Deadline: 20-Sep-21
In partnership with Reinvestment Fund, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (CDIP), also known as Get Healthy Philly, seeks innovative proposals for community-led projects that grow food justice for all Philadelphians.
Reinvestment Fund welcomes ideas and projects from any applicant that wants to build food justice in Philadelphia and embodies a health justice vision. If you have been working in food access for a long time and need some support to scale up and take the next step, they want to hear from you.
Funding Information
- Approximately $380,000 is available for grants. There is no minimum grant award.
- The maximum award for any project is $100,000.
- Grant project activities must take place between October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022 with the potential for renewed funding after that period.
What can be funded?
- Eligible projects include many kinds of community-driven solutions to create a more just food system that empowers communities to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Projects could include growing or making food (gardening, incubator or community kitchens, etc) moving/distributing food (group purchasing, new delivery systems or solutions), selling food (retail or prepared), food waste recovery or food marketing, providing free or emergency food or meals. Funds can also support collective work across organizations to grow, make, store, move, cook, or sell food.
Preferences
Preference will be given to proposals:
- led by Black, Indigenous and People of Color and/or people with lived experience with health injustice, including immigrants and people living with disabilities and
- with authentic community ownership.
Eligibility Criteria
- This “open call for ideas” is for everyone. Send them your ideas for food justice strategies that could grow or deepen with support.
For more information, visit https://www.reinvestment.com/philadelphiafoodjusticeinitiative/
