SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — As of Tuesday, area nonprofits that help assuage hunger will be able to apply for grant funding through Golden LEAF Foundation.
The North Carolina foundation — started out of a 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers — has $10 million allocated from the N.C. General Assembly and funded by the State Fiscal Recovery Funds through the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Pre-applications open Nov. 1 to all organizations interested in garnering money for the Food Distribution Assistance Program.
All guidelines and requirements can be accessed here. Organizations must complete the pre-app by noon, Nov. 15, to move forward to the next stage.
Funds for the Food Distribution Assistance Program may be used for:
- Grants to nonprofit organizations to assist those organizations in (i) becoming eligible to be partner agencies of a North Carolina food bank or (ii) enhancing or expanding the capacity of current partner agencies of North Carolina food banks.
- Grants to nonprofit organizations to assist those organizations in (i) establishing a school-based weekend food assistance program or (ii) enhancing or expanding the capacity of current school-based weekend food assistance programs.
Awarded funds will be used to address a clearly defined gap in existing food assistance networks and only North Carolina-based nonprofits may apply.
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