Food Bank applicants must be a member of the Feeding America program, or a food distribution organization that provides a fully rigorous vetting process throughout their entire hierarchical chain.
Grant amounts will vary depending on the number of participating pantries and the estimated total amount of dog-food to be distributed during the year. These grants are distributed directly to each individual participating food bank on a continuing annual basis.
These funds must be used solely to offset the permitted shared-maintenance cost for dog-food that pantries would otherwise have to pay the food bank.
Participating food banks must have an existing organizational structure and product sourcing program in place for procuring and distributing donated and salvage dog-food.
Grant funds are only to be used for dog-food received from your own internal product sourcing and not for direct purchases of dog food.
The Jazzy’s Place grant program is available to all Food Banks and pantries that do not have an existing financial sponsor or benefactor providing for dog-food.
The Caplan Bensley Foundation provides funds for participating Food Banks to put on account
to offset the shared-maintenance costs associated with providing dog-food to their participating network of member pantries.
Funds must be used solely for the purpose of offsetting the shared-maintenance cost otherwise incurred by the food pantry in providing salvage or donated dog food to their member clients.
Interested food banks can sign-up for the program by completing the Food Bank Application form. After submitting an application, food banks will receive a personalized Pantry Application Form from the CBF. Food banks will then send this form to all their pantries for those interested in participating, to complete and return to the food bank.
Once food banks receive all Pantry Applications and have completed their Pantries Information Summary form, they assemble, scan and email as an single PDF to Grants@Caplan-Bensley.org
For renewal, a Year-End Summary form is sent as a to the participating food banks to report the amount of dog food distributed to pantries using the Jazzy’s Place grant.
To renew annually, Food Banks awarded grants, are a sent a Year End Summary reminder to list the amount of dog-food attributable to and procured by the their participating pantries and the associated shared maintenance costs. The CBF uses this information to determine grant amounts for the following year.Every third year, an Updated Summary form is sent that allows food banks to include new pantries in order to reflect current food bank participation.
All reports are handled and processed entirely by email and online. Grant awards are based on the quantity of dog food distributed to their participating food pantries.
Grant funds are administered through a pooled account to offset shared maintenance costs, that would otherwise be incurred, when eligible pantries place orders for donated or salvage dog-food received from your own product-sourcing efforts.
After pantries are enrolled, there is no further paperwork needed to participate, and agencies will be continuously enrolled unless they decide to withdraw.