Funding by Topic: Food and hunger

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. You can also browse a list of inactive funding programs.

National Funding Programs

2010 Fiskars' Project Orange Thumb
Funding for gardens and/or gardening projects geared toward community involvement, neighborhood beautification, sustainable agriculture, and/or horticultural education.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 19, 2010

Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color (Round 2)
Funding to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 25, 2010
    Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

ConAgra Foods Foundation Grants
The Foundation's major commitment is fighting child hunger and to improve the quality of life in communities where ConAgra Foods employees work and live.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide, only in areas of company operations.
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: ConAgra Foods

National School Lunch/After School Snack Program
Funding to provide nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Presbyterian Hunger Program
The Presbyterian Hunger Program provides grants in the five areas: 1) Direct Food Relief; 2) Development Assistance; 3) Influencing Public Policy; 4) Life-style Integrity; and 5) Education and Interpretation.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2010
    Sponsor: Presbyterian Hunger Program

Ronald McDonald House Charities Grant Program
Grants to organizations that help children read, provide nutritious after-school meals, offer life-changing surgeries, or help prevent life-threatening disease.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 15, 2010
    Application Deadline: Mar 5, 2010
    Sponsor: Ronald McDonald House Charities

School Breakfast Program (SBP)
Provides cash assistance to States to operate nonprofit breakfast programs in schools and residential childcare institutions.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Special Milk Program
A program that provides milk to children in schools, child care institutions and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: USDA Food and Nutrition Service

STOP Hunger Scholarships
Scholarships to recognize and reward the great steps students are taking to fight hunger in our communities across the United States.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 26, 2010
    Sponsor: Sodexo Foundation

Summer Food Service Program
Funding to provide free, nutritious meals and snacks to help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need during the summer months.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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