Grants

Partnering with the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board, and Manhattan Borough President Brewer, the goal is to support NYC in reusing, repairing and refurbishing 100% of all discarded products that can be reused in some capacity. Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded

Katie Grassle

kgrassle@citizensnyc.org

212-822-9567

Wellness Councils are a great was to engage school leadership teams. student, government members, parent associations and community members with setting up physical activity clubs and fitness events, developing healthy snack policies, promoting inclusivity, and making sure PE and health education instruction are value subjects in schools. Grants to start or strengthen councils range from $1,000 - $2,500. wellness@schools.nyc.gov

Action for Healthy Kids' Breakfast Grant are available to increase school breakfast participation by implementing alternative breakfast models like Breakfast in the Classroom, Grab and Go, or other innovative models. Grant awards $2,100 per school to increase breakfast participation by 35% over baseline.

The School Food Support Initiative was created to support medium sized school districts who are eager to transform their school lunch programs from processed foods to scratch-cooked meals. SFSI will work with the selected districts trough a technical assistance program that include a workshop for food service directors, on-site assessment and on-site assessment debrief and strategic planning, peer-to-peer collaboration and access to a food service program Assistance Grant.

Grants@WholeKidsFoundation.org

A salad bar at school means kids have the choice of fresh vegetables and fruit for lunch 175 days each year. Kids with access to a salad bar in the school cafeteria not only put more fruits and veggies on their plates, they actually eat them! The CDC reports that kids with access to a salad bar consume three times more fruits and vegetables.

ACHIEVE! Offers an extensive database of grants state and national wide. Topics to choose from include physical fitness, nutrition and the overall wellness of the students.

The USDA offers hundreds of different grants with a variety of topics ranging from nutrition, wellness and gardens.

The program is designed to help schools increase student breakfast participation by providing supplemental funding to support or enhance an existing program or jump-start a new program. Individual grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded on a rolling basis.

Skoop and the Chef Ann Foundation have teamed up to launch Project Produce: Fruit and Veggie Grants for Schools. There $2,500 grants help schools increase kids' access to fresh fruits and veggies and nutrition education.

Wellness Councils are a great was to engage school leadership teams. student, government members, parent associations and community members with setting up physical activity clubs and fitness events, developing healthy snack policies, promoting inclusivity, and making sure PE and health education instruction are value subjects in schools. Grants to start or strengthen councils range from $1,000 - $2,500. wellness@schools.nyc.gov

Action for Healthy Kids is helping schools bring physical activity back into the school day. School Grants for Healthy Kids have been awarded in 12 states and are used for physical education equipment, indoor and outdoor recess, playgrounds and play space refurbishing, classroom energizers and brain breaks, walking and running clubs, and before/after-school programs that help students far exceed the recommended 30 minutes of physical activity per day in school and reach the total recommendation of 60 minutes of physical activity per day.

The purpose of Fund for Fuel Up to Play 60 is to help your school increase student awareness of the importance if healthy eating and increased physical activity, student access to and consumption of nutrient rich foods, student participation in physical activity and sustainable changes to help make your school a healthier place. $300 - $4,000.

ACHIEVE! Offers an extensive database of grants state and national wide. Topics to choose from include physical fitness, nutrition, and the overall wellness of the students.

The SPARK Grant-Finder Tool helps you locate funding for your Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, Classroom Activity, or Coordinated School Health program. Grants can be used for curriculum, teacher training, or equipment.

The USDA offers hundreds of different grants with a variety of topics ranging from nutrition, wellness, and gardens

Reebok and the Reebok Foundation are awarding $1,000 to up to 300 schools. These Activation Grants are intended to get kids moving in a fun way to wake their bodies up for a day of learning.

Gardens are an ongoing and evolving learning resources for your school. Many materials - seeds, seedling, bulk soil, compost, and lumber - you can pick up or request

GrownNYC has a compiled list of 14 different grants surrounding recycling that your school can apply to

Solid waste advisory board and Manhattan Borough President Brewer have partnered to offer grants to start, expand and grow composting programs in all five boroughs; up to $750

Katie Grassle kgrassle@citizensnyc.org

212-822-9567

Captain Planet Foundation invests in high-quality, solution-based programs that embrace STEM learning and empower youth to become local & global environmental change-makers

Created in partnership with FoodCorps, the School Garden Grant program provides a $2,000 monetary grant to a K-12 school, or a non-profit in partnership with a K-12 school, to support a new or existing edible garden on school grounds

KidsGardening offers several gardening grants to either help create a school garden or improve an existing one

Lowe's will donate up to $5 million to k-12 public/charter and to parent teacher groups - at as many as 1,000 different public schools p-er school year. Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation know how hard you work for your kids and your community and is dedicated to helping your parent-teacher group achieve even more for your school

Through the Community Grant Program, our associates are proud to support the needs of their communities by providing grants to local organizations. Grants range from $250 to $2,500.

The USDA offers hundreds of different grants with a variety of topics ranging from nutrition, wellness, and gardens