Grant Opportunities for Food Assistance & Non-profit Partners
- Montgomery County Community Food Rescue: FY23 Mini-Grants Program New grant available to nonprofits to support projects that improve community food recovery capacity and for innovative and collaborative approaches to reducing food insecurity. Deadline: Friday, 9/9!
- City of Rockville, FY2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Grant: The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons. Rockville is accepting applications for an anticipated $263,000 in federal CDBG funds it will receive in fall 2023. The online application is open for submissions and is due September 30. Q&A session and review of the application program eligibility requirements on August 30 at 11am. Applications will be due on September 30, 2022.
- Grant Relief for On-Boarding Workers (GROW): The past few months WorkSource Montgomery (WSM) plans to award another $1 Million dollars over the next year until funds are exhausted. The GROW COVID-19 financial assistance is intended for both for-profit and not-for-profit business entities, negatively impacted by the pandemic, including but not limited to, hospitality (hotel and food service), transportation, retail, travel, cosmetology, dependent care, and other industries with front-line workers, and particularly for small & minority-owned businesses. For more information or to apply, CLICK HERE. For specific questions about the GROW program, contact Cynthia Grissom at cgrissom@worksourcemontgomery.
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Walmart’s Local Community Grants: Local Community grants range from a minimum of $250 to a maximum of $5,000. Eligible nonprofit organizations must operate on the local level (or be an affiliate/chapter of a larger organization that operates locally) and directly benefit the service area of the facility from which they are requesting funding. Deadline, December 2022.
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ALDI Smart Kids Fund: ALDI Smart Kids partners with organizations that make a positive impact on kids’ health and well-being, food insecurity and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. So whether your mission is to support kids through education, arts, athletics or any other program that inspires them to be active and healthy, we say kudos to you and encourage you to apply for support from the ALDI Smart Kids program. Please visit the website for more information on eligibility and timeline.
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The W. K. Kellogg Foundation: Accepts healthy kids and community/civic engagement grant applications throughout the year with no submission deadline.
- Nonprofit, Interest Free, Micro Bridge Loan Account (NIMBL): This interest-free, micro bridge loan program and fund supports the operations of nonprofit entities. The program is administered by the Maryland Nonprofit Development Center and the Maryland Department of Commerce.
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The program provides short-term financing support to qualifying nonprofit entities between the award date of a government contract and the actual receipt date of those awarded funds.
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Application accepted on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis.
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- Open Road Alliance Charitable Grants: This grant is for organizations engaging in direct COVID-19 response. They will prioritize organizations and activities that have a clear and direct role in ‘flattening the curve’ and thus limiting, shortening, or minimizing the economic and social, as well as health effects of the pandemic.
- Organizations can apply for up to $100,000 and can cover any geography and any sector, providing they can demonstrate that they are directly contributing to ‘flattening the curve’ in their community.
Grant Opportunities for Food Businesses & Farms:
- Grant Relief for On-Boarding Workers (GROW): The past few months WorkSource Montgomery (WSM) plans to award another $1 Million dollars over the next year until funds are exhausted. The GROW COVID-19 financial assistance is intended for both for-profit and not-for-profit business entities, negatively impacted by the pandemic, including but not limited to, hospitality (hotel and food service), transportation, retail, travel, cosmetology, dependent care, and other industries with front-line workers, and particularly for small & minority-owned businesses. For more information or to apply, CLICK HERE. For specific questions about the GROW program, contact Cynthia Grissom at cgrissom@worksourcemontgomery.
com