MDRF COVID-19 Immediate Food Needs
Funding Amount
$250,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Geography
- Community-based hunger relief partners
Other requirements
- New projects addressing food insecurity
- Service expansions
- Addressing emerging community food needs due to COVID-19
- Addressing service gaps
Overview
Administrator: Hunger Solutions Minnesota with support from Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund (MDRF), Minnesota Council on Foundations, and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Geographic Scope: Minnesota
Focus Areas: COVID-19 pandemic response; emergency food needs; new projects or service expansions addressing emerging community food needs and service gaps
Award Details:
- Total funding available: $250,000 in emergency grant funds
- For food shelves and community-based hunger relief partners
Eligible Uses:
- New projects addressing food insecurity
- Service expansions
- Addressing emerging community food needs due to COVID-19
- Addressing service gaps
Eligibility:
- Food shelves
- Community-based hunger relief partners
- Across Minnesota
- Phone: 763-450-3860
- Address: 8501 54th Avenue North, New Hope, MN 55428
What Hunger Solutions Minnesota actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
Hunger Solutions Minnesota reported $5.96M in grants for 2025 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2024, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2024
- 26
- Total given
- $254K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $5,063–$15K
- By dollars: Minnesota 96%, North Dakota 4%. Top recipient cities: Elk River, MN; Duluth, MN; Detroit Lakes, MN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Caer · Elk River, MN
Cultural collaboration grant and minnesota food shelf program
$15K
Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank · Duluth, MN
Cultural collaboration grant
$15K
Becker County Food Pantry · Detroit Lakes, MN
Cultural collaboration grant
$10K
Bemidji Community Food Shelf · Bemidji, MN
Cultural collaboration grant
$10K
Bois Forte Community Food Shelf- Nett Lake · Nett Lake, MN
Cultural collaboration grant
$10K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Food security
- Hunger
- Disaster relief
- Nonprofits
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