SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Funder: State of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Department of Human Services/USDA)
Program Purpose: Expanded health and wellness offerings through nutrition education
Geographic Scope: Kensington, Fairhill, and Juniata neighborhoods, Philadelphia, PA
Focus Areas:
- Nutrition education
- Teaching how to make food money stretch
- Healthy meal shopping and cooking
- Physical activity
- Policy, systems, and environmental improvements in communities
Program Components:
- Nutrition education classes
- Social marketing campaigns
- Community partnership initiatives
- Integration with Nourish meal kit and nutrition education program
Partnerships:
- Kensington-based food assistance programs
- Retail stores
- Community groups
- NKCDC as implementing organization
Grant Period: Programming began Fall 2021, ongoing
Key Achievement: NKCDC became one of few community development corporations in the country providing SNAP-Ed programming, made possible through donor support of previous initiatives
Positions Created:
- Nutrition Educator (primary facilitator for SNAP-Ed nutrition programming)
- SNAP-Ed Community Health Worker (connects residents to social and health resources)
- Research, Data and Operations Assistant
What New Kensington Community Development Corp actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 3
- Total given
- $211K
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $31K–$129K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 85%, Michigan 15%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Lansing, MI.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nutrition
- Food security
- Health education
- Community health
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