1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
Feeding Our Neighbors Grant Program for 2026 is sponsored by General Board of Global Ministries (United Methodist Church). This program provides grants to United Methodist annual conferences in the U. S.
to support food ministries and food pantries within local churches. The grants aim to address food insecurity in communities.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Feeding Our Neighbors Emergency Food | Global Ministries Feeding Our Neighbors Grants Feeding Our Neighbors emergency food grants Following an overwhelming response to the November 2025 Feeding Our Neighbors grant program, the General Board of Global Ministries is relaunching the initiative in 2026 with a revised application and granting structure.
For the 2026 grant cycle, applications will be accepted from United Methodist annual conferences rather than local congregations. “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty ... ” Matthew 25:35 Global Ministries will award grants to conferences across the denomination’s five U.S. jurisdictions.
Conferences may apply on behalf of local congregations or establish their own process for distributing funds to eligible ministries within their annual conferences. Feeding Our Neighbors emergency food grant How much are the grants? $20,000 to be distributed by annual conferences How many are available?
10 grants Who can apply? United Methodist annual conferences in the United States. What kinds of food ministries will be supported?
Annual conferences are encouraged to prioritize support for both rural and urban congregations operating established food pantries and feeding ministries within local churches. Photo: Mike DuBose, UM News
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: United Methodist annual conferences in the United States, which may apply on behalf of local congregations or establish their own process for distributing funds to eligible ministries. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $20,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Feeding Our Neighbors Grant Program for 2026 is funded by General Board of Global Ministries (United Methodist Church). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
The grantmaker formerly known as Open Philanthropy has two open calls that invert normal grant craft: Project Tailwind backs AI safety founders with $200k to $200M on a rolling basis, and Launchpad Funds seeds new global health funds led by a single accountable general manager. Expressions of interest close October 2, 2026.
Read articleCummings Foundation grew its annual local program from $30 million to $35 million for 2026 awards, but the dollar increase is the smaller story. Nearly every grant now flows as unrestricted general operating support — the funding nonprofits ask for most and receive least. For eligible Massachusetts organizations, the 2027 cycle opens July 15 with a September 16 letter-of-inquiry deadline. Here is who qualifies, why the shift to operating support changes the calculus, and how a small nonprofit should approach a program that hands out 150 grants a year, most of them chosen by community volunteers.
Read articleCummings Foundation raised its annual local grant program from $30M to $35M and is now awarding nearly all of it as unrestricted general operating support — including 25 grants paid over a full 10 years. Letters of inquiry for the 2027 cycle opened July 15 and close September 16, 2026. Here is who qualifies, how the multi-year structure works, and why the shift to unrestricted, decade-long funding matters more than the dollar increase.
Read article