FRAC Social Impact and Equity Fund
Funding Amount
$25,000 per grant (4 grants total)
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Local, state, or regional organizations
- Doing exceptional work fighting hunger and injustice
- Centering equity throughout operations, policy, and advocacy efforts
- Working in collaboration with people with lived expertise
Overview
A new initiative to identify, recognize, and financially support innovative strategies among organizations working to leverage federal nutrition programs such as SNAP, WIC, and school meals to fight hunger and promote equity.
Funding Source: Funded in part by PepsiCo
Geographic Scope: Local, state, or regional organizations (United States)
Focus Areas:
- Leveraging federal nutrition programs (SNAP, WIC, school meals)
- Fighting hunger and injustice
- Promoting equity throughout operations, policy and advocacy efforts
- Working in collaboration with people with lived expertise
Eligibility:
- Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations
- Local, state, or regional organizations
- Doing exceptional work fighting hunger and injustice
- Centering equity throughout operations, policy, and advocacy efforts
- Working in collaboration with people with lived expertise
Contact Information:
- Email: equityfund@frac.org
- Organization: Food Research & Action Center
- Address: 11 Dupont Circle NW #500, Washington, D.C. 20036
- Phone: 202.986.2200
How to Apply
Application Process
- Letter of Interest (LOI) Submission
- Submit through the application portal
- Deadline: October 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
- Eligibility determination: 2-3 business days after submission
- Full Application
- Eligible organizations receive portal access after LOI review
- Deadline: November 1, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
- Questions
- Contact: equityfund@frac.org
What Food Research & Action Center actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 73
- Total given
- $13.03M
- Median grant
- $122K
- Range
- $10K–$942K
- By dollars: Nebraska 10%, Oklahoma 7%, New Jersey 7%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Cherokee Nation · Tahlequah, OK
Federal nutrition implementation
$942K
Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition · Omaha, NE
Federal nutrition implementation
$780K
University of South Dakota · Vermillion, SD
Federal nutrition implementation
$642K
Rhode Island Department of Health · Providence, RI
Federal nutrition implementation
$570K
Unidosus · Washington, DC
Federal nutrition implementation
$503K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Hunger
- Food security
- Social justice
- Diversity
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