Site and Building Development Fund (SBDF) Project - Food Distribution

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development administers the Site and Building Development Fund under the Site and Building Development Act. The Act originated with Legislative Bill 388, introduced by the Nebraska State Legislature in January 2011 as part of the Talent and Innovation Initiative, a legislative package intended to advance business innovation and strengthen workforce recruitment efforts in Nebraska. LB 388 was adopted during the 102nd Nebraska Legislative Session, signed into law, became operative on October 3, 2011, and was codified at Nebraska Revised Statutes sections 81-12,144 through 81-12,151. The stated purpose of the Act is to assist in providing industrial-ready sites and buildings throughout Nebraska and create conditions favorable to the state's industrial readiness. This Site and Building Development Fund opportunity supports a specific food distribution project. Under section 81-12,147(1)(m), the Nebraska Department of Economic Development may provide a $100,000 grant to a nonprofit organization for building rehabilitation for purposes of food distribution. The qualifying project must be located in a Nebraska county with a population of more than 100,000 and less than 300,000 inhabitants, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census. The opportunity therefore combines an organizational eligibility requirement, a specified building rehabilitation purpose, and a county population requirement. Grant assistance is provided on a reimbursement basis. The Site and Building Development Act also requires the grantee to provide a match equal to 100 percent of the amount of assistance provided. For the $100,000 grant available through this opportunity, the required match is therefore $100,000. The source explains that the grantee will need to expend at least $200,000 in eligible expenses toward the approved project before receiving the $100,000 grant reimbursement. This consists of the $100,000 match requirement plus $100,000 in expenses to be reimbursed with grant funds. The supplied opportunity information does not identify additional funding tiers, indirect cost provisions, subaward limits, or a separate period of performance. Eligibility is limited by the opportunity description to a nonprofit organization undertaking the specified building rehabilitation for food distribution in a qualifying Nebraska county. The qualifying county must have more than 100,000 but fewer than 300,000 inhabitants under the applicable federal census count. Although the portal labels the eligibility type as Public, the substantive opportunity description specifically states that the grant is to a nonprofit organization. No additional eligible organization categories are identified in the supplied source material. Applications for this opportunity opened on August 24, 2026, at 8:00 AM CDT and close on September 11, 2026, at 11:55 PM CDT. The application is associated with Nebraska's AmpliFund opportunity system, and the supplied public opportunity page provides the application opportunity and a downloadable application print endpoint. Program guidelines are referenced at https://opportunity.nebraska.gov/programs/business/sbdf/, while general and program-specific AmpliFund user guides and videos are available at https://opportunity.nebraska.gov/amplifund/. No letter of intent, concept paper, notice of intent, pre-proposal, or other pre-application gating deadline is identified in the supplied information. No evaluation criteria, award notification date, or performance-period dates are stated. Questions concerning the opportunity may be directed to Benjamin Goins, Attorney, Incentives Division, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, 245 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 002, Lincoln, NE 68521. His email address is benjamin.goins@nebraska.gov and his office telephone number is 402-471-0822. The supplied materials identify the opportunity as an application for fiscal year 2026-2027 but do not state that the funding opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring schedule. Accordingly, no future cycle is projected from the supplied information.

Confirm nonprofit eligibility and the qualifying county population requirement before applying; ensure the project is building rehabilitation for food distribution; plan for the reimbursement structure and 100 percent match, including at least $200,000 in eligible approved-project expenses before receipt of the $100,000 grant reimbursement