Food Waste Prevention & Recovery Grant is available to nonprofits, businesses, institutions, and school districts, these grants fund innovative pilots and projects that prevent surplus food from being generated by redesigning the way food is produced, processed, distributed and/or prepared.
Donor Name: StopWaste
State: California
County: Alameda County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding is also available for projects that recover and redistribute surplus edible food that is donated to address food insecurity and nourish communities.
Priority will be given to projects that:
- Incorporate food waste prevention approaches.
- Recover and distribute prepared food from donors such as large restaurants, healthcare facilities, events, K-12 school districts, and hotels.
- Implement client choice food distribution models.
- Provide donated food to underserved communities not currently reached.
- Focus on food donation and promote additional services such as employment, housing, and economic empowerment.
- Demonstrate community partnerships and support.
Funding Information
Up to $30,000 per grant.
Eligible Projects
- Prevent surplus edible food from being generated or disposed of in Alameda County.
- Upcycle food by-products generated during the manufacturing or production process that would otherwise go to waste.
- Recover and re-distribute surplus edible food from business donors or other food recovery partners.
- Efforts that prevent the wasting of nutritious, culturally appropriate food and ensure equitable, dignified distribution to underserved communities.
Examples of eligible projects
- Software or services that help manage food inventory to minimize wasted food through tracking and proper ordering.
- Purchase of new or upgraded equipment to reduce food loss.
- Secondary re-sale projects—redirecting surplus food that would otherwise go to waste through other channels such as apps or tools that connect customers to discounted food sources, prioritizing communities that lack affordable access to food.
- Funding technology that extends the shelf-life of pre and post-consumer food.
- Upcycling food by-products generated during the food manufacturing/production process that would otherwise go to waste.
- Recovering re-distributing surplus edible food from business donors or other food recovery partners.
Eligible Applicants
This grant is available to nonprofits, businessess, institutions, and school districts in Alameda County.
For more information, visit StopWaste.