Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment, Community Health Councils, and the Los Angeles Food Policy Council are pleased to announce the requests for proposals (RFP) for the Food Rescue Micro Grants.
Donor Name: Los Angeles Food Policy Council (LAFPC)
State: California
City: Los Angeles
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/17/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $25,000
Details:
The Food Rescue Grants is a two-part funding opportunity intended to address food insecurity and climate change by supporting food recovery and distribution systems within the City of Los Angeles.
The Food Rescue Micro Grants specifically aim to increase the capacity and help meet the infrastructural needs of Food Recovery Organizations (FROs) and other community based organizations (CBOs) working within the food recovery space. Awardees of the Food Rescue Micro Grants will be awarded up to $25,000 for material needs to increase their capacity to recover and distribute more food to communities in the City of Los Angeles.
Grants will be awarded with an emphasis on providing material needs in order to build capacity. Priority will be given to less resourced organizations and to organizations that work with communities that have been historically underfunded and resourced.
Funding Information
Awards will be up to $25,000.00, and funding must be allocated to activities or programs that increase the ability to recover surplus food or receive and distribute recovered food from other organizations.
Allowable uses of funds includes, but is not limited to:
- Equipment and materials (i.e. refrigeration, dollies, pallet jack, shelving, etc.)
- Technology (technology tools, technological investments)
- Trainings (pallet jack certification, SB 1383, etc.)
- Indirect costs up to 10%
*Grant funding will not cover salaries or the purchasing of food.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant under this Request For Proposals, organizations applying for the Food Rescue Micro Grants must meet the minimum mandatory requirements (MMR) to be considered eligible. The MMR are as follows:
- Applicants must be a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code OR be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) OR partner with a 501(c)(3) as the lead applicant.
- Organizations classified as private foundations under Section 509(a) are not eligible.
- Government agencies are not eligible.
- Organizations must be headquartered in the City of Los Angeles.
- Organizations must be a food recovery agency (FRO) or a community based organization (CBO) working with recovered food within the City of Los Angeles (i.e. food distributions, pantries, community fridges, etc.).
For more information, visit LAFPC.
