Public Markets

RFP: "Diversifying Public Markets and Farmers Markets"

RELEASED: October 17, 2005

DUE: November 14, 2005

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Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS) is pleased to release this Request for Pre-proposals (RFP) – "Diversifying Public Markets and Farmers Markets" – with approximately $1 million in collaborative funding from the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. This grants initiative is being undertaken in partnership with the Farmers’ Market Coalition, a program of the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA/ FMC) to support public market networks (with a specific focus on farmers markets), individual farmers markets, and state/regional farmers market associations.

The 2006 public markets grant program aims to strategically support markets, especially in low- to moderate-income communities, to become more economically sustainable and community-centered.

Download the RFP

Addendum: Canadian Eligibility for
Category One Grants

For more details on the grant program and RFP, read the transcript of the "Funding Q&A Session" at the Public Markets Conference, held on October 31st in Washington DC. Also see our list of Frequently Asked Questions.

Grants will be awarded in three categories:

  1. Public Market/Farmers Market Networks:
    Broadening Impacts & Building Sustainability

    Download the "Category 1 - Market Networks" Application


  2. Individual Markets:
    Diversifying Farmers Markets Mini-Grants

    Download the "Category 2 - Individual Markets" Application


  3. State/Regional Farmers Market Associations:
    Building Capacity to Support Local Markets

    Download the "Category 3 - State/Regional Farmers Market Associations" Application