Food & Nutrition Grants for Food Banks and Agriculture Nonprofits

Top opportunities

• 2025 Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Grant

  California Department of EducationUp to $145Mopen

  2025 Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Grant is sponsored by California Department of Education. Supports school food authorities in improving...

  k12_educationnutritionworkforce_developmentpublic_healthschool meals

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM

  Foreign Agricultural ServiceUp to $35MDeadline: Jun 22, 2026open

  Per the McGovern-Dole program’s authorizing legislation, this funding opportunity is intended to improve food security, reduce the incidence of hunger...

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM

  Foreign Agricultural ServiceUp to $35MDeadline: Jun 22, 2026open

  Award range: $10,000,000 - $35,000,000 Eligibility: In accordance with the McGovern-Dole authorizing legislation, 7 U.S.C. 1736o-1, the following ent...

• From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Food and Agriculture Professionals (NextGen)

  USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)Up to $20Mopen

  From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Food and Agriculture Professionals (NextGen) is sponsored by USDA National Institute of F...

  agriculturehigher_educationworkforce_developmentfood scienceagriculture education

• Specialty Crop Research Initiative

  National Institute of Food and AgricultureUp to $10MDeadline: Jun 15, 2026open

  The purpose of the SCRI program is to address the critical needs of the specialty crops industries (as defined in Appendix III) by awarding grants to ...

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program

  Up to $10MDeadline: Dec 31, 2026open

  Award range: $10,000 - $10,000,000 Eligibility: Eligibility Requirements Applicants for AFRI must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. F...

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program

  National Institute of Food and AgricultureUp to $10MDeadline: Dec 31, 2026open

  The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied scie...

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)Up to $10Mopen

  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). WIC provides nutr...

  nutritionmaternal_healthpublic_healthfood_securitychild_welfare

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

  USDA Food and Nutrition ServiceUp to $10Mopen

  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is sponsored by USDA Food and Nutrition Service. WIC is a nutrition prog...

  nutritionmaternal_healthpublic_healthchild_welfarefood_security

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition ServiceUp to $10Mopen

  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Workforce – Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center is a grant from t...

  nutritionmaternal_healthpublic_healthfood_securitychild_welfare

• The oral environment in food allergy development (ONEIDA)

  Up to $6.7MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  Food allergy, an incurable condition affecting ~10% of the US population, is a departure from immune homeostasis where aberrant antibody response, mic...

• LIISA - Research Laboratory for Innovation in Agri-Food Systems

  Up to $5.5MDeadline: Dec 31, 2026open

  The LIISA project includes the refurbishment of the Rebelo da Silva building, located on the univrsitarian campus of the ISA – Instituto Superior de A...

• AgriScience Program - Projects Component

  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Up to $5.0Mopen

  AgriScience Program - Projects Component is sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). This program, under the Sustainable Canadian Agricul...

  agriculturebiotechnologyclimate_changefood_securityinnovation

• Healthy Soils Program Block Grant

  California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)Up to $4.0MDeadline: May 15, 2026open

  Healthy Soils Program Block Grant is sponsored by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). Promotes agricultural practices that improve s...

  carbon_captureagricultureland_conservationclimate_changesoil health

• Agricultural Clean Water Initiative Program

  Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and MarketsUp to $4.0Mopen

  Agricultural Clean Water Initiative Program is a grant from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets that funds local and regional partner...

  water_qualityagriculturecommunity_developmentenvironmental_educationwater quality

• NGen Pan-Canadian AI Strategy Commercialization Program for AI in Manufacturing

  Government of Canada (delivered through NGen - Next Generation Manufacturing Canada)Up to $3.7Mopen

  The NGen Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Commercialization Program is a major Canadian government initiative delivered through Next Gene...

  smart_manufacturingai_manufacturingindustry_4_0autonomous_roboticsdigital_twins

• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Food is Medicine Approaches for Obesity Treatment in Adults with Food Insecurity

  Up to $3.7MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Food insecurity is common among adults with obesity and is associated with less favorable outcomes in behavioral weight loss (BWL) interventions. Ther...

• Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative - OREI Research Projects with Extension and/or Education Components

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRAUp to $3.5MDeadline: May 14, 2026open

  The purpose of this program is to fund high priority integrated projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already ad...

• FIM+DASH: A randomized Food Is Medicine trial to promote healthy eating and blood pressure control in hypertensive Black women with obesity

  National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesUp to $3.0MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  Hypertension and obesity are both major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), a leading cause of death in the United States (US). Obesity and...

• Navigating Hypertension and Food Insecurity: A Produce Prescription Program to Improve Health Outcomes for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities

  National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesUp to $2.8MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  Over half of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adults are diagnosed with hypertension (HTN), which is the strongest, modifiable risk factor ...

What's included in food & nutrition grants

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How GrantMind sources these grants

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities tagged or thematically aligned with food & nutrition.
• State portals — state-administered programs across all 50 states and D.C.
• Foundations — community and private foundations active in this category, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs.

Make these grants count

The leverage point isn't writing more proposals — it's qualifying funders before you write. A 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry tells you in days whether a foundation is going to fund you, instead of forty hours from now. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: