Can the extension request for funds be made in the initial application? Or is that a request only to be made if the grant is awarded?

Extension requests are only available to projects that have been awarded funding.

No

Projects serving tribal communities located within the boundaries of federally recognized tribal land are eligible regardless of population size – and are not required to meet the additional eligibility requirement of being located in or serving communities located in a city with a population over 5,000.

At this time, we only need a personal attestation that none of your current board members or staff with authority to access grant funds have been convicted of felony financial crime in the last 10 years. There is a question about this on the application.

Each application is evaluated in full by reviewers using the project evaluation profile in the RFP. All members of the committee review those evaluations.

Project & Location Eligibility

No, you are allowed to continue receiving your in-kind donations and still be eligible to apply for this grant program. However, you cannot request reimbursement for any of the goods or services you receive as in-kind donations.

We receive regular in-kind donations due to the nature of our organization. Does this make us ineligible for this grant?

No, you are allowed to continue receiving your in-kind donations and still be eligible to apply for this grant program. However, you cannot request reimbursement for any of the goods or services you receive as in-kind donations.

No

There is no direct question in the RFP (Request for Proposals) that will allow you to indicate that your project is located in a city with a population over 10,000 and also meets the smaller population income and/or cultural requirements. If you would like to indicate that your project will impact the underserved populations as addressed in the smaller population requirements, you may do so in the application’s narrative questions.

The RFP says choose >10,000 population OR 5,000-10,000 & the population meets income/cultural requirements. If we are in a >10,000 community, is there a way to indicate that our demographics also meet the poverty/communities of color priority?

There is no direct question in the RFP (Request for Proposals) that will allow you to indicate that your project is located in a city with a population over 10,000 and also meets the smaller population income and/or cultural requirements. If you would like to indicate that your project will impact the underserved populations as addressed in the smaller population requirements, you may do so in the application’s narrative questions.

No

Yes, multiple partner schools are allowed to write your organization into their AGRI grant proposals as long as those schools are located in or serve eligible locations as defined by the Request for Proposals (RFP).

We are a nonprofit organization providing agriculture education to more than a dozen schools in the Twin Cities. Can multiple of these partner schools write our organization into their AGRI grant proposals?

Yes, multiple partner schools are allowed to write your organization into their AGRI grant proposals as long as those schools are located in or serve eligible locations as defined by the Request for Proposals (RFP).

No

No, you would not be eligible to receive funds to start a retail food business through the AGRI Urban Agriculture grant program.