Candid’s Foundation Directory is probably the best resource for finding grant opportunities. Individual access is pricey, but often libraries will maintain a subscription for use at their locations.

Most banks will have some kind of community philanthropy because of the Community Reinvestment Act. A lot of them are closed applications, but sometimes they’ll take unsolicited proposals. If they don’t have a relationship with your organization, they aren’t likely to give more than a few thousand dollars. The key with them, and other corporations, is giving them access to volunteer opportunities which food banks usually have in spades.

Good luck! The writing part is usually easy - it’s finding the grants that’s hard. Make sure you have easy access to the food bank’s financial records, specifically their 990 and audited financials.

It’s a real shame, because this would have been a great year to knock her out. Libby’s only got the one term under her belt and had plenty of crazy to use against her. Real missed opportunity.

Libby was running unopposed. Or at least there wasn’t anyone else on the ballot. I was definitely disappointed.