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Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI)
HFFI Food Access & Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund 2026
Amount
$20,000–$250,000
Grants; up to $75,000 tech
Deadline
Jul 31, 2026
Odds
~36 awards per cycle
Effort
5 min
Can you get this?
✓For-profits, nonprofits, co-ops, governments eligible
✕Individuals are not eligible to apply
✓Project must serve underserved communities
✓Must demonstrate food access through staple and perishable foods
✓Governments eligible for grants/TA, not loans
Your real odds
The 2024–2025 cycle made at least $9M available across three rounds, with individual implementation grants up to $250,000 each.
Selection runs in two stages: your Funding Inquiry Form is reviewed first, and only eligible applicants receive an invitation to submit a full application, so the field is filtered before it gets competitive. A 2026 RFA has been announced but was not yet released as of the source page.
What it takes
Join the mailing list for RFA updates5 min
Review RFA and confirm eligibility1 to 3 hrs
Submit Funding Inquiry Form via portal1 to 2 days
Prepare and submit full application2 to 4 weeks
Worth knowing
The 2024–2025 deadlines have already passed, and the 2026 RFA release date is unknown, so getting on the mailing list now is the only way to catch the opening window before it closes.
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