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Food, Nutrition and Wellness Grants

The grants below have been identified by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) to assist our child nutrition program sponsors in advancing their nutrition and agriculture education efforts in schools. Many of the grants are offered annually, so sponsors are encouraged to research or reach out to the grant entities to gather application deadlines and award information.

Grants by FDACS

National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant

The 2019 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant Request for Applications is available now. The purpose of the equipment assistance grant is to address the infrastructure needs of eligible School Food Authorities (SFAs) in the National School Lunch Program. Funds will be awarded through a competitive grant process to SFAs for the purchase of equipment to improve food safety, serve healthier school meals with emphasis on more fruits and vegetables, improve overall energy efficiency, and expand participation.

Grants by Outside Entities

America’s Promise Healthy Schools Fund

The America's Promise Healthy Schools Fund: Three to five grants of up to $150,000 each per year for two years (for a total of up to $300,000) will be awarded to support communities working to create healthier school environments for all children. Recognizing that school-centered health intersects with many areas outside of education — housing, employment, transportation and food access — as well as many audiences, efforts should serve as a hub for cross-sector collaboration, youth and community engagement, and broader policy and systemic change.

Food Service Grants

  • Action for Healthy Kids: Nearly 250 schools will receive grant awards of $2,000 or $3,000 to support increased breakfast participation with new alternative breakfast programs, including breakfast in the classroom or grab and go.
  • Golden Carrot Awards: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine administers the Golden Carrot Awards to recognize food service professionals doing an exceptional job of improving the healthfulness of school lunches.
  • Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools: Schools are to use the grants (approximately $2,800 value) to implement salad bars as part of their daily meal programs.
  • Pinnacle Breakfast Building Grant: The program is designed to help recipient schools increase student breakfast participation by providing supplemental funding to support or enhance an existing program or jump-start a new program. Individual grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded on a rolling basis.
  • Project Produce — Chef Ann Foundation: $2,500 grants assist schools in expanding students’ palates and in encouraging increased consumption of and exposure to fresh produce through engagement in lunchroom education activities that encourage students to taste new vegetables and fruits offered in a dish, cooked or raw.
  • USDA Farm to School Grants: Competitive grants are awarded for planning, implementation, support service and training to support efforts that improve access to local foods in schools.
  • USDA Farm to School Implementation and Planning Grants: The USDA Farm to School Grants were created to assist eligible entities in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.

Nutrition and Agriculture Education Grants

Physical Activity and Wellness Grants

  • Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood: The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is intended to be an incubator of promising research and development projects that may ultimately enhance the development, health, safety, education or quality of life of children from infancy through seven years of age across the country.
  • Clif Bar Family Foundation Grants: Small grants are awarded for general organizational support or to fund specific projects that address programs that protect the earth, incorporate healthy foods, increase outdoor activity, build stronger communities and reduce environmental hazards.
  • Food Access Mini Grant[ application/pdf ]: Funding is provided to establish new farmers markets in underserved areas and/or increase the number of farmers  markets that accept SNAP, WIC and Fresh Access Bucks benefits throughout Florida.
  • Fuel Up to Play 60: Jump Start Healthy Changes Grants offer funding for schools to improve opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. Funds are awarded for schools to implement at least one Healthy Eating Play and one Physical Activity Play from the Fuel Up to Play 60 Playbook. K-12 schools that are enrolled in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program for the school year and participate in the National School Lunch Program are eligible to apply.
  • Good Sports Equipment Grant: Good Sports provides equipment to promote physical activity in youth organizations.
  • Health Foundation of South Florida: This funding opportunity will support organizations in the implementation of evidence-based and innovative programs aimed at increasing children’s knowledge and attitudes toward healthy eating, leading to healthier nutrition behavior change.
  • Justin J. Watt Foundation: The Justin J. Watt Foundation mission is to provide after-school athletic opportunities for middle-school-aged children.
  • KaBOOM! Grants: KaBOOM! provides grant opportunities to help communities take steps toward beginning or completing playspace projects.
  • Kids in the Game GO! Grants: Elementary schools are awarded grant money to spark and sustain physical activity programs that take place before, during or after the school day.
  • Let's Move! Active Schools: The Let's Move! movement provides grant opportunities for participating schools.
  • The United Fresh Start Foundation (UFSF) Grants: UFSF is looking for creative methods to get fresh produce to children during the summer months, after school, and on the weekends.

School Garden Grants

  • The American Heart Association's Teaching Gardens are funded by donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and other community-based organizations.
  • Annie's Garden Funder provides a way to raise community funds for gardens.
  • Annie's Grants for Gardens: Annie’s offers Grants for Gardens donations to schools and other educational programs that help build school gardens.
  • The Bee Cause Project empowers students, teachers and community members to experience the wonder, ingenuity, beauty and power of the honey bee. Join the network of passionate educators, beekeepers and community leaders in building the buzz for integrating bees into STEAM education.
  • Big Green is building a national school food culture that promotes youth wellness by connecting kids to real food through a network of Learning Gardens and food literacy programs.
  • Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program: Bonnie Plants delivers millions of free cabbage plants each year to students in third grade classes throughout the country.
  • Florida Farm Bureau Mini-Grants: The Florida Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Program offers mini-grants to certified Florida educators who are engaged in classroom instruction at the pre-kindergarten to 12th grade levels.
  • FoodCorps and Whole Kids Foundation School Garden Grants: This grant program provides a $2,000 monetary grant to support an edible educational garden on the grounds of a K-12 school. Schools or nonprofit organizations working in partnership with a school may apply.
  • The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation Orchard Grant: The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation is an award-winning international charity dedicated to planting fruitful trees and plants to alleviate world hunger.
  • Green Thumb Challenge Grant: Green Education Foundation and Gardener’s Supply Company offer $250 grants to youth garden projects nationwide that submit chronicles of their garden projects.
  • The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program: The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program provides small grants for youth-centered  efforts to establish and maintain native plant landscape learning environments.
  • Lowe's Toolbox for Education: Lowe's provides grants of $2,000 to $5,000 to public K-12 schools as well as school parent-teacher groups associated with public schools throughout the U.S. that develop projects to encourage parent involvement and build stronger community spirit. 
  • The Nature Works Everywhere program has given grants to schools across the U.S. to build, amend or revitalize school garden projects with the core principle that gardens model nature on a relatable scale.
  • Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Grant: Project Learning Tree offers GreenWorks! grants up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world.
  • Scotts Miracle-Gro Grants: Scotts Miracle-Gro is supporting the creation of more than 1,000 community gardens and green spaces through 2018. 
  • Youth Garden Grant provides funds to schools to establish new school and community gardens and assist in sustaining and renewing existing gardens.

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