Community Project Grants

Why?

Grow communities whose main goal is to develop Open Food Facts’ projects and its usages.

What ?

A grant to support regular & long-term actions to promote the Open Food Facts project.

Some examples :

• Create an active Open Food Facts community in your country.
• Support the activity of a group of persons promoting Open Food Facts to a specific public
• Organize regular activities around data collection (with various public: students…)

What do we fund?

Here are some examples of expenses that can be part of your budget:

• logistic expenses: travel, meals, supplies (flyers, refreshments, t-shirts, etc.)
• service expenses: graphic design, legal advices, etc.

Amount and distribution

Up to 2000€, depending on the project’s ambition/ potential/ needs.

Distribution to be discussed during the application.

Who can apply

• Individuals (adult)
• Organization with legal existence
• From any country

How to apply

• Describe your project: what you plan to do, why you need funding, goals, links etc.
• Make a detailed budget proposal.

Applying dates

Deadline for applications: 28 janvier 2024

Announcement of selection: 16 février 2024

Duration of your project

Commitment to 1 year, with possible renewal of the grant for the following year.

Timeline

• Application via a form (on Cryptpad)
• Response from Open Food Facts team.
• An initial call to get to know you & the project.
• Project is accepted or not.
• Project is carried out. A call is organised monthly with the Open Food Facts team to catch up.
• Project is completed.
• A report is presented on what was made possible during the year, pain points, successes and any other feedback.
• Project is presented to the community during the Open Food Facts Days 2024.
• Another grant may be asked & may/may not be accepted.
• Reimbursement of costs upon receipt of receipts (within 2 weeks).

Reporting/accountability

• Regular meet-up to catch up with a member of the permanent team
• You must provide invoices: it must show amount, date (optionally name).
• A final report of the project, with photos when possible.
• A presentation of the project to the Open Food Facts community members at the annual reunion.

Support from Open Food Facts

• Open Food Facts team is always there to help to the best of their ability (skill or time-wise).

• A plethora of tools, communication kits, resources to feed the project you want to carry out.

Selection criteria

Note: We reserve the right not to select any project if it does not meet our criteria. And meeting all the criteria doesn’t mean a project will be selected, it all depends on the number of applications.

• The project aims to promote the work of Open Food Facts. (Not to promote another service / organisation with the same funding.)
• It is in line with Open Food Facts vision, mission & values.
• It shows a potential to be sustainable or/and replicable.
• The contents/data/methodologies produced during your project are published as they happen, under licences compatible with Open Food Facts’ ones.

SEE ALSO: "How to Help" page that describes the volunteering process at Open Food Facts.