Open Your Heart Summer Challenge 2022
Hunger Solutions is excited to announce the Summer Challenge grant opportunity in partnership with Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless. The Summer Challenge grant allows food shelves across Minnesota to participate in a fundraising challenge for a proportionally matched grant of up to $4,000.
During the month of July, food shelves leverage this opportunity to fundraise and in turn receive a proportionally matched grant award. Grant awards are based on how many food shelves participate and how much each food shelf raised in July with a minimum grant award of $150 and a maximum grant award of $4,000. This year Hunger Solutions has a total of $95,000 to distribute among participating food shelves.
Please note: the grant match is not a dollar-for-dollar match. Grant awards are a proportional match up to $4,000.
*The grant challenge is only available to Food Shelf Members of Hunger Solutions Minnesota. Click here to learn more about Hunger Solutions Membership.
Open Your Heart Summer Challenge Fundraising Report Form
We hope all food shelves participating in the OYH Summer Challenge grant had a successful month raising funds for your food shelf. Please use the following link to report your July total once the month ends and have the report completed no later than Friday, August 18. Grant awards will be distributed to participating food shelves in September.
Complete the Fundraising Report Form Here
Please only report monetary donations received from July 1 – 31. Contact Abbie Joseph at ajoseph@hungersolutions.org or 651-789-9848 with any questions or concerns.
Important Dates
June 24, 2022 – Applications to participate in the OYH Summer Challenge Grant close
End of July- August 2022 – Fundraising report form sent out and due
September 2022 – Grant awards distributed