DuPage Food Pantry Challenge grants
DuPage CountyIllinois- Detected
- Nov 10, 2026
- 4 days ago
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- Grants
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From the meeting
At its November 10, 2026 meeting, the County Board approved the DuPage Food Pantry Challenge Grant Program funded through the DuPage Sustainability Initiative. The program allocates $2,000,000 for larger-scale capital infrastructure projects that improve the county food pantry network, with a minimum request of $250,000 and a county share capped at 50% of project costs. The online portal was set to open on or about 2026-11-09 and close on 2026-12-18.
Selected projects were to be notified no later than March 1, 2027, and applicant failure to secure the grantee share by November 30, 2027 would end the county commitment.
- Meeting date
- November 10, 2026
- Agency
- DuPage County
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