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Overview

Project Bread offers a variety of funding opportunities for anti-hunger organizations and food assistance providers in Massachusetts throughout the year to further our shared mission. We also share relevant grant opportunities from external organizations to further assist our child nutrition partners.

Check back for opportunities, as this page is updated regularly.

Current Funding Opportunities

Funding and grant opportunities from Project Bread.

Project Bread is pleased to offer two grant opportunities for Massachusetts schools to improve and expand their School Breakfast programs to enable increased participation and quality of breakfast programs during the 2025-26 school year.

Serving School Breakfast via an alternative breakfast model that extends breakfast “After the Bell” is a proven way to improve access for students. As such, these grants will prioritize schools looking to begin or significantly expand Breakfast After the Bell (BATB). BATB models include Grab & Go from a kiosk or from the cafeteria, Breakfast in the Classroom, Second Chance Breakfast, or other innovative models.

Deadline to apply:  Friday, October 17th, 2025

  • School Breakfast Collaboration Grant
    • In close collaboration with Project Bread’s Child Nutrition staff, this grant program will support schools in designing and implementing a new or significantly expanded breakfast strategy. Schools should choose this option if they are seeking increased consultation from Project Bread throughout the grant period to support the development and execution of an alternative breakfast model, implement the BATB strategy, and/or address specific challenges hindering breakfast program improvements.
    • Find full details and application instructions here.
  • Breakfast After the Bell Implementation Grant
    • This grant program will support schools in implementing a new or significantly expanded breakfast program strategy. Schools should select this option if they have a clear plan developed, know the alternative breakfast model / BATB strategies they would like to implement and the items they would like to include in their budget, and do not feel they need much consultation support with their program strategy. 
    • Find full details and application instructions here

Application Process and Deadline

  • All applications must be submitted online by October 17th. Complete and accurate application materials must be received by the deadline in order to be considered for funding. 
  • All districts interested in submitting a grant application must schedule a 15-minute call with Project Bread Child Nutrition staff prior to submitting their application. These calls will be brief, informal, and will serve to ensure the school(s)/district meets grant eligibility requirements, as well as provide an opportunity to discuss proposal plans. Schedule here.
  • All districts interested in submitting a grant application should attend our webinar on October 7th, 2025, at 2 PM, or review the recording that will be released after the webinar.
  • Applicants who have not recently or previously applied to Project Bread’s Child Nutrition Grant Programs are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Please feel free to contact us (cnop@projectbread.org) as you complete your application if you would like technical assistance in deciding which Breakfast After the Bell models would work best for your schools or for advice with program expansion planning.

Eligibility:

  • Schools located in Massachusetts operating the School Breakfast Program and where 25% or more of the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price meals. Each individual school included in the grant proposal must meet the 25% threshold (*F/R data must be from March 2025)
  • In order to be eligible for this grant, schools must commit to either 1) launching a new Breakfast After the Bell program or 2) significantly expanding their existing Breakfast After the Bell program in the 2025-26 school year.

Contact Us:

  • Please contact Project Bread’s Child Nutrition team at cnop@projectbread.org or at 617-239-2543 with any questions or if you have difficulty submitting your application.

BEGIN HERE TO APPLY - Deadline Friday, October 17th, 2025

Additional Opportunities

Funding and grant opportunities from external organizations.

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Project Bread Funding Opportunities

Apply for Funding

Applications for Project Bread funding oportunities are submitted and reviewed in our Online Community Grant Portal. If you have never requested funding from Project Bread using this portal, you will need to set up an account as a "New Applicant." Before applying, please carefully read the instructions below:

How to start a new application

  1. Review the funding opportunities and follow the link provided to the onilne grant application. 
  2. New to Project Bread's Online Community Grant Portal? Set up an account as a "New Applicant" or login using your credentials. 
  3. Complete and submit or use the "Save and Finish Later" feature, You can return to your application at any time to complete it, following the below instructions. 

How to return to a saved application

  1. Do not go back to the application link in the accordions, this will start a new application. 
  2. Go to My Account Page to access your previously started application. 
  3. Don't see the application you started? On the right-hand side of the screen, a drop-down menu says "Show". Select "In Progress Applications" from the drop-down menu (not "Submitted Applications"). 

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