FY 2024 Farm to School Grants, 1/12/2024
The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and help connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants are available to launch new farm-to-school programs or expand existing efforts. Eligible applicants include schools and other institutions that operate child nutrition programs, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers, nonprofit entities, and state and local agencies.
SYSTEM FOR AWARDS MANAGEMENT UPDATE:
The federal government has transitioned from DUNS to the Unique Entity ID.
A UEI is required to apply for and receive federal awards.
The process is extensive; plan ahead.
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Federal funding opportunities are continuously updated on grants.gov
STATE GRANTS
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CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS
The Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab (iLab) and Boston Society for Architecture (BSA), 02/14/2024
The Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab (iLab) and Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) invite development proposals for two vacant City-owned parcels of land in Dorchester (379 Geneva Avenue) and Mattapan (569 River Street) to support experimentation with innovative models of infill housing development. Applicants are asked to propose developments that address Boston’s unmet need for “missing middle” for-sale housing (6-15 units) through the use of innovative design, construction methods, and/or materials.
The Re-FRESH (Revitalization of Food Restaurants and Establishments to Stabilize Holistically), 12/15/2023
The program will award $1 million in grant funding to support small food businesses within the City of Boston that were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are planning to grow and revitalize their business. Recipients will also receive support from the City to create a business plan to help ensure success for the long term. These efforts aim to grow small food-industry businesses, including restaurants and bars, in targeted communities to avoid their displacement or closure. Grants up to $15,000.00.
2023-24 Design Fund Grant Application, 5/1/2024
GrowBoston is offering a total of $75,000 to fund the development of conceptual designs for urban farms, community gardens, food forests, and other open spaces with food production elements. Designs must be for projects intended for public use and benefit and may be for new spaces or for renovations or expansions of existing spaces. The purpose of this grant program is to invest in the creation of food production spaces that will be for public use and/or benefit. Grants up to $9,999.00.
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