Apply by June 17, 2024!
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Awards Range: $10,000 – $150,000
Intended applicants: Eligible applicant entities include for-profit business enterprises (including a corporation, limited liability company, sole proprietor, public benefit corporation); cooperatively-owned businesses; tax-exempt nonprofit corporations; institutions of higher education; state and local governments and governmental agencies, authorities, commissions and food policy councils; tribal governments and tribal governmental agencies, authorities, and food policy councils.
Summary: The HFFI Planning Grant Program is a new grant program under the expanded America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative. A planning grant aims to transform an idea into an actionable plan and support access to the resources needed to advance towards implementation. Applicants will be expected to identify and implement planning activities that include (but are not limited to):
- Assessing the community to be served
- Evaluating site locations
- Architectural design or other site planning
- Evaluating and/or selecting a feasible business model
- Establishing and training a project team and/or project lead
- Solidifying community partnerships
- Vetting and selecting a prospective developer, general manager, or retail operator
- Development of a business plan and/or operating financials
- Assessing capital funding needs
- Conducting community engagement activities that will support the development of a business model that is inclusive of relevant stakeholder communities, targeted beneficiaries, and affected populations
