Capacity Building Grant Cycle to Begin in April

Good Shepherd Food Bank will launch its 2016 Capacity Building Grant cycle on April 1^st.

Application and program outline materials will be posted on GSFB’s website and emailed to all Tier 2 agencies (food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, and youth programs) on April 1^st.

• Application deadline will be June 1^st. 
• Awards will be announced by August 1^st.
• Grant agreements will be due back to the Food Bank by September 1^st.
• Awards will be issued after September 1^st.
• Reporting will be due to the Food Bank by December 1^st (though some funders may require a different reporting schedule).

Program outline materials will include how much funding an agency can request and whether funding is limited to a particular project or purchase (cold storage, for example) in keeping with the funders’ requirements.

Look for more information on April 1^st.