Small Grants for Small Food Pantries

Note: If you are a large organization which manages several food pantries, please submit separate applications for the needs of each location.
Small Grants for Small Food Pantries at Adirondack Community Foundation makes grants available to food pantries to help with infrastructure and long-term improvements that allow them to provide more fresh food options and better support volunteers. One-time grants of up to $1,500 per pantry may be used to upgrade equipment or technology, provide volunteer training, or improve signage and displays to help people choose better options.

Eligibility

The fund is available to any food pantry or emergency food provider operated by a nonprofit organization or municipality located in the Adirondack region, defined for this purpose as all of Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties as well as the parts of St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington, Lewis, Fulton, Herkimer, and Saratoga counties within the Adirondack Park boundary as well as the Akwesasne Saint Regis Mohawk Reservation.
This grant covers infrastructure-related costs that improve the function of our pantries (freezers/refrigerators, educational signage, shelving, technology upgrades, volunteer training) to increase volunteer engagement and promote healthy eating. Organizations are eligible to apply once per fiscal year.

Ineligibility

Food purchases are not eligible.