The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City (Mayor’s Fund), on behalf of the Building Healthy Communities (BHC) initiative, is accepting proposals for community-led food projects in neighborhoods that have faced especially severe impacts of COVID-19.

In order to support food security and relief, equitable access to nutritious food, and local ownership of food systems, BHC is offering small grants to community based groups interested in leading or continuing short-term community-based food access or pilot projects. Projects can include distributing food to households in need, increasing healthy food access and food justice through education and advocacy, supporting access to locally grown produce through local community gardens, hosting cooking workshops or demonstrations, and more. Groups can either have experience leading such projects or be building a new program.