The Southwest Regional Food Business Center’s (SWRFBC) Business Builder Award Program will support supply chain resiliency and pandemic response by building the capacity of small and mid-sized food producers, businesses, or networks of businesses.
Donor Name: Southwest Regional Food Business Center (SWRFBC)
State: Nevada
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 02/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Awards are intended to support the development of local and regional food supply chains by providing capital directly to businesses to access and/or expand market outlets and connect with local and regional supply chains.
Nevada Priority Areas
Nevada has identified priorities listed below to address the current needs of Nevada’s supply chain resiliency. Projects that meet one or more or the following priorities will be given additional consideration. You are still eligible to apply if your project does not meet the priority areas.
- Projects that are located in or directly benefit:
- Zip codes that are located in a distressed or at-risk community, as defined by the EIG Distressed Communities Index or categorized as Socially Vulnerable, as defined by the USDA Social Vulnerability Index.
- Priority Areas:
- Investment in local-food processing and distribution infrastructure
- Value-added products
- Transportation and logistics on moving local products into the marketplace
- Meat harvesting and processing
- Cooling and/or Cold Storage.
Funding Information
Nevada anticipates approximately $200,00 total funding pool for this RFA . The award ceiling for the competitive awards is up to $50,000.
Grant Period
May 2025 – April 2026.
Eligible Projects and Costs
- Eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
- Business planning, feasibility studies, market analysis
- Brand development and marketing materials
- Product developing, labeling, and packaging
- Food safety compliance, training, and planning
- Value-chain coordination salaries, operating costs, and equipment/vehicles
- Improving processing, marketing, and distribution services
- Examples of allowable costs include, but are not limited to:
- Equipment, staff time, packaging, consulting, brand collateral, software.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include:
- Agricultural producers, growers, value-added producers
- Aggregator, distributor, processor, food hub
- Cooperative, non-profit organization
- Retailer, farmers market.
For more information, visit SWRFBC.
