The Commonwealth is a fundraising share program that invites their community anti-hunger partners to leverage The Walk for Hunger to directly raise funds for your own anti-hunger work.
Donor Name: Project Bread
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2023
Details:
Eligible organizations are invited to join The Commonwealth to directly raise funds for their own anti-hunger work, by forming a single Walk for Hunger team to represent the organization and retaining 60% of funds raised with the remaining 40% of funds raised applied to the statewide effort and cost of the event.
Teams in The Commonwealth must meet a minimum fundraising threshold of $500 to qualify for the 60/40 split. Once met, the total amount raised by the team will be allocated to the 60/40 split, excluding registration fees.
The Walk for Hunger is May, 7, 2023. There will be an in-person 3-mile Walk around Boston Common.
Uses of Funds
- Funds should be used by anti-hunger efforts only. This can include general operating for anti-hunger programs.
- Eligible use of funds: School teams, health centers, etc… Raising money for: On-site food pantries, Micro-pantries, Back-pack programs, School gardens, School breakfast equipment, Summer Eats equipment, Double-bucks programs at farmers markets, corner stores, etc.
- Funding exemptions: Nutrition education and federally-reimbursable food costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- All non-profit programs making healthy food more accessible and/or affordable to low-income people in Massachusetts are eligible to participate in The Commonwealth.
- Examples include: School-based food pantries Back-pack programs School gardens Food pantries Meal programs Multi-service centers’ food resource programming Food rescue Farm and garden programs
For more information, visit Project Bread.
