HAH Resiliency and Infrastructure Grant Program

New: 2025 King County Local Food Infrastructure Grant

Program Description 

The Local Food System Infrastructure Grant Program is a one-time funding initiative designed to strengthen King County’s regional food system by supporting critical infrastructure projects. The program will provide grants to eligible organizations and businesses for projects that enhance cold storage, aggregation, and local food processing capacity. These investments will increase food security, support farm viability, and improve community access to locally produced food. 

Funding for this initiative has been provided by King County and the American Heart Association.

Grant Categories:

Small-scale for project funding up to $25,000.

Large-scale for project funding between $25,000 and $100,000.

The program will be implemented through the following protocols: 

  • – Eligible applicants may include hunger relief organizations, small to mid-sized farm businesses, food hubs, and nonprofit organizations that connect local farms with buyers and communities.
  • – Funding will be restricted to capital expenses for shovel-ready infrastructure projects (e.g., cold storage units, warehouse retrofits, processing equipment). 
  • – Equitable proposal review process. A fair and transparent review process will be established. Independent reviewers will use a consistent rubric that reflects the program’s equity and impact goals and includes diverse representation in the food system. 
  • – Contracting and award disbursement. Selected applicants will enter into funding agreements with Harvest Against Hunger to support timely and accountable use of grant funds.

Equipment Use. Any equipment purchase via the small-scale must remain in its intended use for at least eighteen (18) months for the small scale grants (under $25,000) and thirty six (36) months for the large scale grants ($25,000 to $100,000).

Timeline:

  • Applications are open now through 11:59 pm on July 31, 2025.
  • Notifications of award on or before August 22, 2025.
  • Projects must be complete and final invoices received to HAH by December 15, 2025. 

If your application is awarded:  

   1.  HAH will notify you on or before August 22, 2025. 
   2.  HAH will send you an invoice to request the initial 75% of funding based on your application. The remaining 25% of funding will be payable upon completion of the project, including proof of purchase and expenses (e.g. receipts). 

                         Email: capacity@harvestagainsthunger.org
                         Mail: Harvest Against Hunger
                                   PO Box 4098, Seattle, WA 98194
                                   Attn: David Bobanick 

You can also download a .pdf of the questions beforehand using the link below:

PDF Version NOTE: This is provided for reference only, do not submit. Please use form link above to submit your request and accompanying files.

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Past Capacity, Resiliency, and Infrastructure Grants

Orange symbols represent rebates provided from July 1, 2023 to June 20, 2024

Red symbols represent rebates provided from July 1, 2022 to June 20, 2023

Blue symbols represent rebates provided from July 1, 2021 to June 20, 2022

Green symbols represent rebates provided from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Brown symbols represent rebates provided from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020