The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking to fund local, state, Tribal, or U.S. territory policy campaigns to advance health equity through school meals.
Donor Name: Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/12/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $70,000
Grant Duration: 15 months
Details:
The goal in deploying community-prioritized policy innovation grants is to spur innovation at the local and state level by funding school meals advocacy work led by the communities most affected by prospective policy change. These grants are intended to encourage community leadership, including
building the capacity of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color-led organizations as they advance health, nutrition, and equity through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO), or Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Campaigns must be driven by the communities’ interests and needs and be co-created with those most impacted by changes to school meal policies.
Policy campaigns may include, but are not limited to:
- Improving access to meals in and out of school;
- Improving the healthfulness of school foods;
- Exploring opportunities to enhance cultural competency and celebrating students’ diverse backgrounds in school meals;
- Minimizing stigma associated with participation in school meals;
- Connecting school meals advocacy with existing community-driven food justice efforts;
- Incorporating values-driven procurement in school meals;
- Assessing pay and labor inequities in school meals programs and exploring opportunities to improve employee retention and satisfaction;
- Providing sufficient time to eat and meals after recess;
- Studying reasons for gender differences in school meal participation and exploring opportunities to bridge the participation gap.
Key Application Priorities
- They are specifically interested in partnering with organizations that are led by and mission oriented to improving conditions that affect the quality of life for Black, Indigenous, and/or Latine people.
- Work under these grants must center authentic community engagement in conceptualizing, designing, and implementing the policy campaign.
- They are open to funding campaigns that are at various stages of the policy process, including early-stage campaigns focused on community engagement (such as focus groups or key informant interviews), policy formulation and feedback, advocacy for policy passage, and/or policy implementation. For existing campaigns, applications should describe the community engagement process that has taken place to date and the ways in which the campaign goals and tactics are community driven and informed.
- This funding is focused on policy change; therefore they are unable to fund direct service programs, pilots, and capital projects.
Funding Information
Applications can be submitted for up to $70,000 in direct costs for a duration of up to 15 months and can support non-lobbying and lobbying activities.
Who can apply?
To apply for grants offered by CSPI, organizations must be located in the United States or U.S. Territory, AND
- Be a nonprofit with a 501(c)(3) public charity or other tax-exempt designation from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), OR
- Be fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit as described above
For more information, visit CSPI.
