- Title and Number: Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program USDA-NIFA-CFP-010954
- Agency: USDA
- Deadline: FY2025: November 7, 2024; FY2026: October 30, 2025
- Grant Amount: $25,000 to $400,000
- Available Funding: FY2025: $4.8M; FY2026: $4.8M
- Number of Anticipated Awards: Undetermined
- Match Required: Yes; 1:1 dollar for dollar match required
Purpose of Funding (fields of work and funding uses):
Short term goals: (Select at least one)
1) Meet the food needs of food-insecure individuals through food distribution.
2) Develop community outreach to assist in participation in Federal nutrition assistance programs.
3) Improve access to nutrient dense food as part of a comprehensive service.
Long term goals: (Select at least one)
1) Develop long-term sustainable projects that increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for the food needs of the community.
2) Develop long-term projects that promote comprehensive responses to local food, food access, farm, and nutrition issues.
3) Meet specific State, local, Tribal, Territory, or neighborhood food and agricultural long-term needs including needs for equipment necessary for the efficient operation of a CFPCGP project.
4) Develop a comprehensive plan for long-term solutions to food and nutrition security.
5) Develop long term projects that lead to the creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural producers and income-eligible consumers.
Eligibility: Public food program service provider, a tribal organization, or a private nonprofit entity.
1) have experience in the area of- a. community food work, particularly concerning small and medium-sized farms, including the provision of food to people in communities with low incomes and the development of new markets in communities with low incomes for agricultural producers;
- job training and business development activities for food-related activities in communities with low incomes; or
- efforts to reduce food and nutrition insecurity in the community, including food distribution, improving access to services, or coordinating services and programs;
2) demonstrate competency to implement a project, provide fiscal accountability, collect data, and prepare reports and other necessary documentation;
3) demonstrate a willingness to share information with researchers, practitioners, and other interested parties; and
4) collaborate with one or more local partner organizations using one or more action steps proposed by Congress to achieve a “hunger-free communities’ goal (see NOFO for list)
Link to more information and TA Assistance with application: https://foodsystemsleadershipnetwork.org/community-food-projects-support-technical-assistance/