A new 2024 comprehensive evaluation report from UW–Madison Extension found the city of Madison’s SEED grant program has been successful in its mission of supporting new and emerging projects that expand access to healthy food across the city.
The report determined SEED grant funding has provided several benefits to the Madison community over the last decade, including:
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Bolstering emergency food assistance programs;
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Increasing food access to high-priority communities;
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Building organizational capacity to implement new efforts or expand programs aligned with the vision of the program;
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Enabling organizations to strengthen their relationships with their target audiences;
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Allowing grant recipients to expand their reach to BIPOC communities, often directly empowering the people living in those communities;
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Helping grant recipients leverage additional funding from other sources;
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Contributing to neighborhood vitality through investments in youth development programs and other community projects; and
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Promoting interorganizational collaboration, which contributes to a stronger community food system.
The full report is available here.
