Chef Ann Foundation Grants

Chef Ann Foundation Grants is sponsored by Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Grants to assist schools in transitioning to scratch cooking and healthier meal options.

* Action for Healthy Kids: Nearly 250 schools will receive grant awards of $2,000 or $3,000 to support increased breakfast participation with new alternative breakfast programs, including breakfast in the classroom or grab-and-go. * Chef Ann Foundation: The Chef Ann Foundation offers four grant opportunities to support schools in the transition to scratch cooking and healthier school meals.

* Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools: Schools are to use the grants (approximately $2,800 value) to implement salad bars as part of their daily meal programs. ## Nutrition and Agriculture Education Grants * Captain Planet Foundation Grants: The Captain Planet Foundation offers grants to support learning on environmental themes in classrooms.

* Florida Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Grant: The grant is open to general education and agri-science teachers in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade who want to use agricultural concepts to teach core subject areas. * Florida Agriculture in the Classroom Volunteer Grant: Grant opportunity for agricultural nonprofit organizations based in Florida that are interested in educating Florida students about Florida agriculture.

* Samsung Solve for Tomorrow: Samsung awards grants to increase technology in schools to support STEM curriculum. * Toshiba Grants for K-5: Toshiba offers grants to help teachers improve math and science concepts in the classroom.

## Physical Activity and Wellness Grants * Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood: The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is intended to be an incubator of promising research and development projects that may ultimately enhance the development, health, safety, education or quality of life of children from infancy through seven years of age across the country.

* Clif Family Foundation Grants: Small grants are awarded for general organizational support or to fund specific projects that address programs that protect the earth, incorporate healthy foods, increase outdoor activity, build stronger communities and reduce environmental hazards. * Fuel Up Grants: K-12 schools can apply for an equipment grant to help increase students' access to, and participation in, nutritious school meals.

* Good Sports Equipment Grant: Good Sports provides equipment to promote physical activity in youth organizations. * Health Foundation of South Florida: This funding opportunity will support organizations in the implementation of evidence-based and innovative programs aimed at increasing children’s knowledge and attitudes toward healthy eating, leading to healthier nutrition behavior change. * Justin J.

Watt Foundation: The Justin J. Watt Foundation mission is to provide after-school athletic opportunities for middle-school-aged children. * KaBOOM!

Grants: KaBOOM! provides grant opportunities to help communities take steps toward beginning or completing playspace projects. * Let's Move!

Active Schools: The Let's Move! movement provides grant opportunities for participating schools. * The American Heart Association's Teaching Gardens are funded by donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and other community-based organizations.

* The Bee Cause Project empowers students, teachers and community members to experience the wonder, ingenuity, beauty and power of the honey bee. Join the network of passionate educators, beekeepers and community leaders in building the buzz for integrating bees into STEAM education.

* Big Green is building a national school food culture that promotes youth wellness by connecting kids to real food through a network of Learning Gardens and food literacy programs. * Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program: Bonnie Plants delivers millions of free cabbage plants each year to students in third grade classes throughout the country.

* Florida Farm Bureau Mini Grants: The Florida Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Program offers mini grants to certified Florida educators who are engaged in classroom instruction at the prekindergarten to 12th grade levels. * The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation Orchard Grant: The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation is an award-winning international charity dedicated to planting fruitful trees and plants to alleviate world hunger.

* The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program: The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program provides small grants for youth-centered efforts to establish and maintain native plant landscape learning environments. * Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Grant: Project Learning Tree offers GreenWorks!

grants up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world. * Scott's Miracle-Gro Foundation Grants: Scotts Miracle-Gro is supporting the creation of community gardens and green spaces.

* Whole Foods Market Foundation: Our Garden Grant program provides a $3,500 monetary grant to support a new or existing edible educational garden located at a K-12 School in the U.S. or Canada. * Youth Garden Grant provides funds to schools to establish new school and community gardens and assist in sustaining and renewing existing gardens.