Community–academic collaborations that value experience-based knowledge alongside institutional ways of knowing have long been of interest in geography. In 1984, Harvey proposed a “peoples’ geography” that would integrate nonacademic knowledge into the field, increasing geography’s potential to help create a just world. Recent community–academic food justice collaborations have taken up this proposition through initiatives addressing issues from food access to dismantling racism, suggesting possibilities for a “peoples’ food justice geography.” Grant funding is often necessary for such work and might allow for more equitable participation or increase project reach but can necessitate redistribution of time spent on project activities, reinforce hierarchies, or be counterproductive to systemic change. If funding for community–academic food justice collaborations is to help create an inclusive and nonelitist geographic praxis, deeper understanding of its effects is essential. This article explores these possibilities. Drawing from an examination of the U.S. food funding landscape and field experiences in Chicago and New York, we show how funding, or lack thereof, can affect such collaborations. We argue that despite sustained debate about philanthropy and social change, with long-term vision, funding can advance food justice goals. We conclude with reflections on the relevance for a peoples’ food justice geography.

重视基于经验的知识和制度性的认识方式的社区-学术合作长期以来一直是地理学的兴趣所在。1984 年，Harvey 提出了“民族地理学”，将非学术知识整合到该领域，增加地理学帮助创造公正世界的潜力。最近的社区 - 学术食品正义合作通过解决从食品获取到消除种族主义等问题的举措，提出了“人民食品正义”的可能性地理。” 此类工作通常需要赠款资助，可能会允许更公平的参与或扩大项目范围，但可能需要重新分配项目活动所花费的时间、加强等级制度或对系统性变革产生反作用。如果为社区-学术食品正义合作提供资金以帮助创建包容性和非精英主义的地理实践，则对其影响的更深入了解至关重要。本文探讨了这些可能性。通过对美国食品融资格局和芝加哥和纽约实地经验的考察，我们展示了资金或缺乏资金如何影响此类合作。我们认为，尽管关于慈善事业和社会变革的争论持续不断，但从长远来看，资金可以推进食品正义目标。