Posner Foundation - LOIs for Projects to Reduce Food Waste

Proposals are invited for food waste prevention explicitly targeted at reshaping consumer environments. The foundation intends to make several awards ranging from between $50,000 and $500,000.

Examples of projects include but are not limited to:

• an awareness or education campaign that encourages cultural and behavioral changes to encourage a greater appreciation for and understanding of the food we consume and ultimately less food waste;
• creative use of social media and messaging strategies to teach fun, engaging approaches to reduce food waste in consumers’ own homes;
• a specific intervention to reshape consumer environments in a targeted food retail, restaurant dining, school, and/or institutional setting;
• a planning grant to form a strategic partnership among organizations to design and roll out a major initiative that may take time to incubate and implement; and
• partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit actors to explore market-based strategies that bring solutions to broad audiences quickly.

Applicants must be tax-exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The foundation is open to funding projects at local, regional, state, national, or international scales.

Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal due May 31, 2022.