Alabama Farm-to-School Culinary Challenge
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Program Overview: Chef Ann Foundation is working with the Alabama State Department of Education Child Nutrition Program to strengthen Alabama's farm-to-school initiatives by creating a culinary training program that teaches districts how to procure and use local ingredients in school meals.
Geographic Scope: Alabama
Partner: Alabama State Department of Education Child Nutrition Program
Focus Areas:
- Farm-to-school initiatives
- Culinary training for districts
- Local ingredient procurement and use
- Recipe development featuring local ingredients
Program Components:
- Culinary training program for districts
- Development of 24 recipes featuring Alabama Harvest of the Month ingredients
- Student and staff testing of recipes
Target Audience: Schools currently doing limited scratch-cooking and using few Alabama-grown ingredients but are eager to learn
What Chef Ann Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 11
- Total given
- $1.4M
- Median grant
- $137K
- Range
- $35K–$325K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 23%, Michigan 21%, West Virginia 16%. Top recipient cities: Dorchester, MA; Fayetteville, WV; Detroit, MI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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Fields of Work
- K-12 schools
- Agriculture
- Food security
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