GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
GRANTS and OPPORTUNITIES
Share Our Strength - The Great American Bake Sale grants program will support efforts to increase
reimbursement through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), National School Lunch Program
(NSLP), or Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Nonprofit organizations that work to increase
the number of children that receive nutritious afterschool and summer meals may be eligible to apply
for funds raised through the Great American Bake Sale.

Team Nutrition Training Grants offer funding to state agencies to establish and enhance sustainable
infrastructures for implementing Team Nutrition.


Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program offers funding for specific schools to purchase fresh fruits and
vegetables.


The Allen Foundation was founded by William Allen Webster, an agricultural chemist, in 1975.  The
foundation makes grants to education, training and research projects benefiting human nutrition.  


Love Your Veggies

Nationwide School Lunch Campaign sponsored by Hidden Valley

$15,000 grant will be awarded to 51 elementary schools, one in every state that supports programs to
increase access and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables during school meals.


Got Breakfast? The Silent Hero Grant Program will award up to $100,000 in grants.  Public schools,
non-profit private schools or 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations participating in the National School
Breakfast Program are eligible to apply.

Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grant

U.S Department of Education

This grant provides funds to initiate the expansion and improvement of physical education programs
for grades K-12.



General Grant Resources:

Getting Funded: Writing a Successful Qualitative Small-Project Proposal [PDF] - Janice Penrod,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Community Food Projects Grants
Funding Opportunities

USDA Economic Research Service
Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs Grant Information
Impact of Food Assistance on Nutrition 2005-2006

U.S Department of Health and Human Services
Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance
Take Action: Healthy People, Places, and Practices in Communities Project

Grants.gov -Search and apply for federal grants online

WIC Grants page:  
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Topics/Grants.html
Maine School Nutrition Association