Wayne County Grants for Nonprofits

Enhancing Pastoral and Social Ministry Grants

Goals

To enable the church to reach more people and promote the transformation of lives, hearts and society through various pastoral and social ministries.

Summary

Catholic Extension supports the church's pastoral and social outreach ministries. Whereas "Building Foundation," is intended to support the operation of the church's basic pastoral and administrative presence in a diocese, the “Enhancing Pastoral and Social Ministry” program is intended to support some of the more specific and strategic elements of the church's ministerial efforts.

Qualifying Funding Areas

Catholic Extension will consider funding initiatives that help establish, expand or enhance pastoral and social outreach ministries, including:

• Support for the purchase and upkeep of catechetical resources, including Bibles
• Support for marriage and family ministries
• Support for Catholic radio and television programs that serve as effective tools for evangelization/outreach
• Programmatic funding to promote or improve liturgical ministries and church life for Catholics
• Funding to create or extend social outreach ministries, such as ministries that help the homeless, immigrants, or the incarcerated (does not include subsidizing the operations of Catholic Charities, diocesan social services or Catholic hospitals)
• Support after disasters - providing minor support* to help Catholic communities restore disrupted ecclesial services and continue practicing the faith in the wake of disasters.

*Catholic Extension does not serve as a first responder in the wake of disasters.

Catholic Extension is a national fundraising organization committed to supporting and strengthening poor mission dioceses across the U.S. This support is given based on need, passion and commitment to the growth of the Catholic faith. Since 1905, Catholic Extension has distributed over $500 million to communities across America.

Francis Grants

Francis Grants are special funding opportunities to assist a diocese in special monumental events such as the ordination of a new Bishop, a special diocesan anniversary, or a visit from the Pope. Francis Grants can also be requested to assist with the personal continued education of a diocese’s Bishop. This funding is named in honor of Catholic Extension Society’s founder, Francis Clement Kelly, our former Chancellor Francis Cardinal George OMI, and Pope Francis.  

About

The Illinois Department of Human Services was created in 1997 to provide our state's residents with streamlined access to integrated services, especially those who are striving for economic independence, and others who face multiple challenges to self-sufficiency.

Special Education - EI Child & Family Connections (25-444-84-2880-01)

Program Summary

• Introduction to the funding opportunity:
  • Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Division of Early Childhood (DEC) Bureau of Early Intervention (EI) seeks agencies located within Illinois to serve as the Child and Family Connections (CFC) offices for designated geographic areas.
• Description of the purpose and scope:
  • CFC offices are the regional intake entities defined in state statute (325 ILCS 20) and rule (89 IL Admin. Code 500 Section 500.45) as IDHS's designated entity responsible for implementation of the EI Program within its designated geographic area. IDHS is required to assure the designation of regional points of entry to accomplish consistent and equitable intake and service coordination throughout the State, with services defined in 89 IL Admin. Code 500 Section 500.45.

Program Overview

• Background and Context:
  • The EI Program is a statewide program for the evaluation and assessment of eligible children under 36 months of age; Any child under the age of 3 who is the subject of a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect as defined in the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and in Illinois Act (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153); or children engaged with Extended Services with any of the following conditions - please see here for more information.

Community Development Block Grant Disaster Response Program (IL)

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program was established by the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Act). Administered nationally by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Act combined eight existing categorical programs into a single block grant program. In 1981, Congress amended the Act to allow states to directly administer the block grant for small cities. At the designation of the Governor, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (Department) assumed operation of the State of Illinois CDBG – Small Cities Program in the same year. Through this program, funds are available to assist Illinois communities to meet their greatest economic and community development needs, with an emphasis on helping persons of low-to-moderate income.

To ensure that the State-administered program meets the intent of the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, Congress has required that state-administered programs meet at least one of the following three national objectives:

• Benefiting low-to-moderate income (LMI) persons; or
• Aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight; or
• Meeting other community development needs that pose a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community.

To complement these federally-mandated objectives, the State has established the following specific objectives for the CDBG Program:

• Strengthen community economic development through the creation of jobs, stimulation of private investment and strengthening the tax base;
• Improve public infrastructure and eliminate conditions which are detrimental to health, safety and public welfare; and
• Conserve and expand the State's housing stock in order to provide a decent home and a suitable living environment for persons of low-to-moderate income and the developmentally disabled.

The purpose of grants relative to the Disaster Response (DR) Notice of Funding Opportunity is to assist communities experiencing an imminent and urgent threat to public health and safety as indicated by a disaster declaration by the Governor of the State of Illinois. Applications for the Disaster Response program must be received by the Department within six (6) months from the date of the Gubernatorial Disaster Declaration. The project must qualify for the National Objective of Urgent Need, however, if the project area meets or exceeds 51% LMI, the National Objective of LMI will be utilized in the grant award1. A grant ceiling of $250,000 per Unit of Local Government (UGLG) has been established.

Funding

$0 - $250,000

IL Clean Energy Jobs Workforce Network Program

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the “Department” or “DCEO”) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to support the Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program. A network of at least 13 Illinois Clean Jobs Program delivery hub sites (“Workforce Hubs”) throughout the State to recruit and provide clean energy and related workforce training to jobseekers. Workforce Hubs will engage with potential employers, community-based organizations, educational institutions, and community-based and labor-based training providers to ensure program-eligible individuals across the State have dedicated and sustained support to enter and build clean energy careers. The Workforce Hubs will be run by community-based organizations and utilize a Clean Jobs Curriculum Framework, found here, to provide clean jobs training and a career pathway for participants.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity also includes funding for Energy Transition Barrier Reduction Program services to support participants of the Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program with “wrap-around” and support services to improve access and successful program outcomes.

About WBF

The Foundation opened its first grant cycle in April 2000. Since then, nearly 800 organizations have submitted approximately 3,000 funding requests totaling $121 million. To date, approximately 1,600 grants totaling $71 million have been given to organizations within the Foundation service area.

Our Vision: Communities that Flourish with the well-being, abundance and peace that God desires.

Our Mission: To demonstrate Christ’s love through cultivating stronger communities.

Christ-Centered Living (CCL)

Is your primary interest to transform the community with the life-changing love of Christ?

The Christian faith is built upon this truth: Jesus Christ, the Son of God was crucified and resurrected so that each of us may have eternal life through a personal relationship with Him. After making a commitment, Christians have the ongoing opportunity -the mandate – to grow and develop their faith and to share the love of Christ, through word and deed.

What could our region look like with more Christians demonstrating their faith through tangible action? Christ-Centered Living is grounded on the Christian gospel message, involves meaningful discipleship and learning, and encourages believers to care for their communities.

Desired outcomes:

• More residents flourishing
• More residents experiencing the Gospel through word and deed

What We Look in an Applicant Organization:

• Mission aligned with the Foundation’s priorities
• Collaborative
• Working towards impact
• Leadership/governance prioritize continuous learning
• Diverse board and staff; reflective of the community being served
• Fiscally responsible

Conservation Stewardship Program

Among the many challenges the state of Illinois faces in its effort to manage its natural resources is preserving and enhancing biological resources in a landscape that is more than 90% privately owned. The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is designed to encourage landowners to manage their land in order to protect Illinois’ limited environmental resources. Landowners who have at least five acres of unimproved land and are willing to commit to developing and implementing a habitat management plan for their property may apply for CSP in exchange for reduced valuation of property taxes.

CSP Priorities and Goals

CSP priorities are to:

• promote the restoration of native species;
• reduce the impacts of invasive species;
• protect, restore, and enhance species in the greatest need of conservation; and
• reduce forest fragmentation in Illinois.

Some important management goals:

• Reduce Your taxes by Mowing Less
  • any land in Illinois (except Cook County) classified as non-farm property, i.e.​ five contiguous acres that can be managed for wildlife qualifies;
• Prescribed Burning
  • when prescribed burns are done correctly, they can be a cheap and efficient way to reach habitat management goals for your property;
• Native Prairie Plantings
  • diverse native prairie plantings can be very beneficial to a variety of wildlife species while reducing soil erosion and improving water quality;
• Preparing the land for native prairie planting;
• Open woodland
  • removing non-native invasive species (NNIS) and other undesirable species will enhance native species regeneration on the property; and
• Bluebell Bottoms
  • opening up sunlight to a woodland understory will allow herbaceous vegetation to grow like bluebells.

Rural IL Opioid Overdose Prevention - Public Safety Involved Linkage to Care NOFO (IL)

The Rural Illinois Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative – Public Safety Involved Linkage to Care program is part of the “Empowering and Equipping Law Enforcement Communities in Rural Illinois to Reduce Opioid Overdose” initiative. The purpose of this grant is to address opioid-related morbidity and mortality in Illinois. Non-fatal drug overdose is one of the strongest predictors of a subsequent fatal overdose. The period following a non-fatal overdose event presents a critical opportunity to prevent future fatal overdose through connecting with survivors around harm reduction and/or linkage to treatment. First responders have unique access to the individuals in their community at highest risk for fatal and non-fatal overdose.

The goal of the Public Safety Involved Linkage to Care program is to utilize collaboration between public health and public safety agencies to engage survivors of overdose and/or people who use drugs (PWUD) that are at high risk for overdose. In response to the current opioid overdose epidemic, public safety agencies can partner with community organizations and leverage everyday encounters with people who use drugs as opportunities to provide linkage to care.

These encounters can serve as:

• Opportunity to direct people to harm reduction services for active drug users and treatment/detox services for drug users looking to reduce or stop using
• Opportunity to provide naloxone, overdose prevention training, and overdose prevention materials to individuals and/or their families
• Opportunity for community stakeholders to work together to reduce overdose mortality.

Funding

Up to $132,010 

Serving Our Communities

ATI Physical Therapy’s philanthropic efforts extend our commitment to quality care outside our clinic walls by giving back to our communities.

Our Mission. Our Communities

ATI is dedicated to its mission: To exceed customer expectations by providing the highest quality of care in a friendly and encouraging environment. Our goal is to help those in need. In doing this, we share our expertise and resources, and improve the quality of life of others. This is what motivates and drives us every day.

In the communities we serve, ATI is elevating awareness of health and wellness. We touch the lives of thousands of people each year through our community involvement.

Early Learning (EL)

Is your primary interest to prepare children birth to age 8 for a lifetime of learning?

Illinois Health Equity Zones (HEZ) Pilot

The purpose of this NOFO is to support the development of localized multi-sectorial partnerships (i.e., collaboratives) and place-based interventions that address social determinants of health in populations that experience health disparities. These multi-sectorial partnerships and the geographic areas in which they operate are referred to as health equity zones (HEZs). Awarded HEZs will receive funding and technical assistance to support the work of multi-sectoral collaboratives in planning and implementing public health preventative solutions to high-priority health inequities within a geographically defined space and community. Applications are sought from local health departments or other organizations that wish to form and lead a HEZ collaborative within their community. Each HEZ will use collaborative, community-engaged approaches to develop and implement tailored interventions that utilize and recognize the unique assets and challenges of their communities. Awarded HEZs must also ensure that their interventions align with the relevant priorities articulated in the Illinois State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) and/or the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLANs).

Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus Rural Shelter Program (IL)

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the “Department” or “DCEO”) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to solicit applications for Rural Shelter program funded by the federal Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Funds through the State of Illinois’ Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Community Development.

The objective of this program is to fund construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of property for Homeless (as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)) Shelters dedicated to the provision of stable, safe and adequate housing; with a goal of increasing capacity to pre-COVID levels.

Funding

$300,000 - $2,000,000

Healthy Eating & Active Living

Communities across the nation are facing a growing prevalence of obesity and associated preventable chronic diseases – the Tri-State is no different. Currently, in our region, one-third of adults are obese – higher than the national average. Tri-State children are also affected, with a third of our youth either obese or overweight. Unfortunately, excess weight dramatically increases the risk of many conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and some cancers. In January 2016, the World Health Organization warned, “…obesity is particularly concerning and has the potential to negate many of the health benefits that have contributed to increased life expectancy.” In their 2012 report, Trust for America’s Health cautioned, “…the current generation of young people could be the first in U.S. history to live sicker and die younger than their parents’ generation.” The solution is not in access to health care alone because obesity is difficult and expensive to treat. Prevention is necessary – through community solutions focused on policy, systems, and environmental changes – ultimately leading to lifestyles that incorporate healthy eating and active living.

Social Determinants of Health

There’s a lot of discussion today focused on the Social Determinants of Health. These are defined as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age and include factors like socioeconomic status, education, neighborhood, and physical environment, employment, and social support networks as well as access to health care.

There are a growing number of programs and initiatives working to address the Social Determinants of Health both within and outside of the healthcare system.

Health Equity

The underlying message of the “Social Determinants of Health” is that the conditions in which people live have a more significant impact on their overall state of health than their genetics. Access to quality food, education, transportation, and living conditions all play a critical part in our health.

The concept of “Equity versus Equality” challenges the idea that giving “equal” treatment to every individual is adequate. Instead, equitable treatment accounts for individual/community needs and unique sets of circumstances.

This month, we’re taking what we’ve learned from each of the past two advocacy topics (the Social Determinants of Health and Equity versus Equality) as we look at Health Equity.

Understanding Health Equity is a vital piece in moving the needle in health outcomes. If we understand the relationship between “equity” and the Social determinants of Health (access to quality food, affordable housing, education, transportation, stable income, and stable relationships), we are more likely to create sustainable change.

Our Investment

A culture of Healthy Eating & Active Living will contribute to the following community changes:

• More residents of all ages are meeting the recommended guidelines for nutrition and physical activity
• Fewer residents of all ages will have weight-related chronic disease

The Foundation has identified four specific priorities that rely on comprehensive planning and systemic change:

• Nutritious Food and Beverage Availability – Increasing opportunities for healthy eating
• Physical Activity Access – Increasing opportunities for active living
• Healthy Environments – Increasing opportunities to facilitate systems change
• Motivate Usage – Encouraging individuals to make healthy choices

Purpose

The purpose of this initiative is to help ensure that dioceses will be able to grow their long-term financial capacity to fund the increasing cost of seminarian education. Seminarians are a blessing for our Church, but their education places a large financial burden on your diocese.

The Seminarian Endowment Challenge offers matching funds to dioceses for new or increased dollars they raise toward seminarian education endowments, serving as a fundraising stimulus for dioceses by enabling them to leverage this match in order to attract new or increased major gifts from donors in support of seminarian education.

In the first seven years of the Seminarian Endowment Challenge, participating dioceses have raised over $11.5 million in gifts toward seminarian education endowments. This is more than double the matching funds from Catholic Extension, and has created over $17.5 million in permanent endowments for seminarian education in 45 different dioceses.

The Seminarian Endowment Challenge will be offered in two forms:

First Time Participants

This program is open to dioceses who have not yet participated in the Seminarian Endowment Challenge. First time participants may request a challenge grant of up to $50,000, based on predetermined matching ratios set with each participant diocese. Dioceses are given one year to meet the fundraising goal that they establish with Catholic Extension at the beginning of the Challenge. 

Second Time Participants

This program is open to dioceses who have previously participated in the Seminarian Endowment Challenge. These dioceses can request another matching challenge of up to $25,000, with a minimum matching ratio of at least 1:2. Dioceses are given one year to meet the fundraising goal that they establish with Catholic Extension at the beginning of the Challenge.

See full details and terms here.

Rural IL Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative - Naloxone Distribution NOFO (IL)

The Rural Illinois Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative – Naloxone Distribution program is part of the “Empowering and Equipping Law Enforcement Communities in Rural Illinois to Reduce Opioid Overdose” initiative. The purpose of this grant is to address opioid-related morbidity and mortality in Illinois. This grant has two goals Goal one is to provide intensive support to 63 high-need rural Illinois counties that suffer from high burden and are particularly under-resourced by equipping municipal police, sheriff departments, and fire departments in the Target Area with naloxone and provide training for law enforcement officers and firefighters on naloxone administration, overdose prevention, and treatment referral. The Target Area counties include Alexander, Adams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, Dekalb, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Jackson, Jaspar, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Kane, Lawrence, Logan, Macoupin ,Marion, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Perry, Pike, Piatt, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, Sangamon, Scott, Schuyler, Shelby, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, Williamson.

Goal two is to pilot Leave-Behind Naloxone Distribution with at least two public safety agencies. LeaveBehind Naloxone Distribution involves public safety officers supplying naloxone kits to individuals present after responding to an emergency call for an overdose. The Leave-Behind approach aligns with the best practices in SUPR’s Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program identified in the 2019 Illinois Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act4 by directly distributing opioid antagonists to individuals who use drugs, their families, and communities. Law enforcement officers will provide a naloxone kit (including two doses of naloxone), instructions on how to use it, and information about the Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances so that individuals know how to acquire additional naloxone or treatment and recovery services in the future. 

Funding

Up to $207,703

Sparklight/Cable One Charitable Giving Fund

Cable One and its family of brands (Sparklight®, Fidelity Communications, ValuNet Fiber, Hargray and CableAmerica) are committed to advancing education, strengthening communities, and improving lives across the more than 200 cities and towns in the 24 states we serve. Through our philanthropic initiatives and partnerships, we provide support for nonprofit organizations to build strong and vibrant communities, improve quality of life, and make a positive difference where we live and work.

In keeping with our brand principles – do right by those we serve, drive progress, and lend a hand - we support a variety of initiatives and programs, including STEM education in local schools; vocational and life skills training for persons with disabilities; capital campaign support for social services; and programs advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children, families in need, and the homeless.

The company generally distributes funding in May and November each year to nonprofit organizations or governmental units that advance social progress (initiatives and programs like those listed above) in areas served by the Cable One family of brands. We encourage organizations that serve our communities to apply for funding for special projects, facilities improvements, programs, and equipment. 

Key Focus Areas

The company concentrates its support in the following priority areas:

• Education and Digital Literacy
• Hunger Relief and Food Insecurity
• Community Development

Types of Support Considered

• Requests for special projects (e.g., program expansion or capacity-building efforts)
• Requests for capital campaigns (e.g., building construction, facilities improvements and renovation, or infrastructure enhancements)

Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation Program (IL)

Notice of Funding Opportunity Intent

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the “Department” or “DCEO”) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to solicit applications for the 2025 Housing Rehabilitation Grant opportunity funded by the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Program Description

The purpose of grants relative to the Housing Rehabilitation (HR) Notice of Funding Opportunity is to provide units of general local government with funds to address housing needs of eligible lowto-moderate income (LMI) households. The program targets projects which preserve singlefamily, owner-occupied housing needing rehabilitation and encourage neighborhood revitalization. As this is a direct benefit activity, 100 percent of CDBG housing rehabilitation funds must benefit low-to-moderate income persons. CDBG funds can be used to rehabilitate only those homes occupied by families verified to be of low-to-moderate income. Project must rehabilitate a minimum of eight (8) homes.

Applications must demonstrate the need for housing rehabilitation and support for the proposed project from eligible residents of the project area. Need should be demonstrated through the submission of surveys, completed within 24 months of the application filing date. Resident support can be demonstrated through submission of public meeting minutes and/or resident signup sheets.

• Eligible activities include:
• Labor and materials,
• Replacement of principal fixtures and components of existing structures;
• Water and sewer connections (if needed for code compliance):
• Initial homeowner warranty premium;
• Hazard insurance premium;
• Flood insurance premium;
• Conservation costs for water and energy efficiency;
• Garages where health & safety issues have been identified;
• Evaluating and treating lead-based paint; and
• Removal of architectural barriers that restrict the mobility and accessibility of elderly or severely disabled persons.
• Rehabilitation to a single-family, owner-occupied residential property that is also used as a place of business and is required to operate the business may be considered homeowner rehabilitation (as opposed to commercial rehabilitation) if the improvements provide general benefit to the residential occupants of the building.

Rehabilitation codes and standards which address mechanical, structural, energy efficiency and other associated rehabilitation activities should, at a minimum, incorporate applicable State plumbing, electrical and lead based paint codes as well as any local rehabilitation codes and standards. 

Funding

$300000 - $650000

Land, Health, Community

Land, Health, Community, (formerly the Lumpkin Family Fund), is the Foundation’s primary and largest grantmaking program and reflects the Lumpkin family's historic connection and commitment to the community. A minimum of 50 percent of its annual grantmaking budget is spent on projects in East Central Illinois. Through Land, Healthy, Community we work toward a long term vision of holistically healthy communities.

We make grants in East Central Illinois that reflect our vision: 

• Our community has a strong local food system and agricultural economy, resilient businesses, and amenities that attract new businesses and retain local talent. We are prosperous.   
• Our community is physically active and values healthy eating. We are well and physically fit.
• Our community has strong leadership and the capacity for collaboration. We are socially engaged.
• Our community works to conserve, protect and preserve the natural environment. We value the natural beauty of the area.

Focus of Support

We will accept proposals from organizations working to advance our vision for grants that:  

• Promote personal health through widespread availability and consumption of healthy, affordable food; 
• Grow the local agricultural economy, sustaining and creating new viable farm and farm-related businesses;
• Develop, promote and scale innovative green practices that add productive value to farms while protecting the land for future generations; and,
• Encourage community engagement and collaboration, policy development and research around agriculture and rural development.

Goals

To support ministries to children, teens, and young adults, and families that provide faith formation.

Summary

The vibrancy and viability of a Catholic community largely depends on its ability to share the faith with the next generation. "Engaging Young Catholics" helps dioceses and parishes provide for the pastoral and faith formation needs of young Catholics. Additionally, Catholic Extension supports initiatives that serve to develop new leaders in the church among young Catholics.

Qualifying Funding Areas

Catholic Extension will consider funding the following types of Catholic youth and young adult ministry programs. This will be done through operational support, salary subsidies or seed money that creates, sustains or expands ministries serving young Catholics on a parish, regional, or diocesan level.

• University/College campus ministry
• Catholic youth ministry
• Religious education for children and families.
• Young Adult ministry/programs

Our goal is to continually enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve.

Our contributions may support:

• Arts & Culture
• Creating vibrant, culturally diverse communities that give residents opportunities for enrichment
• Civic & Community
• Assisting organizations whose services are focused on improving the quality of life for residents and businesses in our communities
• Environment
• Supporting initiatives that preserve and protect our natural resources
• Health & Human Services
• Providing resources needed to help our most vulnerable citizens live productive, physically and socially active lives
• Youth & Education
• Delivering programming and resources that give our young people every opportunity for success

We support high-quality food & nutrition programs that address malnutrition by helping to ensure access and use of nutritious foods. Our portfolio includes high-impact programs/projects that use comprehensive, sustainable approaches to increasing access and use of nutritious foods, striving towards long-term behavior change to address obesity and food security.

 The food & nutrition programs we support target under-served communities, rural communities, and families with children under the age of five.

What kinds of programs will be considered for funding?

We support malnutrition programs which have a comprehensive approach to undernourishment that results in long-term behavior change towards healthy eating and nutrition. In addition, we support high quality programs that address hunger alleviation by providing access to nutritious food.

What kinds of Food & Nutrition programs does Bayer Fund support?

• Education and behavior-changing programs focused on healthy eating and nutrition
• Food security programs that provide access to healthy food for the hungry (food pantries, school backpack programs, soup kitchens, community gardens, food distribution programs).

Funding Amounts

In the US, Grant award amounts in the Food & Nutrition category vary, depending on the size of the community, the type of programming, and the reach of the organization. Bayer Fund typically will not support grants that are larger than 25% of your organization’s operating budget. Internationally, the smallest grant we will consider is US $25,000.