FY2025 Farm to School Grant-Turnkey
This funding opportunity provides up to $50,000 to schools, childcare institutions, and nonprofit organizations for projects that promote farm-to-school initiatives, such as developing agricultural education programs, creating edible gardens, or planning comprehensive farm-to-school strategies.
Please see upcoming webinars for more information. Introduction to the RFA, Nov 5 - https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_3-JYEJEyTkq4ySEIwb6gTQ Submitting a Complete Grant Package, Nov 6 - https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_KqjKRZ03SMahpFOpZCkPgw The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants can launch new farm to school programs or expand existing efforts. The objective of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Farm to School Turnkey grants is to simplify the proposal-writing process by providing pre-designed activities to simplify applications for frequently proposed farm to school projects. However, it is important for all prospective applicants to read the RFA in full to ensure that they understand all submission requirements. There are three Turnkey Grant project tracks available in FY 2025: Action Planning, Agricultural Education, and Edible Gardens. Applicants may only apply to one project track. The project types are summarized as follows: Turnkey Action Planning grantees will develop a roadmap for launching or enhancing farm to school activities. Turnkey Agricultural Education grantees will incorporate agricultural education into curricula. Turnkey Edible Gardens grantees will implement a food production operation. All applicants must demonstrate a commitment to one or more federal Child Nutrition Program(s). The FY 2025 Farm to School Turnkey Grant awards projects of 24 months in length for funding up to $50,000. Applicants are required to provide matching support of at least 25 percent of the total project budget in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. Eligible applicants for the Turnkey Grant may include schools and other institutions that operate Child Nutrition Programs, Indian Tribal Organizations, agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers, non-profit entities, and local agencies. This RFA is one of three funding opportunities being offered under the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program in FY 2025. Please see the RFA Grant Track Decision Document under the Related Documents tab for this opportunity in grants.gov for more information on the different grant types.
Award Range
$5,000 - $50,000
Total Program Funding
$4,000,000
Number of Awards
60
Matching Requirement
Yes - Match Required.
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
Entities not meeting the eligibility definitions will be deemed ineligible and removed from competition without further consideration. The following are eligible entities for the FY 2025 Farm to School Turnkey Grant, which are described in more detail below. • Eligible schools, including non-profit private and charter schools, which operate the NSLP and/or SBP; • Eligible child care institutions, including non-school based institutions that have an agreement with the State agency to operate CACFP; • Eligible summer sponsors, including non-school based institutions that have an agreement with the State agency to operate SFSP; • Local agencies; • Indian Tribal Organizations and Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs); • Agricultural producers; and • Non-profit entities.
Geographic Eligibility
All
Application Opens
October 28, 2024
Application Closes
January 10, 2025
Grantor
Jean Bingham
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