The Ultimate Foodbank
Grant Information Guide

• Grant Application Open date: Thursday, July 6th, 2023
• Grant Application Closing & Due Date: September 8th, 2023

• • This grant will support larger projects, capacity building, and innovation between $25,000 – $100,000.

Example of Supported projects:

• • • Create or Expand Space
      • Ex: For Client Service Model
    • Expand/Upgrage electrical
      • Ex: For Internet Services
    • Large equipment and/or Expand Storage Space
      • Ex: Walk-in cold storage
    • Programs that promote health and wellness
      • Ex: Build a kitchen to support healthy cooking classes and training
      • Ex: Build community gardens
      • Expand programs that help neighbors access SNAP Benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits
    • Vehicles for existing or innovovatice programs
      • Ex: New Cargo or Passenger vehicles to bring food to seniors

Small to Mid-Scale Infrastructure Projects – Up to $25,000

• • These projects bring needed upgrades and/or refurbish existing Infrastructure (examples)
    • ADA ramp
    • Generator
    • System Upgrade (I.e., HVAC, Security)
    • New roof
    • Refresh facility

You should not purchase items before you submit the application. You must submit the application first and wait for it to be reviewed. Depending on the review, you may or may not be rewarded a grant. In addition, the grant spending does not begin until 1/1/24 and retroactive payments prior to 1/1/24 will not be accepted.

$100,000 is the maximum for this Phase 2 Grant. Typically, in grant processes, you are awarded an amount that is partial.

No, the amount that you apply for cannot be promised to you during the application process. The hundreds of applications we expect to receive will be reviewed individually. We will carefully budget and choose grant recipients for the needs across our network.

Where can I find my EIN and 501c3 Letter?

For this application, you need both your EIN (Employer Identification Number) and 501c3 Letter of Determination. We suggest using this website to locate your EIN: www.guidestar.org. If you belong to a larger, central organization, you must enter the EIN of that organization. To location your organization’s EIN, you can use the IRS website search toolkit.

For your 501c3 Letter of Determination, you will need to contact the leader of your organization or parent organization for a copy of the letter.

An IRS (Internal Revenue Service) tax form is used to confirm specific identification information, such as the applicant organization’s EIN (Employee Identification Number), organization name, and address, and is certified with a signature by the responsible person in the organization. CFBNJ requires the W-9 to distribute funds awarded to each grantee.

An “Employer Identification Number” (EIN) is a unique number assigned by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to a public charity, religious institution, or business so that is easily can identify the organization. For this grant, organizations that are part of a larger, central organization must submit the EIN of the larger, central organization. It will be used for verification with the IRS website. These organizations also may have their own EIN to use on their W-9 Form (see below), but it cannot be used for IRS verification.

The 501(c)(3) determination letter is a legal document issued by the IRS. It proves an organization such as a public charity or a house of worship has federal tax-exempt status. After the organization applies for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code, the IRS responds to the organization with a “determination letter of approval.”

• Organization that are part of a larger, often regional or national organization, such as faith-based partners, must submit the IRS Determination Letter of their larger, central organization

(Only required from networkpartners that are part of a larger, central organization)

• These network partners must submit a tie-in letter from the larger organization that states the local organization is a member of the larger, central organization.
• The tie-in letter must include the name of the local organization and their address and EIN.
• In place of the tie-in letter, a directory from the larger, central organization is accepted if it includes the local organization’s name
• This document is not required from a network partner, which is a stand-alone, independent 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

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Yes, we have grant writing support available. Our Women Fighting Hunger (WFH) grant support team, a group of volunteer women dedicated to assist our efforts to fight food insecurity, is available for a variety of assistance measures, including one-to-one help to write your application. Apply for grant-writing assistance.

If you know your needs, mission, and budget, you’re on your way to writing a great grant. You’re telling a story of the work you do and what could make you days easier.

• Phase 1 – Immediate operational needs required to conduct daily distributions of food. Funding is limited to $750,000 total and has been awarded based on the entire application pool.
• Phase 2 – Grants will support larger projects, capacity building, and innovation that require more funding to successfully complete. We have earmarked more than $2.5M for Phase 2.