StopWaste is currently accepting applications for its Food Waste Prevention & Recovery Grant to fund innovative projects that incorporate food waste prevention and the recovery and redistribution of food for donation.
Donor Name: StopWaste
State: California
County:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $20,000
Details:
The goal is to prevent edible surplus food from being generated or going to compost or landfill and instead ensure its highest and best use—to feed people. In addition to addressing the issue of food insecurity, grant-funded projects conserve natural resources and prevent greenhouse gas emissions by preventing food from going to waste and keeping it out of landfill. Also eligible for funding are projects that eliminate the wasting of edible food through product or process redesign.
The Food Waste Prevention & Recovery Grant provides funding for innovative projects that incorporate activities that prevent food from going to waste and/or recover edible surplus food to feed people through food donation.
Project goals
- Prevent surplus food from being generated.
- Put food to its highest and best use.
- Send less edible surplus food to compost or disposal.
Funding Information
Up to $20,000 per grant request.
Who can apply
This grant is available to nonprofits, for-profit organizations, institutions, and school districts.
Eligible projects must
- Be located in Alameda County.
- Prevent and/or recover surplus edible food generated or disposed of in Alameda County.
- Projects that compost or recycle food are not eligible for funding.
For more information, visit Food Waste Prevention & Recovery Grants.