[Ellie Bomstein]

Hi there– can you tell us a little about your work, and also maybe the scale of funding you’re looking for? That will help figure out what opportunities might fit!

[Food First]

Sure! We are a grassroots led nonprofit fighting for food justice for BIPOC farmers, food workers, and producers. We are looking for small community grants from Foundations. No set amount but for 2023 – we would like to get 100,000 in funding total. Just to give background, our focus is on: <b style=”background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Food justice that sees healthy food as a human right and addresses structural barriers to that right. <b style=”background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Food sovereignty or the<b style=”background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”> right of people to have access to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods.

[Elizabeth Atwell]

Hey there – Check out the Growing Justice Fund: https://growingjusticefund.org/funding-opportunity/

They make awards of $50,000 – $250,000 to support community led efforts to:

• Build power for people of color in the food value chain
• Stabilize and strengthen the efforts of people of color in the value chain to deliver good food to institutions
• Leverage resources and shift institutional procurement practices to become more equitable and sustainable

• Seed innovation and grow models for equitable good food procurement across regions and sectors
• Support the spread and scale of equitable good food procurement

Applications are open until March 16th, 2023.