply, there are many ways to get involved. Volunteers play an essential role across our programs, from supporting CalFresh and Market Match at our farmers’ markets to participating in corporate and group volunteer days at our gardens and community spaces. You can learn more and sign up here: https://alchemistcdc.galaxydigital.com/

We are also expanding opportunities for skills-based and programmatic engagement. This includes mentoring entrepreneurs in our Alchemist Kitchen Incubator Program, supporting workforce development participants through volunteer shifts at Alchemist Events at Empress Tavern, and contributing professional expertise to help strengthen our growing organization.

As our work continues to grow, we are also seeking new members to join our Board of Directors and help guide the future of Alchemist CDC.

We welcome partnerships with individuals, companies, and foundations who are interested in investing in a healthier, more equitable local food economy. From direct contributions to workplace giving and sponsorship opportunities, there are many ways to align your values with this work.

You can also support Alchemist CDC by staying connected and showing up. Follow us on social media, visit one of the Certified Farmers’ Markets we operate, or join us for an Alchemist Kitchen Incubator Program takeover at Empress Tavern. Every interaction helps strengthen this community.

And this year, we invite you to share your voice through our #MyAlchemistStory campaign. Tell us how Alchemist CDC has been part of your food or community journey and help bring this work to life through your experience.

However you choose to engage, you are helping build something bigger. Together, we are working toward a future where the Farm-to-Fork Capital truly becomes the Farm-to-Every Fork Capital.

Equity Statement

At Alchemist CDC, we understand that the problems we're working to address – disparities in access to healthy food, green spaces, and entrepreneurship – are symptoms of a greater societal system that was built for some and to discriminate against others. We also recognize that Sacramento's history of redlining, redevelopment, and racial covenants have created barriers where race is the primary reason that a person faces additional hurdles.

By almost every metric, Black, Indigenous, and people of color suffer disadvantages and worse quality of life outcomes than their white neighbors. We also recognize that a person's race intersects with other social and political identities, such as gender, sexuality, national origin, and documentation status, which all overlap and create different forms of discrimination and disadvantage. We acknowledge our responsibility to dismantle white supremacy, uphold the experiences of people of color, and advance equitable change.