Reinvestment Fund: America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative: Targeted Small Grants Program
Deadline: 7/10/2020
Amount: $20,000–$200,000
Description:
The purpose of this program is to support fresh food retail and food system enterprises that seek to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas through food retail. Projects should aim to strengthen, expand, and innovate within the food retail supply chain. Projects may assist a variety of organizations, business models, and capital needs of ventures that process, distribute, aggregate, market, and sell healthy, fresh, and affordable foods to underserved communities and markets. Projects should address higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved rural and urban areas, and may assist with a variety of aspects of project development, renovation, and/or expansion.
A map of eligible areas can be found online at www.investinginfood.com/eligibility.
Eligible Applicants:
Local Government
Academic Institutions
Consortia
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
Private Sector
State Government
Tribal Organizations/Institutions