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Apply for a Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Fund Grant

The Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Fund (HMCCF) provides financial assistance to businesses, organizations, individuals, and initiatives aligned with our mission to build a dynamic community of healthy individuals, sustainable local food systems, and thriving cooperative commerce. Hunger Mountain Co-op wants everyone to feel welcome, and we strive to be an inclusive and anti-racist community.

This year, we will consider requests for grants of $250 to $3,000 and will only fund projects that are designed to support local food systems, food access, and projects that address inequities in the local food system. For our purposes, the local food system includes farmers, producers, food shelves, and organizations working to make food accessible to our community. Your application will be reviewed by the HMCCF Committee and the Co-op’s Council. Scoring criteria is at the bottom of the application. Grants will be announced at our Annual Meeting in September. Submission deadline: Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

By submitting this application, if approved, you give permission to announce the grant award through area media sources and use your organization as a recipient of a HMCCF Grant in promotional material.

 

We Will Give Strong Priority To:

  • Smaller-scale, project-specific proposals (we consider small scale to mean that the funds granted by the HMCCF
    would comprise at least 10% of the project budget);
  • Requests for one-time expenditures or capital infrastructure needs, in which no more than one-third of the project budget is spent on staffing and other ongoing costs;
  • Proposals from or serving historically or currently marginalized groups (for example: owned-by, operated by,
    or serving primarily BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA+, or elderly community members);
  • Projects taking place in Washington, southern Lamoille, or western Orange counties.

 

We Will Give Lower Priority To Proposals That Are:

  • Projects or organizations the HMCCF has supported in previous years;
    From very large/statewide organizations;
    From organizations receiving other Hunger Mountain Cooperative funding (Give Change, sponsorships, etc.) in 2026.

We will not fund ongoing operational costs, including staffing or supporting professional service contracts, and applications will not be accepted from groups that employ Hunger Mountain Co-op Council members, members of
the HMCCF Committee, or their immediate families.

 

Scoring Criteria

The HMCCF committee will score applicants based on the following criteria and make final decisions during a review meeting. Scoring will be tightly connected to the priorities listed at the beginning of the application. We are particularly interested in hearing about how your project will benefit the local food system and why it is needed now.

 

Clear, Attainable, Impactful Project: 20 points

Benefits are clear, measurable, and clearly articulated.

 

Historically or Currently Marginalized Group Priority: 15 points

Is the project owned, operated by, or serving primarily BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA+, low-income, elderly, etc., community members?

 

Project Urgency: 15 points

There is an urgent need for this project now.

 

Remaining Expenses: 10 points

There is a plan to pay for any remaining expenses.

 

Project Budget: 10 Points

There is a realistic and clear budget covering total project expenses.

 

Project Implementation: 10 points

Sufficient details are offered to explain project implementation.

 

Project Timing: 5 points

The timeline is reasonable to complete the project.

 

Success Measurements: 5 points

Clear measures of success are offered.

 

Grant Application

 

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