After weeks of uncertainty during the federal government shutdown and disruptions to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, many Coloradans are still turning to local food providers for support. To
💰 Available funding: $500,000 for Colorado food pantries📌 Grant requests: $5,000 – $30,000📅 Application deadline: September 10, 2025, at 5 p.m. MST📢 Notifications: October 15 – 20 Colorado’s Community Food
October 29, 2024
The Governor’s Office, Colorado Department of Human Services, and Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger have come together to announce the distribution of $2,611,500 in funding from the State to 83 food pantries, along with the five Feeding Colorado food banks and their hunger-relief partners across the state.
August 15, 2024
Colorado’s new Community Food Grants support all qualifying emergency food assistance providers with funding, specifically the procurement and distribution of healthy, culturally relevant foods in communities, while also championing local agriculture. The 2024 – 2025 funding application cycle is open only to food pantries.
July 19, 2024
We’re convening and soliciting feedback from food pantries, food banks, and others directly impacted by the new Community Food Assistance Provider Grant program. Our goal is to better understand how the future grants should be structured and administered before applications open in late summer.
June 26, 2024
This month, we released a new report that sheds light on the effectiveness of the 2023 Food Pantry Assistance Grant program. Underscoring the importance of accessibility, equity, interconnectedness, and a culture of care, it recommends several improvements for the Blueprint’s grant initiative.
April 18, 2024
The Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger’s Microfunding Project Team is excited to announce that eight individuals and grassroots organizations will receive funding support as part of its microgrant initiative. Each will receive $3,000 to bolster their efforts to increase access to nutritious, affordable food in their local communities.
March 13, 2024
The Blueprint’s Workgroup #2/3: Healthy Food Access in Communities launched a new microgrant program in 2023, awarding $30,000 to community members and grassroots organizations during its first round of funding. With support from the Colorado Community Health Alliance, they’re now pledging a total of $24,000 to support more small projects that aim to increase access to nutritious, affordable food in local communities. The application opens on Friday, March 15.
March 6, 2024
The Colorado Community Health Alliance recently awarded a grant to bolster the efforts of two project teams of the Blueprint’s Workgroup #2/3: Healthy Food Access in Communities.
November 30, 2023
The Blueprint invests in local communities to increase healthy food access for everyone living in our state. We provide accessible funding opportunities and distribute grants to support community-based organizations, particularly those traditionally overlooked for funding, who are leading day-to-day work in their local areas and neighborhoods.
We recently contracted with Alarus Development International to conduct a thorough evaluation of the Food Pantry Assistance Grant program’s 2022 – 2023 funding cycle, which distributed $2,351,000 to 142 grantees serving diverse communities across Colorado. Find out more about the most notable findings from their report.
