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Atlas Opportunity Score 97/100
Verified August 30, 2026
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska's Rural Health Transformation Program is offering $2,234,048 in School Kitchen Modernization funding for eligible rural and frontier school food authorities, school districts and Educational Service Units. Applications are accepted through August 31, 2026 and reviewed on a rolling basis.
Required next actionSubmit immediately. Confirm the applicant is an eligible rural or frontier Nebraska school food authority, school district or Educational Service Unit; identify the kitchen facility and equipment or supplies needed to increase scratch and semi-scratch cooking and locally produced protein; provide four weeks of SY2025-26 menus for every meal type served by the facility; identify menu items that will be replaced; obtain at least three comparable price quotes for equipment purchases of $10,000 or more; complete the RFA application; and email the full package to Kayte.Partch@nebraska.gov before the August 31 deadline. Because applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, earlier submission is strategically preferable.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
Verified August 30, 2026
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska's Rural Health Transformation Program has approximately $8.344 million available to strengthen local food production, processing, aggregation and distribution for school meals. Eligible farmers, ranchers, producers, cooperatives and food suppliers may receive awards up to $150,000. Applications are due August 31, 2026.
Required next actionSubmit immediately. Confirm the applicant is an eligible local farmer, rancher, producer, cooperative or food supplier; identify the schools that will be served; document how the project will increase school access to locally produced, minimally processed foods, including proteins; define the equipment, supplies or operational costs requested; document project readiness, procurement and installation timing; complete the RFA; and email the application to Kayte.Partch@nebraska.gov before August 31. Because awards are made on a rolling basis up to $150,000 while funding remains, speed matters.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
Verified August 30, 2026
Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET)
TSET has $1.5 million available for shovel-ready construction projects that improve access to healthy food and drinking water at farmers' markets, food pantries and Oklahoma schools, with school nutrition awards up to $200,000 per year for up to two years.
Required next actionSelect the appropriate funding track, confirm the applicant and project site meet the ownership and Oklahoma brick-and-mortar requirements, verify the project is shovel-ready and publicly accessible, document need and community buy-in, calculate any required population-based match, assemble partner commitments and construction readiness materials, register in the TSET Funding Portal early, and submit before September 30 at 4:00 PM CT.
