Grant Application

The Massachusetts Food Trust Program (MFTP) provides loans, grants, and business assistance for increasing access to healthy, affordable food in low-income, underserved areas. Started with seed funding from the state and administered by nonprofit partners, the MFTP prioritizes support for businesses selling fresh food that is grown, caught, or harvested in MA. The program offers critical financial and technical support to help launch and expand businesses that increase food access, create jobs, and stimulate economic investment in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the Commonwealth.

The grant request component of the MFTP provides targeted assistance to some eligible applicants. The funds are for one-time investments in hard assets and/or in business assistance services with a consultant, such as business planning, financial management, food-safety compliance, marketing and sales, and operations management.

Please note that applicants deemed eligible according to the MFTP guidelines and that grants are primarily intended for applicants that are also requesting a loan to MFTP or planning to seek financing in the next 6-12 months. Clients who are approved for a MFTP Grant are expected to complete a report at the beginning of the calendar year after funds are disbursed covering how the funds have been used, as well some impact measures of the awardee's operations.

You may reach out to us with any additional comments or questions by contacting José Luis Rojas at jrojas@leaffund.org. We look forward to hearing more about your grant request!

Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

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Business Name

About Your Grant Request

If looking for consulting services, is management prepared to commit the necessary time to working with a consultant to complete the scope of work proposed in this application?

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Does your enterprise have a business model that does not rely on grant funding in the long term?

YesNo

Please explain.

Does your business plan to seek financing in the next 6-12 months?

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Grant Request

Please explain your reason for requesting grant funds, including the intended outcomes of the grant. What changes, efficiencies, improvements in sustainability, or other benefits will result from the use of funds?

How do you expect to quantify the impact(s) of the grant on your organization/community? For example, do you anticipate to increase revenues, local access to healthy foods, or other impacts?

Please provide a timeline for completion of the proposed grant.

Please provide a budget for the proposed grant. (It can be an approximate amount.) You may add additional activities and amounts as needed.

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Total Grant Request (calculated from above)