The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (the “Department”) is pleased to announce the availability of funds for Round 3 of the 2025 School Food Infrastructure Competitive Grants Program.
Donor Name: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 01/20/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The NYS Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program will encourage the use of fresh New York State farm products in meal preparation for K-12 school children, reduce food insecurity, increase market opportunities for New York State producers, and strengthen the resiliency of the state’s food system. Additionally, this program will encourage workforce development by providing training for culinary arts, food processing, safe food handling and storage, logistics, delivery, and other community needs.
This grant program will require that facilities serve multiple school districts, support their local community, and provide workforce development opportunities. Grant funds are available for the costs of capital projects, including services, expenses, and grants for the cost of construction, renovation, alteration, rehabilitation, improvements, installation, acquisition, repair or replacement of buildings or equipment for the development of facilities to support the preparation and distribution of New York focused meals for regional school infrastructure, such as aggregation, storage hubs and/or commissary-type kitchens.
Funding Information
$50,000,000 will be available over five years, with one $5,000,000 award to each of the ten regions listed below. $10,000,000 is available for the Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant 2025 (Round 3), with two $5,000,000 awards being made to two separate regions.
The following regions will be eligible for this grant:
- Finger Lakes: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
- Southern Tier: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins
- Mohawk Valley: Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie
- Capital Region: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Warren, Washington
- Mid-Hudson: Duchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
- New York City: Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens.
Eligible Applicants
- Registered not-for-profit organizations (e.g., tax-exempt under section 501c(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code);
- Local Municipalities
- School Districts
- Boards of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES).
For more information, visit NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets.
