Food Ministry Grants

The Southeastern Minnesota Synod invites its congregations to apply for a 2025 SEMN Synod Food Ministry Grant.

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The application deadline is Friday, July 11, 2025.

The funds for the grant are made available through generous donations to the synod's Food Ministry Grant designated fund. There will be up to seven (7) grants of $500 awarded in 2025.

Applications will be prioritized based on:

1. an innovative response to a community's need for healthy food;
2. plans to use the funds by January 31, 2026;
3. a commitment to share the story of the impact these grant funds have on the community.

Stories from former grant recipients:

• Growing the FEAST (2023)
• The Hope Pantry and Closet (2023)
• The Husky Pantry, Owatonna (2022)
• Providing for All Students, Mankato (2022)
• Trinity's Response to Food Insecurity in Spring Grove (2022)
• Food for Backpacks, Albert Lea (2021)
• The Food Market, Faribault (2021)
• Free Little Food Pantry, Kasson (2021)
• Delivering Nutrition and Fellowship, Austin (2021)
• Feeding the People of Mankato (2021)