Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that 15 local agencies will receive the Tamara D. Grigsby Office of Equity and Inclusion’s 2024 Partners in Equity (PIE) Food Grant. In 2019, the County Board approved the Food Council’s recommendation that the Partners in Equity Program be expanded to address the challenges related to food insecurities within the county. In total, $41,000 will be awarded to recipients of the 2024 PIE Food Grant.
The PIE Food program encourages innovative development of projects that advance equity and access in local food systems through educational and outreach services. Recipients were selected based on proposals intended to address issues related to healthy food access, access to land for growing food, or issues related to food waste and recovery.
The 2024 grants fall in one of two categories: small grants (applicants requesting $2,000 or less) and large grants (applicants requesting $2,001 to $4,000).
Small grant recipients are as follows:
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Centro Hispano of Dane County — $2,000;
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Dane County Food Collective — $2,000;
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Eastmorland Community Center Ltd. — $2,000;
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East Madison Community Center — $2,000;
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Herzing University Ltd. — $1,928;
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Madison Public Schools Foundation — $2,000;
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Purpose Grown Project — $1,500; and
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Verona Downtown Farmers’ Market — $1,645.
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Large grant recipients include:
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Bayview Foundation — $4,000;
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Elver Park Neighborhood — $3,000;
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Fairshare CSA Coalition — $4,000;
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Freedom Inc. — $4,000;
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Madison Children’s Museum — $4,000;
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River Food Pantry Inc. — $4,000; and
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Wayforward Resources — $2,927.
Additional information and a list of recipients’ projects are available here.
