Allen Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Allen Foundation focuses on nutrition research and education. It also makes a limited number of grants for hunger and food systems.
IP TAKE: This low-profile funder is a good one to know if your organization works in the area of nutrition research or education. To a limited extent, it also supports food pantries and hunger interventions. It accepts applications twice annually, as well as invites contact via its website. The Allen Foundation’s work is national in scope.
PROFILE: The Michigan-based Allen Foundation was established in 1975 by William Webster Allen, an agricultural chemist. In alignment with his profession, the Allen Foundation supports “projects that primarily benefit programs for hum nutrition in the areas of health, education, training and research.”
Grants for Public Health and Food Systems
The Allen Foundation names the following priorities for its grantmaking:
Research on human nutrition;
Programs that educate pregnant and new mothers on maternal and child nutrition “so that good nutritional habits can be formed at an early age”;
Training for nutrition professionals and educators
Public awareness and information sharing on healthful eating and nutrition best practices;
Interventions for “emergency hunger and malnutrition problems.”
Grant recipients include Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Foodbank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agenda, Oregon State University and Plant Powered Metro New York.
Important Grant Details:
This foundation’s grants range from $1,000 to over $100,000. The Foundation prioritizes proposals that include “matching funds from the institution or other partners including in-kind contribution. Third party contribution to matching funds such as computer or software donated from a company may be included.”
The Allen Foundation will consider requests from the following: hospitals or medical clinics; social, religious, fraternal, or community organizations; private foundations; and K-12 public, parochial or private schools.
Grantees have included large hospitals, healthcare systems and universities, as well as small, community-based organizations working in the areas of food systems and health.
For additional information about past grantmaking, see the foundation’s recent grants page.
Academic research under an Allen Foundation grant must be conducted under the leadership of a principal investigator (PI) who is a full-time regular faculty member with tenure or on tenure track.
To apply, grantseekers must first make an online account.
The Allen Foundation accepts applications for funding through its online portal with an annual deadline of January 15. Applications received after this date will be considered for the following year’s funding. Grantseekers are advised to read the foundation’s funding guidelines carefully before applying. Submit general inquiries through the foundation’s contact page.
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