Deadline: 14-May-21
The Gerner Family Charitable Fund is pleased to announce a grant opportunity for promising initiatives focused on reducing food insecurity in the following counties of South Carolina: Greenville and Spartanburg.
They believe that everyone deserves equal and affordable access to nutritious food and wish to support an organization that can address this need.
The Gerner Family Charitable Gift Fund’s mission is to fund and support nonprofit programs that directly improve the health, education, and welfare of our communities. They want to ensure that our contributions affect meaningful change and material differences in people’s lives.
Project proposals must be focused on and result in reducing food insecurity and should aim to improve production, availability, affordability, and/or consumption of nutritious foods.
These efforts should particularly target underserved populations including people experiencing homelessness, low-income families, people living in food deserts, single-parent households, minorities, and people who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19.
Funding Information
- They are accepting proposals to receive up to $15,000 in funding for organizations with projects that meet the criteria proposed by the Gerner Family Charitable Fund.
Examples of Acceptable Programs
Examples of acceptable programs include:
- Food distribution
- Meal halls
- Produce or farmer’s markets
- Mobile meal delivery
- Grocery pop-ups
- Capital and infrastructure advancements (such as a food delivery truck)
- Community gardens or school gardens
- Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Ineligible Funding
The Gerner Family Charitable Fund will not accept proposals for:
- Projects funding audits or insurance, fundraising events, or marketing
- Budgets in which more than 50% of the funds go to administration costs
- Activities including advocacy and/or lobbying
- Individual scholarships
- Organizations with a 501(c)4 status
- For-profit organizations
- Endowments
Selection Criteria
Organizations must meet the following criteria in order to be considered:
- 501(c)3 status
- Beneficiaries are located in the following counties in South Carolina: Greenville, Spartanburg.
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