Applicants are invited to apply for the 2023 Montgomery County Community Food Rescue Mini-Grants Program.
Donor Name: Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
State: Maryland
County: Montgomery County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/09/2022
Grant Size: $2,000 – $10,000
Details:
These grants are intended to provide opportunities for improving capacity and infrastructure of the local food system in all aspects of food recovery, and for innovative and collaborative approaches to reducing food insecurity. Montgomery County’s vision of food security is a community in which all people, at all times, have access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food, with dignity.
This Mini-Grants Program will strengthen current efforts of the Montgomery County Community Food Rescue (CFR), a food recovery network of Manna Food Center. CFR supports the good work of businesses, agencies and organizations that donate, receive and distribute unsold food saving it from landfills. CFR provides capacity building through grants, training and other resources. CFR also works to bring new donors and recipients into the system and engage the entire community in efforts to “feed more, waste less.”
The Mini-Grants process will be managed by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with Manna Food Center and the Montgomery County Food Council.
Funding Information
The range of each grant is from $2,000 – $10,000. The Mini-Grants Program is looking to fund projects that:
- Increase the capacity and infrastructure to promote food recovery: Prior year grants enabled organizations to improve transportation, distribution, delivery or storage systems through purchases of trucks, freezers, and equipment, and to build capacity by hiring additional staff.
- Are inventive and collaborative approaches to increasing the capacity, efficiency and effectiveness of food recovery and food security systems in Montgomery County.
Eligibility Criteria
Any tax-exempt institution or association that provides services or activities within Montgomery County is eligible to apply. Grants will be awarded for projects in Montgomery County, Maryland only. Organizations’ headquarters can be outside of Montgomery County if the organization demonstrates that the activities and services supported by grant funds benefit Montgomery County residents. Organizations applying in partnership should select only one organization to apply as the lead entity responsible for the terms of the grant.
The program will not fund:
- Projects that have an existing deficit from a previous year or a previous project
- Projects or costs that are covered by current contracts with the County or other funding
- Organizations received previous awards and did not comply with the terms of the award
- Replacement of lost and/or reduced Federal, State, United Way or other funding
- Organizations that have an outstanding contractual obligation with the County
- The purchase of food
For more information, visit Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.
