The Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Grant promotes healthy eating and/or physical activity in children and adults.
Donor Name: Cambridge Public Health Department
State: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Goals
This funding is intended to support initiatives in Cambridge that promote physical activity and healthy eating, making healthy choices easier. Initiatives can be built around the creation of new practices or build on existing practices by Cambridge community organizations, city agencies, schools, businesses, and workplaces.
Funding Information
$1000 grants to cover project expenses.
Examples of Projects
- Pilot or implement guidelines and taste tests for healthy choices in meals/snacks/beverages served in programs or the workplace
- Programs, initiatives, and partnerships to engage in farming or gardening
- Programs to create and implement activity breaks in schools or the workplace
- An organization or business proposing a program about healthy food or rescuing unused food
- An initiative to promote walking, biking, recreation, or exercise.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations serving Cambridge residents, students or workforce: adults and/or children
- Cambridge-based employers, businesses, non-profits, community organizations, schools, and universities
- Multiple applications are allowed from the same organization provided they are distinct projects and submitted by different staff members (ex: applications submitted by two different teachers at the same school)
- You must have a fiscal agent who is a registered non-profit organization
- Individuals are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit CPHD.
