2024 Farm to Street Dinner - Beneficiary Application
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: April 30th

EVENT: Farm to Street Dinner on Thursday, August 15, 2024 from 5:00 - 8:00pm

The Iowa City Farm to Street Dinner is a local food event presented as a joint effort between Johnson County, the City of Iowa City, and the Iowa City Downtown District as a fundraising event for local food initiatives. The mission of the Farm to Street Dinner is to bring together members of Iowa City's diverse, vibrant community to share a table, a story, and a meal, while supporting our local food system.

Each year, the revenue from the Farm to Street Dinner is awarded to an area organization that is working to enhance our local food system. Applications are selected based on the below criteria by a committee of volunteers who organize the event, including representatives from the previous year's awardees. This application is open to all Iowa City/Johnson County organizations who meet the below criteria.

The selected beneficiary may receive up to $9,000.

Expectations of Farm to Street program of selected organization:
- Two people from the organization will serve on the Farm to Street Planning Committee starting in May.
- Selected organization will recruit 15 able-bodied volunteers to help with event tear-down & clean-up.
- Volunteers will arrive at the dinner site at 8:00pm and will work until clean-up is complete.
- Selected organization will be prepared to do a brief report-back/announcement at the 2025 Farm to Street Dinner about the work that was accomplished with the support of the Farm to Street funds.

Organizations that are pursuing the below objectives will be considered for the Farm to Street funding:
- To build a more intact, vibrant, and inclusive local foods system.
- To create opportunities for more community residents to engage in their food system in a meaningful way.
- To educate the public on food system issues and initiatives.
- To create and encourage partnerships within the food system.

The following criteria will be considered in evaluating Farm to Street funding applications:
- Is your organization directly engaged in a sector of the food system? Food System Sectors: Land Stewardship, Production, Distribution, Retail, Consumer, Waste System?
- Do the requested funds support a project that will improve the local food system in the Iowa City/Johnson County community?
- Is your organization a registered non-profit or cooperative organization?
- Does your organization have resources to sustain operations beyond the one-time award from the Farm to Street Dinner?

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Email *
Name of Organization *
Contact Name *
Describe the project that these funds will support. Also, describe how this project fits in with the long-term goals of your organization. *
How will the request support and enhance the local foods system in Iowa City/Johnson County? *
Describe how the community will be impacted if your application is funded. *
Provide a detailed budget for your project. Specifically identify all expenses, sources of revenue, and/or additional sourcing of funding including in-kind contributions, other grants, etc. as applies to your project. *
Has your organization been the beneficiary of the Farm to Street Dinner in the past? *
Agreement & Signature - By submitting this application, I affirm that the facts set forth in it are true and complete. I understand that if our organization is accepted, any false statements, omissions, or other misrepresentations made by me on this application may result in my immediate dismissal. *
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