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2023-24 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program

Grantor:
CA Department of Food and Agriculture
Portal ID:
58101
Status:
Closed
Open Date:
2/13/24 00:00
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program will award competitive grants to support projects that cultivate equity, nurture students, build climate resilience, and create scalable and sustainable change.

Description:

To support a systems approach to advancing farm to school throughout the state, the 2023-24 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program offers four funding tracks.

Track 1: The California Farm to School TK-12 Procurement and Education Grant; Track 2: The California Farm to School Technical Assistance (TA) Grant; Track 3: The California Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) Grant; and Track 4: The California Farm to School Producer Grant

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Business
  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency
  • Tribal Government

Eligibility differs per funding track. Please see RFA for full details.

Eligible Geographies:

California

Matching Funding Requirement:

Matching funds are not required.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
May/June 2024
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
2 years

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$52,800,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State

Funding Source Notes:

The California Budget Acts of 2021 and 2022 appropriated a combined $60 million from the General Fund to the CDFA for the 2023-24 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program. The CDFA will make up to $52.8 million available for the four funding tracks. The amount of funds that the CDFA will award in each funding track will depend on the number of competitive applications that the CDFA receives in each funding track.

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advances & Reimbursement(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
1-916-516-2213, cafarmtoschool@cdfa.ca.gov

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