Northeast

State & Local Programs

Active: First State Food System Program

The First State Food System Program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and administered by the Delaware Council on Farm & Food Policy and the Delaware Community Foundation, provides grants to support the broad food supply chain spectrum. Funded projects increase capacity, output, coordination, efficiency, connectivity, and resilience of food producers and other food supply chain entities in Delaware. Grant sizes range from $2,500 to $150,000.

Forthcoming: Delaware Community Healthy Food Retail Initiative (Farm to Store Program)

The Delaware Farm to Store Program will be a multi-year initiative involving state, county, municipal, and community actors who will coordinate research on best practices to expand access to healthy food options in food insecure communities. This will be a partnership between the Delaware Council on Farm and Food Policy, University of Delaware SNAP-Education Program and Upstream Strategies LLC.

For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.

State & Local Programs

Are you working on a local or state program in Maryland? Are you involved with a project supported by a federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative grant? Let us know at contact@thefoodtrust.org. We encourage you to tap into your local food system to learn more about food access issues and become an advocate

Federally Funded Local Lenders (past and present)

​​​​​​​Reinvestment Fund

​​​​​Opportunity Finance Network

For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.

State & Local Programs

Are you working on a local or state program in New Hampshire? Are you involved with a project supported by a federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative grant? Let us know at contact@thefoodtrust.org. We encourage you to tap into your local food system to learn more about food access issues and become an advocate

For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.

Project Profiles

Cooperative Fund of New England

State & Local Programs

Active: New York City FRESH Program

In New York City, the Bloomberg administration acted on the New York Supermarket Commission’s recommendations by creating the FRESH Program (Food Retail Expansion to Support Health) to encourage healthy food retail development in underserved areas throughout the city. Launched in summer 2010, the FRESH Program (1) provides tax incentives to healthy food retailers, (2) creates incentives in the zoning code for real estate developments that incorporate healthy food, and (3) creates a single point of access for supermarket operators to interface with city government. Click here to learn more about the FRESH Program.

Inactive: New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund

In response to the recommendations of the New York Supermarket Commission, Governor Paterson launched the New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities (HFHC) Fund in 2010, a $30-million business financing program to encourage supermarket and other fresh food retail investment in underserved areas throughout the state.

The program provided grants and loans made available through a revolving loan fund to eligible projects. The initiative included a $10-million commitment from the state’s Empire State Development Corporation. This investment from the State of New York leveraged over $192 million in additional funding, including $20 million from Goldman Sachs Bank. The Low Income Investment Fund was the lead administrator for the fund and partnered with Reinvestment Fund and The Food Trust to implement the program.

The New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities (HFHC) Fund provided $192,092,204 to twenty-six healthy food retail projects aimed at improving access to nutritious food for over 83,000 people in underserved communities in New York State. 

Federally Funded Local Lenders (past and present)

Action for a Better Community

Cooperative Fund of New England

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, Inc.

​​​​​​​Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Low Income Investment Fund

Nonprofit Finance Fund

South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation

Project Profiles

Cooperative Fund of New England

Corbin Hill Food Project

MyTown Marketplace

Nojaim Brothers Supermarket

Research Spotlight: Could EBT Machines Increase Fruit and Vegetable Purchases at New York City Green Carts?

Research Spotlight: Assessment of a Government-Subsidized Supermarket in a High-Need Area on Household Food Availability and Children’s Dietary Intakes

For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook. 

State & Local Programs

Are you working on a local or state program in Rhode Island? Are you involved with a project supported by a federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative grant? Let us know at contact@thefoodtrust.org. We encourage you to tap into your local food system to learn more about food access issues and become an advocate.

Learn more

Cooperative Fund of New England

For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.

Local & Regional Programs

Active: Nourish DC Collaborative

Nourish DC Collaborative is a public-private partnership that supports healthy food access and community development in underserved communities in DC and surrounding metro areas in Maryland and Virginia. Between 2021 and 2024, Nourish DC deployed over $16 million in financing, over $900,000 in grants, and provided over 600 businesses with technical support. Eligible food enterprises include grocery stores, food incubators, corner stores, cooperative businesses, farmers markets, food delivery businesses, urban farms, food processors, food hubs, restaurants, and caterers. This large collaborative includes lenders and business assistance from Capital Impact Partners, Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif), the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC), City First Enterprises (CFE), CDC Small Business Finance (CDC), EatsPlace, and Dreaming Out Loud (DOL), as well as grants from Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), the Bainum Foundation, The Morningstar Foundation, and Prince Charitable Trusts. 

For a full understanding of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives from advocacy to implementation, see The Food Trust’s Healthy Food Financing Handbook.