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Funding by Topic: Food security and nutrition

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Colorado Health Disparities and Community Grant Program Inactive
Grants for initiatives that positively affect social determinants of health to reduce the risk of future disease and exacerbating health disparities in underrepresented populations in Colorado, with a focus on policy and systems change.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2024
Sponsor: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Steele-Reese Foundation Idaho and Montana Grant Program Inactive
Grants to nonprofit organizations in Idaho and Montana working in the areas of rural health, human and social services, education, conservation and preservation, arts and humanities, and native communities.
Geographic coverage: Idaho, Montana
Letter of Intent (Required): Jan 31, 2024
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Sponsor: The Steele-Reese Foundation
Supporting Community Agriculture and Local Education Systems (Project SCALES) Inactive
Funding to foster innovation among school food authorities (SFAs) across the United States, with an overall goal of supporting local innovations and collaborations that ensure a resilient, just, equitable, and nutritious school food system. The first round of grants will focus on rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 26, 2024
Sponsors: Center for School and Community Partnerships at Boise State University, LunchAssist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Capacity Building Program for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture Inactive
Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture to assist in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct education, research, and outreach/extension activities related to food, agriculture, renewable resources, and similar disciplines.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 16, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program Inactive
Funding for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to promote economic revitalization in low-income communities. Works to build capacity of programs that serve low-income people who lack access to affordable financial products and services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 16, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Treasury
Native American Community Development Financial Institution Assistance Program (NACA) Inactive
Funding to increase access to credit, capital, and financial services in Native Communities through the creation and expansion of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) primarily serving Native Communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 16, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Treasury
Farm to School Grant Program Inactive
Grants to plan, establish, and/or sustain a Farm to School program that improves access to local foods and nutrition/agriculture resources in schools.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program Inactive
Grants to develop and expand existing farm to school initiatives and other food and learning initiatives with the overall goal of increasing knowledge of agriculture and improving the nutritional health of children.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 7, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation Ken Kendrick Grand Slam Awards Inactive
Grants for nonprofit organizations in Arizona that focus on indigent healthcare, youth development, homelessness, and other human services. Awards have been given to rural and tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline: Dec 6, 2023
Sponsor: Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
Muktuk Marston Foundation Fund Inactive
Grants for charitable, literary, education, scientific, and food security projects that benefit Alaska Natives who live west of the 156th Meridian.
Geographic coverage: West of the 156th Meridian in Alaska
Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
Sponsors: Alaska Community Foundation, Muktuk Marston Foundation