The Community Food Security Through Gardening Grant Program seeks applications from eligible organizations for projects that address food security issues by promoting and facilitating gardening projects in Alaska.
Donor Name: The Alaska Community Foundation
State: Alaska
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
This opportunity applies a broad definition of food security, meaning access by all people at all times to safe, nutritious, and local food for healthy lifestyles.
Priority will be given to organizations that:
- Are located within the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Funding is also available for projects outside the Matanuska Valley.
- Provide participants with hands-on practical education regarding location-specific gardening best practices, crop selection, garden planning, and outcomes that empower participants to boost community food security by way of gardening.
- Demonstrate a commitment to addressing food security concerns via growing and distributing nutritious produce within the community in which the organization is located.
- Intend to use grant funds for school gardens, community gardens, tower gardens, edible gardens, and other hands-on projects that build gardens.
- Leverage funds from other sources (local, state, federal, other grants, funds from the organization itself, and in-kind donations).
- Received funding from this grant in 2024.
Funding Information
100,000, ACF will award ten $10,000 grants.
Grant Period
Grant-funded projects must be completed within nine months from the date of grant disbursement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Geographic Requirement
- Organizations must serve Alaska. Organizations headquartered outside Alaska may apply but should demonstrate significant service to the state or partner with a local organization/group that does.
- Entity Type
- Organizations with a 501(c)(3) designation, individuals and organizations that have a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3) designation, Tribes and Tribal entities, K12 schools, city governments and boroughs, collaborations of nonprofit and public agencies, or other entities that have a designated charitable purpose will be considered. Organizations with religious affiliations will be considered for funding only if the project for which they seek support addresses the needs of the wider community without regard to religious beliefs. 501(c)4, 501(c)6, and 501(c)7 organizations are not eligible for funding.
- Equal Opportunity
- Organizations must not improperly discriminate based on race, color, national origin, citizenship status, creed, religion, religious affiliation, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other protected status. ACF honors Tribal authority to provide preference to Alaska Natives and Native Americans.
For more information, visit ACF.
