# Community Food Projects (10.225)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/10-225-community-food-projects/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Community Food Projects is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $34.3 million in 131 grants, about $261,619 per award.

## Objectives

The primary goals of the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP) are as follows (7 U.S.C. 2034(b)):
a. Meet the food needs of low-income individuals through food distribution, community
outreach to assist in participation in Federally assisted nutrition programs, or
improving access to food as part of a comprehensive service;
b. Increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for the food needs of the
communities; and
c. Promote comprehensive responses to local food access, farm, and nutrition issues; or
d. Meet specific state, tribal, local or neighborhood food and agricultural needs
including needs relating to:
i. Equipment necessary for the efficient operation of a project; planning for long-term solutions; or
ii. The creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural producers and low-income consumers.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $4.6 million | 17 |
| 2022 | $4.3 million | 22 |
| 2023 | $18.4 million | 61 |
| 2024 | $4.6 million | 20 |
| 2025 | $2.3 million | 14 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Third Sector New England, Inc. | Massachusetts | $1.0 million |
| Project New Village | California | $419,500 |
| Sharing Excess Inc | Pennsylvania | $400,000 |
| St Marys Regional Medical Center | Maine | $400,000 |
| Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully Inc | Georgia | $400,000 |
| Our Neighbors' Table, Inc. | Massachusetts | $400,000 |
| Farming Hope | California | $400,000 |
| Turlock Gospel Mission | California | $400,000 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Putnam County | New York | $400,000 |
| Elepaio Social Services | Hawaii | $400,000 |
| Mill City Grows Inc | Massachusetts | $399,964 |
| National Center for Frontier Communities | New Mexico | $398,142 |
| Agroecology Commons | California | $397,914 |
| East End Food Institute | New York | $393,708 |
| Little Village Community Foundation Corp | Illinois | $386,000 |
| Kids Food Basket | Michigan | $386,000 |
| West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc | West Virginia | $385,765 |
| The Nashville Food Project, Inc. | Tennessee | $380,597 |
| The Urban Food Initiative, Inc | Massachusetts | $377,914 |
| North Flint Reinvestment | Michigan | $377,914 |