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LOS ANGELES SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS, AND THE LOS ANGELES FOOD POLICY COUNCIL ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR THE FOOD RESCUE MICRO GRANTS. THE FULL RFP CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE BELOW.
The Food Rescue Grants is a two-part funding opportunity intended to address food insecurity and climate change by supporting food recovery and distribution systems within the City of Los Angeles.
The Food Rescue Micro Grants specifically aim to increase the capacity and help meet the infrastructural needs of Food Recovery Organizations (FROs) and other community based organizations (CBOs) working within the food recovery space. Awardees of the Food Rescue Micro Grants will be awarded up to $25,000 for material needs to increase their capacity to recover and distribute more food to communities in the City of Los Angeles.
The Food Rescue Micro Grants application period will be open Friday, February 24th, 2023 thru Friday, March 17th, 2023, 11:59 PM
Grants will be awarded with an emphasis on providing material needs in order to build capacity. Priority will be given to less resourced organizations and to organizations that work with communities that have been historically underfunded and resourced.
Awards will be up to $25,000.00, and funding must be allocated to activities or programs that increase the ability to recover surplus food or receive and distribute recovered food from other organizations.
Allowable Uses For Funds
Allowable uses of funds includes, but is not limited to:
Equipment and materials (i.e. refrigeration, dollies, pallet jack, shelving, etc.)
Technology (technology tools, technological investments)
Trainings (pallet jack certification, SB 1383, etc.)
Indirect costs up to 10%
*Grant funding will not cover salaries or the purchasing of food.
Eligibility Criteria
Importants Dates & Deadlines
How To Apply
FAQ
We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.