Healthy Meals Incentives for Small & Rural Schools
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foundation
Overview
Healthy Meals Incentives for Small & Rural Schools
Program Overview: As part of a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the USDA Food and Nutrition Service's Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, Action for Healthy Kids and its partners RMC Health and Chef Ann Foundation have awarded grants to small and/or rural School Food Authorities to improve the nutritional quality of school meals.
Funding Source: USDA Food and Nutrition Service Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative
Partners: Action for Healthy Kids, RMC Health, Chef Ann Foundation
Award Results:
Eligible Applicants: Small and/or rural School Food Authorities
Chef Ann Foundation's Role: Providing technical assistance to grantees, including:
Focus Areas:
What Chef Ann Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 17
- Total given
- $646K
- Median grant
- $27K
- Range
- $6,513–$115K
- By dollars: California 21%, Maine 18%, Massachusetts 14%. Top recipient cities: Portland, ME; Acton, MA; Napa, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME
Systems assistance grant
$115K
Acton Boxborough Food Service · Acton, MA
Systems assistance grant
$88K
Nosh · Napa, CA
Systems assistance grant
$71K
New Roots Community Farm · Fayetteville, WV
Systems assistance grant
$70K
Trimble County School Nutrition · Bedford, KY
Systems assistance grant
$63K
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