The Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to administer the CARES Act Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG-CV”) Food Security Program in Essex County.
Donor Name: Essex County Community Foundation
State: Massachusetts
County: Essex County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000 – 100,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
This grant will afford ECCF the ability to direct vital resources to support individuals and households throughout Essex County who are experiencing facing food insecurities as a result of COVID-19.
Through this work, ECCF’s goal is to significantly impact vulnerable and underserved populations across Essex County who are living below 80% of the applicable area median income and households with no, or very limited, access to sources of economic relief.
Funding Information
- Grantees can apply for between $25,000 – 100,000.
- Grantees will be able to utilize up to 10% for administrative purposes so long as it is tied to the provision of the service.
- These grants are designed to be utilized within a period of 12 months (1 year)
Qualified uses of Grants
- Food
- Labor, supplies, materials, and other costs required to run a food provision program such as rent, utilities, salaries, administrative costs, etc.
- Mechanisms to deliver or store food security assistance such as trucks, freezers, or other small capital items so long as they are tied to the provision of the service.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations who received prior COVID-19 funding or other ECCF Fund funding are eligible to apply.
- Based upon the charitable structure of the Essex County COVID-19 Response Fund, their grants are limited to 501c3 nonprofit organizations, groups fiscally sponsored by a 501c3 nonprofit organization, or other charitable organizations able to receive a tax-deductible contribution, such as schools, faith-based organizations, and other public entities or municipalities that can demonstrate charitable purpose.
- They are not able to fund individuals or businesses directly, labor unions, or other 501c4, 501c5, and 501c6 organizations.
Grants will not be awarded
- To individuals
- For sectarian or religious purposes. Grants may only be used for non-conditional relief work and available to all qualified applicants without religious obligation
- For political purposes
- For debt or deficit reduction
- For capital campaigns for buildings, land acquisition, or endowment
- To support academic research
For more information, visit Food Security Grant Program.
