The Keeping It Cool Grant Program is also affiliated with the Nourish DC Collaborative, which partners with the Government of the District of Columbia to provide technical assistance, loans, and grants to support locally-owned DC food businesses.
Donor Name: Capital Impact Partners
States: Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C.
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $50,000
Details:
The primary uses of this grant include investments in cold storage equipment, refrigeration infrastructure, and innovative cooling solutions.
Funding for this grant has been generously provided by The Morningstar Foundation. Capital Impact Partners, a Community Development Financial Institution headquartered in the DMV and fund manager of the Nourish DC Collaborative, will administer this grant program.
Funding Information
The Keeping It Cool Grant Program will provide $400,000 in grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 to support cold storage infrastructure and equipment needs of food businesses and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations providing food-related goods and services in the Washington, DC region.
Eligibility Requirements for For-profit Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations:
- Grow, process, distribute, or sell food products
- Have a physical location in Arlington, VA; Alexandria, VA; Fairfax County; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George’s County, MD; or Washington, DC
- Be a registered business or have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status for six months or more
- For-profit businesses: Have generated $25,000 or more of gross revenue from sales from 01/01/22 to 12/31/22
- Nonprofit organizations: Have a budget of $75,000 or more from 01/01/22 to 12/31/22
- Grant funds must be used to support an enterprise’s food-related cold storage needs
Eligible Grant Uses Include:
- Increased or updated refrigeration or freezer space
- Increased or updated refrigerated display cases
- Cold storage-related technology such as monitoring equipment
- Refrigerated vehicles
- Real estate acquisition related to cold storage
- Physical or electrical infrastructure to support cold storage upgrades
- Expert cold storage design or engineering consultation
- Payroll (must be less than 25% of grant request, related to the cold storage grant request, with a sustainable source of funding to continue the employment)
- Marketing (must be less than 5% of grant request and related to the cold storage grant request)
For more information, visit Keeping It Cool Grant.
