Lunch at the Library Summer 2027
Per-recipient award not stated for nonprofit, public agency, closing Not stated.
In one sentence
Lunch at the Library Summer 2027 does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to nonprofit, public agency in CA.
- Program pool (total)
- $3,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- Not confirmedTotal estimated available funding is $3,000,000. Expected number of awards and estimated amount per award are both listed as "Dependent" on the page, meaning the number and size of individual awards cannot be determined in advance.
- Award floor
- Not confirmed
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Not stated
- Deadline type
- fixed
- Opens
- Not stated
- Status
- Forecasted
- Eligible entities
- Nonprofit · Public Agency
- Geography
- CA
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Reimbursement
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Source wording: “Total estimated available funding is $3,000,000. Expected number of awards and estimated amount per award are both listed as "Dependent" on the page, meaning the number and size of individual awards cannot be determined in advance.”
Who can apply?
Disadvantaged Communities, Food & Nutrition, Libraries and Arts
Source field: industriesFood & Nutrition
Source field: use of fundsNot stated
Source field: applicant size limitEligible Applicants are listed as Nonprofit and Public Agency. The page categories include "Disadvantaged Communities," suggesting the program targets this population, but no specific demographic eligibility criteria are stated in the labelled fields or visible prose.
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
Listed as "Open Date: September 1, 2026" and "Anticipated Open Date: September 1, 2026". Expected award announcement is January 2027.
What can the money be used for?
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- ReimbursementRecipients spend first and are reimbursed. Plan cash flow accordingly.
- Matching funds
- NoThe labelled field states "Requires Matched Funding?: No"
Who has received this funding?
No award records yet
We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.
Common questions
Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $3,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Nonprofit, Public Agency.
- Which locations are eligible?
- CA.
- What can the funding be used for?
- Food & Nutrition, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required. The labelled field states "Requires Matched Funding?: No"
- Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?
- Reimbursement. Recipients spend first and claim the cost back, so the money has to be found before it is repaid.
The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.