Request for Proposals
Capital Grants To Address Food Insecurity For Network U.S. Member Agencies
Due Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026
For questions please contact Linda Blumberg
Capital Grants To Address Food Insecurity For Network U.S. Member Agencies
Due Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026
For questions please contact Linda Blumberg
Introduction
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (The Network), with generous funding support from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, announces an opportunity for Network U.S. member agencies in good standing to apply for funding to support capital improvements for capacity building for food pantries and food programs to address the needs of those struggling with issues of food insecurity. Grants are available to strengthen and expand food pantry programs through investments in critical equipment, technology, and infrastructure upgrades.
Target populations may include, but are not limited to, individuals and families in the Jewish and broader communities who, as a result of government actions, policies, and legislation have experienced reductions in or lost access to SNAP and Medicaid or other benefits, to resettlement program services, or Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and/or have been furloughed or laid off. These groups encompass a range of vulnerable populations including older adults, Russian speaking elderly, Holocaust Survivors, single parents with school age children, persons with disabilities, the unemployed, refugees or asylum seekers, domestic violence survivors and others facing economic or social hardship.
Funding is available through a challenge grant to support capital need improvements to increase agencies’ capacity to better address food insecurity experienced by Jewish and broader communities resulting from government actions, as well as other urgent community needs. Agencies are required to provide 70% of the project funding in order to be eligible to receive the remaining 30% match.
TEN: Together Ending Need will offer office hours and introductions, where it has them, to local funders for applicants seeking match support. Please indicate in your application if you’re interested in an introduction.
Grant requests may range from a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $150,000.
Funding requests may address the following needs:
a. Food Service Equipment and Infrastructure: Purchase or installation of equipment to expand food storage, preparation, distribution, or service capacity, such as freezers, refrigerators, shelving, loading and unloading equipment, food preparation or packaging equipment, and other related capital purchases.
b. Database and Tracking Systems: Development or purchase of electronic or other systems to support food service operations, including systems for tracking client participation, food inventory, distribution, deliveries, or other program data.
c. Fresh Food Production Resources: Capital investments that support the production or availability of fresh foods, such as establishing or expanding gardens that provide fresh fruits, vegetables, or other food products.
d. Mobile Food Pantry Infrastructure: Purchase of vehicles, equipment, ramps, or other capital needs that establish or expand mobile food pantry services and increase access to food.
e. Home-Delivered Meal Program Infrastructure: Capital investments that increase capacity to prepare, package, store, track, or deliver home-delivered meals, including food service equipment, packaging equipment, delivery vehicles, and tracking systems.
f. Pre-Development Costs: Eligible pre-development expenses associated with
planning or preparing for a capital project.
g. Other Capital Improvements: Other capital investments that demonstrably increase the capacity, efficiency, geographic reach, or scope of food services and/or increase the number of clients served.
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (The Network), with generous funding support from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, announces an opportunity for Network U.S. member agencies in good standing to apply for funding to support capital improvements for capacity building for food pantries and food programs to address the needs of those struggling with issues of food insecurity. Grants are available to strengthen and expand food pantry programs through investments in critical equipment, technology, and infrastructure upgrades.
Target populations may include, but are not limited to, individuals and families in the Jewish and broader communities who, as a result of government actions, policies, and legislation have experienced reductions in or lost access to SNAP and Medicaid or other benefits, to resettlement program services, or Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and/or have been furloughed or laid off. These groups encompass a range of vulnerable populations including older adults, Russian speaking elderly, Holocaust Survivors, single parents with school age children, persons with disabilities, the unemployed, refugees or asylum seekers, domestic violence survivors and others facing economic or social hardship.
Funding is available through a challenge grant to support capital need improvements to increase agencies’ capacity to better address food insecurity experienced by Jewish and broader communities resulting from government actions, as well as other urgent community needs. Agencies are required to provide 70% of the project funding in order to be eligible to receive the remaining 30% match.
TEN: Together Ending Need will offer office hours and introductions, where it has them, to local funders for applicants seeking match support. Please indicate in your application if you’re interested in an introduction.
Grant requests may range from a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $150,000.
Funding requests may address the following needs:
a. Food Service Equipment and Infrastructure: Purchase or installation of equipment to expand food storage, preparation, distribution, or service capacity, such as freezers, refrigerators, shelving, loading and unloading equipment, food preparation or packaging equipment, and other related capital purchases.
b. Database and Tracking Systems: Development or purchase of electronic or other systems to support food service operations, including systems for tracking client participation, food inventory, distribution, deliveries, or other program data.
c. Fresh Food Production Resources: Capital investments that support the production or availability of fresh foods, such as establishing or expanding gardens that provide fresh fruits, vegetables, or other food products.
d. Mobile Food Pantry Infrastructure: Purchase of vehicles, equipment, ramps, or other capital needs that establish or expand mobile food pantry services and increase access to food.
e. Home-Delivered Meal Program Infrastructure: Capital investments that increase capacity to prepare, package, store, track, or deliver home-delivered meals, including food service equipment, packaging equipment, delivery vehicles, and tracking systems.
f. Pre-Development Costs: Eligible pre-development expenses associated with
planning or preparing for a capital project.
g. Other Capital Improvements: Other capital investments that demonstrably increase the capacity, efficiency, geographic reach, or scope of food services and/or increase the number of clients served.