Grants & Renewals

2023-2024 HPNAP Food Grant

Eligible Applicants: Must be an Emergency Shelter, Community Meal, or Food Pantry.

Due at the Food Bank by May 17th, 2024

All sections must be filled out for applications to be considered complete and eligible for funding.

HPNAP grant funds are designed to supplement and/or match a program’s own efforts.  Funds should not be viewed as a sole means of support.

Please note: Agency HPNAP food grant allocations are based on criteria such as: the number of people served from the previous HPNAP year, agency performance in sending monthly statistics to the Food Bank on time, service information; such as how often agency is open each month, the number of hours the agency is open, how often a client can receive food, the geographic area served, and county food insecurity. Agencies late with statistics for three months or more during July 2023 – June 2024, barring extenuating circumstances, AND agencies with outstanding Civil Rights complaints will have a reduced 2024-2025 HPNAP food allocation.NYS Department of Health

Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program

Food Grant Application 2022-2023

Due at the Food Bank by May 12th, 2023

All sections must be filled out for applications to be considered complete and eligible for funding.

Please note: Agency HPNAP food grant allocations are based on criteria such as: the number of people served from the previous HPNAP year, agency performance in sending monthly statistics to the Food Bank on time, service information; such as how often agency is open each month, the number of hours the agency is open, how often a client can receive food, the geographic area served, and county food insecurity. Agencies late with statistics for three months or more during July 2022- June 2023, barring extenuating circumstances, will have a reduced 2023-2024 HPNAP food allocation.

• Learn more about Impact Grants here.
• View past award recipients here.

Spring 2023 Impact Grant: Focus on Increasing Access

• This is a public grant and will appear on the public Foundant page with specific open application periods.
• Deadline for applications is March 31.

The FBST Impact Grant is highly competitive. Applications are reviewed by a committee, comprising of FBST Senior Leadership, staff, and prior awardees. Preference will be given to applications that are most aligned with FBST’s mission and primary goals of this grant. 

Watch our February 2023 Webinar on Increasing Access here.

Apply for funds here.

Read step-by-step instructions on how to apply for this grant here.

Learn more about the grant here.

Feeding America and the Food Bank of the Southern Tier place high priority on understanding the people we serve. In order to support our agencies with the adoption of the Service Insights platform currently known as FreshTrak, we are opening a grant opportunity to agencies already using the system as well as those soon to be using it, designed to help cover the costs of equipment necessary for implementing FreshTrak.

• This grant is for existing or new FreshTrak users. *Available to pantries only.*
• Can cover operation support or equipment needs to use FreshTrak at the pantry. Ex. Tablets, laptops, routers, internet (for 1 year only), etc.
• This is a public and rolling grant. This means it will be accessible to all FBST partner pantries and open for application throughout the year. To apply, please visit our grants management system website. The link to the grants managements system is above under the Grants header of this page as well as a “how-to” guide for creating an account for the system if you haven’t already done so.
• This grant award is reimbursement ONLY. A pantry will be required to make the purchase first (do not purchase before being awarded funding) and then provide proof of purchase documentation for FBST to issue a reimbursement via check.

2023-2024 Service Insights Grant Resources

• 2023 Equipment Suggestions
• Sample Internet Quotes & Coverage

2023-2024 Service Insights Grant Cycle Documentation

• Internet – Cycle 3 – 1st Half Documentation 7/23-12/23
• Internet – Cycle 3 – 2nd Half Documentation 1/24-6/24
• Internet – Cycle 4 – 1st Half Documentation 1/24-6/24
• Internet – Cycle 4 – 2nd Half Documentation 7/24-12/24

2022-2023 Service Insights Grant Cycle Documentation

Ensure you use the proper cycle form for when you were awarded. If you do not know, please refer to your Foundant account as you will be assigned the proper documentation in a follow up form or reach out to Kathryn Miller at kathryn.miller@foodbankst.org

• Internet – Cycle 1 – 1st Half Documentation 7/22-12/22
• Internet – Cycle-1 – 2nd Half Documentation 1/23-6/23
• Internet – Cycle 2 – 1st Half Documentation 1/23-6/23
• Internet – Cycle 2 – 2nd Half Documentation 7/23-12/23

• Can cover the costs of a catastrophic loss of cold storage equipment for new or reimbursed units (within 30 days)
• Now includes coverage for an agency that is experiencing a significant increase in the number of pounds distributed and have increased the number of deliveries each month and are still not adequately resourced with cold storage, that this also is eligible for the ECSG.
• This is a rolling grant, that is available upon request from your Programs and Partnerships Coordinator, year round, with no set application period.
• FBST will order and pay for equipment to be directly delivered to an awarded agency to an approved vendor or cut a check for reimbursement.

Hams Request Application – can be found on the grants management platform during January.

Turkey Request Application – can be found on the grants management platform during July.

For School Districts only.
Current and new School Food Center sites have the opportunity to apply annually for a School Food Center Food Grant that can be used towards wholesale purchases. Applications are completed by FBST on behalf of each partner SFC. 

Open to current and new SFC sites to purchase shelving, cold storage, carts, and other supplies to make your program more successful. Open on an rolling basis.

• Grants Management Platform
• Grants Management Platform User Guide

Remember: You can use the collaborate feature to have help from others at your agency in filling out any forms/applications!