The Kansas Healthy Food Initiative (KHFI) is offering grants to organizations and businesses that are planning projects to expand healthy food access at the retail level.
Donor Name: Kansas Healthy Food Initiative
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
KHFI’s Predevelopment Technical Assistance Grant Program seeks to improve healthy food access at the retail level in low-resource and underserved areas of Kansas. By providing support for initial planning and predevelopment soft costs, these grants facilitate projects that ultimately create or expand healthy food offerings across the state.
These may include brand new enterprises or the expansion of existing businesses. This financial assistance is geared toward projects that are still in early concept or predevelopment stages and are not yet ready for full implementation. Project activities include but are not limited to:
- Market or feasibility research
- Architectural design assistance or site planning
- Community assessments and engagement
- Business planning
- Legal counsel
Funding Information
Through funding from the Reinvestment Fund’s HFFI Partnerships Program, over $600,000 of technical assistance grants will be available over the next three years. In 2025, $200,000 is available for the Predevelopment Technical Assistance Grant Program. Awards will typically range between $5,000 to $40,000, though a larger amount may be considered for projects that demonstrate significant need.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects must expand healthy food offerings at the retail level in low-resource and underserved areas of Kansas, and they must accept/plan to accept SNAP or support a retail outlet that accepts SNAP. Examples of eligible projects include:
- Opening or expanding a grocery retail outlet that sells affordable and healthy foods, such as whole fruits and vegetables (fresh, refrigerated, frozen or canned), whole grains, fat free or low-fat dairy, lean meat and protein.
- Developing an innovative food system project that increases access to healthy foods at affordable prices, such as a farmers’ market or food hub.
- Improving distribution of locally sourced, healthy foods to retail outlets.
Eligible Areas
Projects must serve low-resource and underserved areas of Kansas. Projects may be in urban or rural communities.
Eligibility Criteria
A variety of applicants may apply for funds. Eligible entities include but are not limited to:
- Businesses (e.g. corporations, limited liability companies, sole proprietors, cooperatives, partnerships)
- Non-profit organizations
- City or county governments
- Tribal governments
- Food policy councils
For more information, visit KHFI.
