Madison Food Policy Council Announces Start of 2025 SEED Grants Cycle

The City of Madison Food Policy Council is announcing the opening of the 2025 SEED Grants cycle to address food access issues in our community. SEED Grants are small grants designed to support new and recently emerging projects or programs that support access to healthy food in our community.

The City of Madison 2025 Budget includes $50,000 in grant funds to be distributed by the Madison Food Policy Council. The Madison Food Policy Council is encouraging any organization, group, or agency that is devoted to making food more accessible to City of Madison residents to apply. Any proposal that improves the local food system will be considered. The maximum of any one grant will be limited to $10,000.

Interested applicants should go to the City of Madison SEED Grants webpage for the grant application background letter and application form. Applications are due onFriday, February 21, 2025 by 11:59pm, and should be submitted to the Madison Food Policy Council at [email protected].

Applications will be reviewed and funding recommendations made to the Madison Food Policy Council by the SEED Grants Review Group of the Madison Food Policy Council in March 2025.

Final decisions will be announced in late March/Early April 2025. Additional questions can be emailed to [email protected] and staff will respond as quickly as possible.