Let’s keep the momentum going!

Food Well Alliance was inspired by your city’s excitement about the City Agriculture Plan process. City official and community involvement in the Community Food Forum and your continued engagement with Food Well Alliance during our Opportunity Meetings demonstrated your city’s commitment to supporting community-driven agriculture.

Because of this demonstrated commitment, Food Well Alliance is extending an invitation to apply for an Opportunity Grant in the amount of $10,000.

This grant is specifically designed for you to implement a city agriculture project directly for the community with placed-based partners. Our Opportunity Grant will enable your city, in conjunction with a community implementation partner, to fund a city agriculture project that will help catalyze and build a supportive ecosystem for thriving community gardens and urban farms.

We are proud to continue our collaboration with your city as you play a leading role in the development of metro Atlanta’s local food movement. We believe that food is a tool to build community and that thriving community gardens and urban farms strengthen the heart of cities. We are excited to review your proposals for innovative and meaningful ways to leverage this Opportunity Grant to build a strong, equitable food system. Please review the following guidelines for more information.

Deadline to apply is Monday, October 28, 2019 at 11:59pm.

The Opportunity Grant is specifically designed for you to implement a community agriculture project directly with placed-based partners in your city.

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Guidelines

  • Food Well Alliance will make a one-time, one-year grant for up to $10,000.00 to cities that propose a compelling and detailed project that aims to prioritize community gardens, urban farms or other community food-producing spaces.

  • The City Agriculture Opportunity Grant offers infrastructure and operating support to projects located within the applicant city.

  • The City Agriculture Opportunity Grant must be co-designed and co-implemented by a community-based, non-profit organization or placed-based partner.

Areas NOT Funded:

  • Projects not co-sponsored by a community-based, non-profit organization or placed-based partner.

  • Projects not located within the applicant city.

  • Research, litigation, or legal expenses.

  • Projects in which the primary activity is the production of a film, video, or publication (although these can be part of a project or program).

  • Projects in which the primary activity is a conference, workshop, or seminar.

  • Partisan political activities.

  • Religious organizations for general operating support, sanctuary reconstruction/renovation or mission-focused work. However, we do consider requests from religious organizations with 501(c)3 status to provide project-specific programs related to local food or local farming, and are not limited to a specific religious affiliation.

Please also review our list of current grant recipients to learn more about the types of projects Food Well Alliance supports. Applications are to be submitted through our on-line grant management system. To learn more about our online system, please click here for a tutorial.

If you have questions, please reach out to Food Well Alliance Operations Coordinator, Sarah Benedict at sarah@foodwellalliance.org.