Deadline: 15-Aug-22
The Newman’s Own Foundation, with equity and strategic support from FoodCorps, is requesting proposals to support statewide and district-reaching organizations working toward every student having access to food education and/or nourishing meals in school.
The grants program will prioritize Black, Indigenous, Multiracial and People of Color (BIMPOC) led organizations working on behalf of their communities and states toward systemic solutions in schools in the areas of food education, local procurement, school nutrition leadership development, educator engagement, ensuring adequate time to eat, supporting school kitchen infrastructure and scratch cooking, and increasing access to school meals.
Funding Information
- Newman’s Own Foundation has a pool of up to $450,000 set aside for this request for proposals.
- Grants will be in the range of $10,000–$50,000. Funding can be used for general operations or program support—whichever is identified as the higher priority for your organization.
Eligible Projects
Examples of projects to be funded may include:
- Coalition building and goal setting: capacity to effectively build and facilitate a network of organizations working toward a common set of goals
- Case studies and research: gathering examples of successful programs, policies, and factors that should be elevated as proof points to scale and replicate
- Raising awareness through communications campaigns: all aspects of communications campaigns to raise awareness and engage key target audiences in pursuit of systems change, including message testing, material development, and PR
- State policy and advocacy work: educating and building relationships with legislators to ultimately pass policies that support and resource this work (note: direct lobbying is ineligible for funding)
- Annual convening and/or training: resources to cover in-person convenings with the goal of strategic planning, goal setting, and training to be considered as a key foundational activity of this work
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will support 501(c)(3) organizations in various stages of their systems change work. Grant review criteria will prioritize projects and organizations that are BIMPOC-led and honor the grassroots wisdom and expertise of local communities.
- The grants will focus on work based in the following 13 states: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon; and the District of Columbia.
- If your organization is not a 501(c)(3), but it has a fiscal sponsor, you are eligible to apply.
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For more information, visit https://newmansown.org/power-of-food-rfp/