Funds will be prioritized to support applications with a strong and sustainable plan for maximizing participation in school breakfast, lunch, afterschool, and summer meals and/or leveraging student and family outreach and engagement for other federal nutrition programs like SNAP, WIC, and P-EBT. No Kid Hungry’s goal is to support school districts in increasing school meal access and breakfast and lunch participation that matches or exceeds pre-Covid-19 participation.

No Kid Hungry is committed to addressing the systemic and structural health, social, and economic inequities that disproportionately impact historically under-resourced communities. No Kid Hungry will prioritize funding school districts impacting the following communities:

• Communities where 50% or more of the population identifies as Black, Latino, Indigenous Peoples, Asian, Hawaiian Native or Pacific Islander
• Rural and urban communities where schools/school districts face unique challenges in addressing hunger
• Communities experiencing extreme economic hardship, determined through multiple data points
• Communities where members experience intersecting social and environmental inequities

Please visit the No Kid Hungry website to learn more about No Kid Hungry’s grantmaking beliefs and values, as well as how No Kid Hungry prioritizes grant funds.

Funds are intended to support school districts in having the adaptability to meet the changing needs of students and families. Strategies may include: 

• Ensuring maximum student participation and improving meal quality in federal nutrition programs. 
• Promoting awareness of meal availability to students and families, especially for free and reduced-price eligible students.
• Promoting and supporting enrollment of SNAP, WIC and Pandemic-EBT programs as well as the Child Tax Credit.
• Supporting partnerships with other school districts and/or local community-based organizations to increase access to meal programs.

Budget requests may include:

• Meal service supplies and equipment. 
• Costs of hiring additional staff positions, increasing hours for existing staff, and providing incentives for staff retention, recruitment and training.
• Technology requests, including point of service machines. 
• Cleaning supplies/equipment, including hand washing stations and PPE.
• Program outreach, benefit enrollment assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.), and marketing costs.
• Transportation costs associated with meal delivery such as refrigerated trucks or fuel.
• Additional expenses as needed.

Applicants will be required to provide the following information:  

• Detailed description of grant funding program objectives,
• Information about your current and planned food and nutrition programs for SY22-23.
• District School Nutrition Director and Superintendent contact information.
• Historic district-wide enrollment and school meals participation for applicable meals programs.
• Detailed budget of anticipated use of funding within the grant period.
• Strategies used to elevate and address the needs of people of color in your community.

To Get Started on Your Application:

1. Log into or create an account for the No Kid Hungry Grants Portal at https://nokidhungry.force.com. Please do not use Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge when registering or working within the portal.
2. To create a new account, click “New User.”
3. After you have logged into the No Kid Hungry Grants Portal, click “Start a New Application” on the Home page.
4. You will need the access code OHSchoolNutrition2023 to access the application. After inputting, click “Start Application” to begin.
5. Be sure to input all required answers and save frequently as you are inputting information.
6. Once all questions are completed, click “Review Application.”
7. Download your application as a PDF and then click “Submit.”

Sample Application:

To view a sample application, please click here.