Resiliency Grants

Note: Current Secretary of State (SOS) registration is required.
About WSDA
WSDA has been serving agriculture and the public for more than 100 years.
To help address critical needs of hunger relief organizations across Washington, WSDA Food Assistance (FA) Resiliency Grants Program applications are open to eligible hunger relief organizations, including those not currently participating in FA core programs.
The Resiliency Grants Program is funded by the General Fund-State operating budget. This grant is a reimbursement grant.
This program contributes to WSDA’s ongoing Focus on Food Initiative, which aims to ensure access to a safe and nutritious supply of food to support a healthy and thriving Washington population.
WSDA Priorities
This program will prioritize:
Providing access to flexible funding to hunger relief organizations, including tribes and tribal organizations, to support current and vital organizational needs.
Supporting hunger relief organizations in ways that they determine are best for their community.
Supporting access to nutritious food.
Ensuring funding is distributed across the entire state.
Grant Objectives
Through this program, WSDA will fund projects that bring immediate benefit to the community and target the following objectives:

• Collaboration amongst organizations to make significant improvements to the hunger relief network in their area.
• Increase client access to food and reduce client barriers.
• Respond to organization and community need.
• Statewide Funding and Allocations

To ensure funding is distributed across Washington State, WSDA FA has allocated a percentage of the total grant amount to each region (9 regions) in the state (see region map). The amount allocated is determined by poverty data from each county within the designated region and is dependent on receiving sufficient grant requests from each region.
Each region is scored separately. The top scored application(s) within each region will be awarded. For example, an application from an organization in King County will not be in direct competition with an application from Pend Oreille County.
Allowable and Disallowed Costs
These funds are not intended for projects better served by Capital Budget requests (see definitions): This document (“WA State Capital Budget 101”) provided by our partners at Feeding Washington explains the Capital Budget process.

Eligibility

Who should apply?
Hunger relief organizations primarily focused on addressing food insecurity within the state of Washington.A nonprofit corporation (including an unrecognized tribe or tribal organization that is a 501(c)(3)), or government/public agency, or federally recognized tribe, or a church, or a religious organization associated with a church.If an applicant is not an eligible organization, the applicant may seek a fiscal sponsor who is an eligible organization. If awarded the fiscal sponsor would hold the agreement with WSDA Food Assistance.
Eligibility requirements, listed below, apply to: Nonprofit corporations (including unrecognized tribes or tribal organizations that are a 501 (c)(3)).
501(c)(3): IRS Determination Letter: Copy of the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search showing organization is not on the auto-revocation list and has filed their recent 990.
Registered with Office of the Secretary of State Washington: Copy of the current registration or copy of the most recent annual report.
Must have been operating: As a nonprofit corporation, or unrecognized tribe, or tribal organization for 12 or more consecutive months (with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status) prior to the beginning date of the written Agreement.
Eligibility requirements, listed above, do not apply to: Federally recognized tribes, government/public agencies (conservation district, city, authority, commission, etc.), churches or a religious organizations associated with a church (community must recognize as a church or a religious organization associated with a church).
Additional eligibility requirements that apply to ALL organizations:
A Statewide Vendor Number is needed to be reimbursed for allowable costs. Applicant or fiscal sponsor currently registered as a statewide vendor with the state of Washington, and/or will register within thirty (30) calendar days of being selected as a successful applicant.For instructions on becoming a statewide vendor, please visit Office of Financial Management: https://ofm.wa.gov/it-systems/accounting-systems/statewide-vendorpayee-servicesThe applicant is not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded in any Federal or State department or agency from participating in transactions.The applicant is not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded in any Federal or State department or agency from participating in transactions.
The applicant must be located in Washington state and supporting hunger relief efforts within the state of Washington.
The benefits of all awarded funds must be to the people who live in Washington state.
The applicant’s status as a legal entity must be in good standing and must not have been revoked in the previous calendar year.
The applicant or the fiscal sponsor must have contracting capabilities including, but not limited to, internal controls and fund accounting procedures to ensure the proper disbursement of, and accounting for, all funds provided under this grant.
If a successful applicant requires a fiscal sponsor to meet eligibility, WSDA FA will enter into an agreement with the fiscal sponsor and not with the successful applicant.
Funded organizations will be required to submit a monthly invoice voucher, including an expanded detailed general ledger, related backup, and copies of all paid invoices and receipts each month for reimbursement.
Funded organizations will also be required to have additional contracting capabilities including other reporting throughout the Agreement period.
All awardees of assistance from WSDA FA are required to meet state and federal laws relating to civil rights and nondiscrimination in the administration of the program and the use of funds.
Organizations receiving financial assistance from WSDA FA must not deny benefits or services, or otherwise discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), honorably discharged veteran or military status, age (40 or older), or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.
Additional program requirements for applicants providing direct client services:
Organizations should not require identification or proof of residency, income, household size, or citizenship status from any community member accessing projects that are funded through WSDA FA.
As applicable, self-attestation of household size, address, income, and need should be accepted for all community members accessing WSDA FA resources.
Organizations should not decline services to community members who provide a self-attestation that they live in Washington and have food needs.
All awarded organizations that also provide direct services are expected to provide low barrier access to services.