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Zero Hunger Grants: Creating Stronger Hunger Free Communities

Alliance to End Hunger

Funding Amount

$10,000 per grant

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Zero Hunger Grants: Creating Stronger Hunger Free Communities

Funder: Alliance to End Hunger

Program Status: Active (most recent awards in 2025)

Geographic Scope: United States (local and state level)

Purpose: Support Hunger Free Communities Initiative organizations through grants that advance multisector, collective impact approaches to ending hunger at the local or state level.

Focus Areas:

  • Building organizational or network capacities

  • Systemic change rooted in racial equity and community engagement

  • Food equity initiatives

  • Coalition building and policy work

  • Data gathering and needs assessment

  • Strategic planning and roadmap development
  • Eligibility:

  • Organizations that are part of the Alliance to End Hunger's Hunger Free Communities Network™

  • Must be working on systemic change (not service delivery)

  • Organizations addressing food insecurity at local or state level
  • Award Details:

  • 2024 Awards: $50,000 total distributed to 5 organizations

  • 2025 Awards: 5 organizations awarded $10,000 grants each

  • Grants are intentionally designed to spur capacity building aimed at systemic change, not service delivery
  • Contact Information:
    Alliance to End Hunger
    425 3rd Street SW, Suite 1200
    Washington, DC 20024
    Phone: 202-688-1075

    Background:
    Created through a strategic planning process in 2023 that revealed Hunger Free Community organizations nationwide facing significant financial challenges, especially post-COVID. The program was designed to provide financial support to network partners.

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    Specific application details not provided in available content. However, based on program announcements:

    • Selection Process: Competitive selection based on submitted plans and initiatives
    • Selection Criteria: Quality of proposed goals related to the Hunger Free Communities Initiative, capacity for systemic change, commitment to racial equity and community engagement
    • Evaluation: Alliance staff review and selection process focused on creating accessible and inclusive grant selection

    Note: Applicants should contact the Alliance directly for current application procedures, deadlines, and submission requirements:

  • Director of Coalitions and Advocacy: Minerva Delgado

  • Phone: 202-688-1075

  • Website: alliancetoendhunger.org
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    hungerfood-securitycapacity-buildingsocial-justice

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