2022 Food4All Mini-Grant Application

By Muneera Gardezi

Published on Jan 27, 2022

Apply for a mini-grant so that your organization can continue to support Food4All!

Nourish California is excited to announce our second year of the Food4All mini-grant. This grant is specifically to help organizations to engage with the Food4All campaign, particularly with their members and the communities they serve.

Please read the instructions carefully - download info sheet. Once you have read the instructions you can apply for the Food4All 2022 Mini Grant here

If you have any questions please email: Muneera Gardezi at muneera@nourishca.org 

These mini-grants were made possible by The California Endowment. 

CRITERIA Is your organization eligible?

  1. Applicants must be a local or regional grassroots, immigrant rights, anti-hunger, or health promoting organization interested in engaging in advocacy for a legislative Campaign to establish nutrition assistance for all Californians, regardless of immigration status. 
  2. Applicants must be able to agree and fulfill all required grant level activities.
  3. Applicants must not receive additional funding from The California Endowment to fulfill the same Food4All activities.

Strong preference will be given to small, grassroots organizations who work directly with community members

GRANT PERIOD  February 2022 - December 2022

TIMELINE
January 31, 2022 Application opens
February 11, 2022 Application closes 
February 18, 2022 Final decisions and notification to mini-grant partners
Week of February 21-25  First mini-grant partner call

GRANT REQUEST

Mini-grant partners will engage in various Food4All Campaign activities. Select a tier that matches your ideal level of engagement.

ACTIVITIES

GRANT TIER 1: $9,000
  • Provides spokespeople for events or policymaker education visits 
  • Leverages networks/members to support Campaign 
  • Engages in strategic discussions and offers expertise on Campaign development 
  • Organizes two community outreach events where information about the Food4All campaign is shared via resources and ways to plug in
  • Joins calls and meetings 
  • Participates in actions, events, press conferences
  • Distributes educational materials

GRANT TIER 2: $6,000 
  • Provides spokespeople for events or policymaker education visits
  • Leverages networks/members to support Campaign 
  • Organizes one community outreach event where information about the Food4All campaign is shared via resources and ways to plug in
  • Joins calls and meetings 
  • Participates in actions, events, press conferences
  • Distributes educational materials
GRANT TIER 3: $4,000
  • Leverages networks/members to support campaign 
  • Joins calls and meetings 
  • Participates in actions, events, press conferences
  • Distributes educational materials

 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

  • STEP 1: Complete all required sections of the form below. 
  • STEP 2: The primary contact should provide their contact information. This contact will receive all correspondence related to this request.
  • STEP 3: Provide information on your organization, including the name, operating budget, number of employees, and mission statement.
  • STEP 4: What is needed for your organization to engage in the Food4All Coalition? Select a grant tier (see above).
  • STEP 5: Share a description of your funding request and answer the essay question.
  • STEP 6: Select the geographic area(s) that best represent your organization's focus of work. Select all that apply.
  • STEP 7: Questions? Comments? Please email Muneera, muneera@nourishca.org
  • STEP 8: Submit your application here!