Applications

• We accept only applications submitted using our online system.

•  Letters of intent should be concise. We just need to know enough to invite you to a full application.

• Please be careful to select the correct application type for your proposal. If you're not sure, please ask.

• The application deadline is midnight of the stated date, even if it is a weekend or holiday. Late applications can be included in the next cycle.

• Multi-year commitments are available in a few  cases, where appropriate.

Grant Guidelines

The J. R .Albert Foundation has the following funding priorities:

• We currently fund anywhere in the United States.

• We give high priority to programs dealing with the epidemic of obesity, particularly childhood obesity.

• Programs educating at-risk populations on nutritional practices and wellness. We give precedence to programs aimed at children and youth.

• Training of educators, physicians and other mentors to aid in distribution of health and nutrition information.

• Work to improve access to fresh foods in disadvantaged areas, by addressing food systems, food distribution, community gardens, and local and sustainable agriculture.

• Providing food to those in need

• As of the first cycle of 2012, we are temporarily suspending funding for university research while we reassess our guidelines related to those projects.

 We do not fund :

• Programs outside the United States, or those with  political affiliations.

• We don't in general fund conferences, seminars, forums, summits, or think-tanks.

• Private school tuition.

• Religious institution operating costs, but do consider programs run by those institutions that meet our guidelines.

• Museum or art exhibits
   

Decisions

We distribute funds in two annual grant cycles. Deadlines for applications are July 31 and January 31 of each calendar year. The board will decide on the allocation of funding for the first cycle at its fall meeting in November, and recipients will be notified and checks distributed in December. The second cycle decisions will be made at the annual board meeting in June, and recipients will be notified and checks distributed in June/July.

  We do appreciate that finding funding is a time consuming process,  and we thus ask for LOI's and consider all applications carefully. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to explain specific funding decisions in detail to all our applicants.