Funding Amount

$25,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

No Kid Hungry Grant

Funder: No Kid Hungry (campaign of Share Our Strength)

Award Amount: $25,000

Geographic Scope: National initiative including Nebraska

Focus Areas:

  • Decreasing food insecurity in children under age 6

  • Supporting early childhood organizations, child care centers, healthcare providers, and community organizations
  • Program Details

    No Kid Hungry invests $3 million in grants to organizations focused on early childhood to help decrease food insecurity among children under the age of six. The grants serve more than 120 early child care centers, healthcare providers, and community organizations working with an estimated 170,000 children under age five across 34 states and the District of Columbia.

    Example Implementation (Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative)

    NECC partnered with Hy-Vee to:

  • Supply groceries and grocery delivery through the weekend to food-insecure families

  • Hold classes teaching families meal planning and shopping list writing to encourage healthy habits
  • Background

    Problem Statement: Food insecurity in the early years can have immediate and lasting impact on overall health, learning, school readiness, and behavior. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this issue:

  • At one point during the past year, 40% of parents of kids under six reported job or income loss

  • More than one in five parents reported food insecurity in their household

  • Early childhood is the most intensive period of brain and body development
  • About No Kid Hungry: Works to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, 1 in 6 kids could face hunger.

    What Nebraska Early Childhood actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2023 — the most recent filing with itemized grants

    Grants in 2023
    8
    Total given
    $1.71M
    Median grant
    $44K
    Range
    $10K–$1.1M
    • By dollars: Nebraska 98%, Pennsylvania 1%, New York <1%. Top recipient cities: Omaha, NE; Boy Town, NE; Philadelphia, PA.
    • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

    Example grants

    • Child Saving Intitute · Omaha, NE

      Typp grant reimbursement/ehs childcare agreement & kidsquad local award

      $1.1M

    • Visiting Nurse Health Services · Omaha, NE

      Typp grant reimbursement

      $276K

    • Children's Respite Care Center Inc · Omaha, NE

      Typp grant reimbursement

      $203K

    • Brighten Our Futures Early Learning Center · Omaha, NE

      Ehs childcare agreement

      $61K

    • Boys Town · Boy Town, NE

      Typp grant reimbursement

      $28K

    IRS Form 990-PF, 2023. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    food-securitychild-carehungercommunity-health

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