Deadline: 22-Jul-22
Are you working to address food-related inequities in the Austin area? The Food Justice Mini Grants program seeks applicants to lead transformative change in the food system — from the fields to their forks.
These Food Justice Mini Grants are intended to support communities in their efforts to grow, sell, and eat healthy food.
They define food justice broadly as movements that are advocating for transformational change around how the food moves from the fields to the forks. This includes the concept of food sovereignty or the right of communities to define their own food and agriculture systems.
Aims
- The Food Justice Mini Grant Program aims to:
- Encourage underrepresented voices to be leaders of change
- Support local action to reduce inequities
Details
- The program welcomes ideas and projects from applicants that want to build food justice in Austin but prioritizes proposals led by Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous peoples, low-income individuals, and other communities negatively impacted by the food system.
- This program is seeking applicants from organizations demonstrating an intersectional and equity lens and leading transformative change within the communities they represent. Funded proposals may include ongoing organizational work or new programs.
- By food justice, they refer broadly to movements advocating for transformational change around how the food moves from the fields to the forks. This includes the concept of food sovereignty or the right of communities to define their own food and agriculture systems.
Funding Information
- The maximum award amount for any entity or organization is $3,000.
Who should apply?
- Applicants may represent non-profits, schools, for-profit businesses, homeowner associations, faith-based groups, grassroots initiatives, and more. The most successful applications will be led by those most impacted by inequities in the food system with a demonstrable history or potential to execute their goals.
- They encourage applications from organizations applying an intersectional and equity lens and leading transformative change within the communities they represent.
- Proposals may include ongoing organizational work or new programs. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative food production methods
- Fresh food markets or affordable food retail
- Workforce development in the food supply chain
- Low-cost home meal or grocery delivery services
- Community events centered on food systems or food justice
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are being accepted from non-profits, schools, for-profit businesses, homeowner associations, faith-based groups, grassroots initiatives, and more
- To receive funding, awardees are not required to be 501(c)3 registered non-profits, but organizations/entities or their fiscal sponsor must register as a vendor with the City of Austin before funding can be awarded
- Applicants must be based in the Austin-Travis County area
- Funds cannot be used for any political activity, including lobbying or campaigning
- There are no insurance requirements for this grant
For more information, visit https://www.austintexas.gov/page/food-justice-mini-grants