This initiative will support multiple strategies, including: direct advocacy, community organizing, educating influential leaders regarding food policy issues, participatory research, grassroots policy analysis and policy development, leadership development and media outreach.

No grants will be made to support lobbying or any political activity in support of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.

1. a 501 (c)(3) designation from the IRS;
2. a history of addressing issues related to food and/or agriculture; people of color as a majority of their constituency;
3. people of color in the majority on the governing board and in senior staff positions. OR, are undertaking a purposeful transition so that people of color represent a majority in those positions;
4. a commitment to strengthening relationships with organizations in the regional or national sustainable agriculture and food systems movement.

• research, conferences, seminars, media events, or workshops
• college and university based programs
• production and development of television and media programming
• books and other publications
• capital expenditures
• dissertations or postgraduate work
• individuals projects outside of the U.S.

Guidelines for applicants
Send 1 complete proposal packet. Binders or folders are not accepted.
Proposals may be delivered by regular, express or electronic mail.
Email to noyes@noyes.org.
Hard copies to:
Vic DeLuca, President
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
6 East 39th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY 10016-0112

The following proposal format for cover sheet, narrative, budgets and attachments should be used. It is an adapted version of the Common Grant Application of the National Network of Grantmakers. Note that this is not a fill-in-the-blanks application. Please use the categories listed below to create your proposal.

Organization Name:
Tax I.D. Number:
Year organization was founded:
Date of application:
Address:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
Director:
Contact person and title (if not director):
Total organizational budget (current year):
Project budget:
Amount requested:
Starting date of fiscal year:
Geographic scope:
Organization’s mission:
Summary of grant request:

The Noyes Foundation occasionally shares funding requests it receives with other potential funding sources. We do this only with the permission of the grant applicant. If you would like the Noyes Foundation to consider sharing this request with an appropriate funder, please include the following sentence on the cover letter of your proposal and be sure to include the signature of someone with appropriate authority.

I authorize the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation to share information contained in this proposal with other potential funders.
Signed by ___________________________________
print name and title ___________________________

Not including this statement will in no way affect your chances for funding under this RFP process or in future Noyes grant determinations.

Introduction and Background

1. Briefly describe your organization. (programs, activities, accomplishments)
2. Describe your constituency/membership. Please be specific about demographics such as race, class, age, gender, ethnicity and national origin. You may include information about other characteristics, which you deem important. Explain how your constituency is involved in your work.
3. Briefly describe how your organization functions. What are the responsibilities of board, staff and volunteers? How are board members selected and their tenure determined? If yours is a membership organization, explain the criteria for membership, state the number of members and whether there are dues.

Describe your request

1. Describe the specific local, state or national, public or private sector food or agriculture policy your organization plans to impact, including key decision makers the project will seek to influence.
2. Explain why this issue is important for your constituency.
3. Describe what your organization will do over the next three years to reach the policy change goal described in #1.
4. Who will be involved in carrying out the plans outlined in this request?
5. How will you measure progress towards your goal?
6. If your organizations will be working with other groups on this project, please explain how such collaboration will advance your goals and provide contact information for the groups.
7. How will you communicate your goals and achievements to your constituency, other stakeholders, policy makers and the media?
8. How does your work promote diversity and address inequality, oppression and discrimination within your organization as well as the larger society?

If you have already prepared organizational and project budgets that approximate this format, please feel free to submit them in their original forms. You may reproduce this form on your computer and/or submit separate pages for income and expenses.

Budget for the period: ______ to _______

EXPENSES Salaries & wages (breakdown by individual position and indicate full or part-time)
Fringe benefits & payroll Taxes
Consultants & professional fees
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Training
Communications
Printing & copying
Telephone & fax
Postage & delivery
Rent & utilities
In-kind expense
Other (specify)
TOTAL EXPENSE

INCOME Government grants & contracts (specify)
Foundations (specify)
Corporations (specifiy)
Religious institutions
United Way
Workplace giving
Individual contributions
Fundraising events & products
Membership income
In-kind support
Other earned income (consulting fees, rentals etc. Please specify)
TOTAL INCOME

BALANCE

Budget for the period: ______ to _______

EXPENSES
Salaries & wages (breakdown by individual position and indicate full or part-time)
Fringe benefits & payroll Taxes
Consultants & professional fees
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Training
Web site/newsletter and other communications
Printing & copying
Telephone & fax
Postage & delivery
Rent & utilities
In-kind expense
Other (specify)
TOTAL PROJECT EXPENSE

INCOME
Noyes/WKKF Partnership
Other income
In-kind support
TOTAL PROJECT INCOME

Organizational Structure/Administration

1. A copy of your IRS 501(c)(3) letter;
2. Board of directors list annotated with specific demographic information (ethnicity, gender, youth/adult, geographic, vocation etc.);
3. Listing of staff, including position/title and related demographic information (ethnicity, gender);
4. Qualifications of key individuals who will be involved in the proposed project (one to three sentences each).

Finances

1. Most recent, completed full year organizational financial statement including expenses, revenue and balance sheet (if available, send an audited statement).
2. Organization’s current annual operating budget (see Current Budget format).
3. Project budget (see Project Budget format).
4. Other funding sources for the current grant year (indicate whether committed or pending).

The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation promotes a sustainable and just social and natural system by supporting grassroots organizations and movements committed to this goal. Its funding priorities are shaped by a view of the Earth as one community, an interconnected web of life in which human society is an integral part. The Noyes Foundation promotes a sustainable agricultural and food system by supporting rural and urban organizations that: work with farmers and consumers on issues involving sustainable agriculture and community food security; advocate for governmental policies and funding allocations that advance sustainable agriculture and community food security; and counter the actions of public and private sector institutions and corporations that further the concentration of food production and the industrialization of agriculture. To learn more about the Noyes Foundation visit www.noyes.org.

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 “to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations." Its programming activities center around the common vision of a world in which each person has a sense of worth; accepts responsibility for self, family, community, and societal well-being; and has the capacity to be productive, and to help create nurturing families, responsive institutions, and healthy communities. WKKF’s food systems grantmaking, focuses on catalyzing efforts that lead to a safe, wholesome food supply for this and future generations while ensuring that food production and food-related business systems are economically viable, environmentally sensitive, sustainable over the long-term, and socially responsible. For more information about WKKF visit www.wkkf.org.