Grantmaking Calendar

Name

Focus Areas

Eligible Projects

Geography

Application Dates

Grants

KEF Chicago

Children’s Services
Hunger Relief
Healthy Lifestyles Youth Development

Children’s Services: programs for home- or center-based providers offering year-round care to pre-kindergarten aged children of low-income and/or working poor families 
Hunger Relief: programs that feed those most in need, including low-income, working poor, isolated or under-resourced communities
Healthy Lifestyles: preventative programs that promote nutrition and physical activity for young children between up to age 12 and their families 
Youth Development: programs that take place outside of school for at-risk youth, grades 7 – 12

Chicago counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will

Closed

$5,000 - $40,000

Kraft Community Nutrition Program

Hunger Relief

Hunger Relief: food banks, food-rescue and gleaning organizations that collect and distribute nutritious, non-shelf-stable food including fresh produce, prepared food, and other perishable food

National

Closed

Up to $60,000

KEF Northeast

Elder Services
Healthy Lifestyles Hunger Relief Youth Development

Elder Services: programs that support independence, and physical and mental activity of at-risk seniors.
Hunger Relief: programs that feed those most in need, including low-income, working poor, isolated or under-resourced communities
Healthy Lifestyles: preventative programs that promote nutrition and physical activity for young children between up to age 12 and their families 

NJ counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren
NY counties: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester
CT: Fairfield, New Haven

Closed

$5,000 - $40,000