Grant Opportunities for Food Assistance & Non-profit Partner
- Healthcare Initiative Foundation’s FY23 Capacity Building application is now open and closes on December 16. HIF makes grants to nonprofits that have county-based health programs activities. Click here for more information.
- Impact 100 DC opens its 2023 grants cycle in December 2022. The high-impact grant of $100,000 is funded by membership in Impact 100 DC, an all-volunteer women’s philanthropic community dedicated to improving lives in the Greater Washington, DC area. Impact 100 DC will offer a series of informational workshops for prospective applicants via Zoom. Attendance is encouraged but not required. Interested applicants should emailgrants@impact100dc.org for applicable dates and the registration link.
- Nonprofit Security Grants: Montgomery County has approved $800,000 to be used for nonprofit organizations experiencing hate crimes or at significant risk of becoming targets of hate crimes. These grants are available to augment costs for security personnel or other security planning measures for nonprofit or faith-based organizations located in Montgomery County, Maryland.
- 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:
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The Brighter Future Fund was launched in 2020 to assist farmers in successfully launching, growing, and sustaining farms in the face of forces impacting the food and agricultural system, including the COVID-19 pandemic, changing markets, severe weather, and climate change. Click here for more information.
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Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Grant: The Call for SARE 2023 Farmer Grants is now available. Approximately $750,000 has been allocated to fund projects for this cycle of Farmer Grants. Awards typically range from $5,000 to $30,000, depending upon a project’s complexity and duration.
- 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