The FruitGuys Community Fund is accepting applications to back small farms in their efforts for greater environmental and economic health, community engagement, and advocacy that supports sustainable agriculture.
Donor Name: The FruitGuys Community Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:Â 01/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Preferences for 2024
Projects are scored on their impact to help farms operate more sustainably as well as strengthen community, including but not limited to:
- Water Conservation (for example, drip irrigation & rainwater catchment)
- Natural Pest Control (for example, owl or bat boxes)
- Pollination (for example, beehives & pollinator hedgerows)
- Soil Health (for example, cover crops & minimizing tillage)
- Energy Efficiency (for example, renewable energy options like solar, geothermal & wind)
- Heirlooms (for example, not using GMO seed, saving heirloom seeds, using heritage varieties)
- Increase Low-Income Consumers’ Access to food (for example, expanding free or low-cost CSA shares)
- Equity, Community Building & Education (for example, sustainability education for new farmers, students, refugees, etc.)
- Support beginning and under-represented farmers including BIPOC and women
Funding Information
Grant awards are up to $5,000 maximum.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. Farms only are eligible to apply
- Applicant is an owner/operator of the farm or has long-term, legal access to the land. Note: If farming on leased land, a letter of support from the landowner specifying length of the lease agreement must be provided with the grant application.
- 501(c)(3) agricultural nonprofits are also encouraged to apply. Note: You will be required to upload 501(c)(3) document as well as a complete list of board of directors.
- The applicant farm must be an established working farm with at least 2 years in operation.
- It welcomes farms to re-apply for the same project or a different one if you have not been funded in an earlier grant cycle
- Farm is small to medium-sized as determined by acreage in agricultural production. Farms with more than 300 acres in agricultural production are ineligible to apply.
Foundation Will Not Fund
- Farms located outside of the U.S.
- Non soil-based farming operations (i.e. hydroponic/aquaponic growing systems)
- Land purchases
- Project costs associated with labor
- Consultants or administrative costs
- Requests that are dependent upon receiving funding from a larger gran
- General marketing costs
- Foundation not currently considering applications from farms that have already received a FGCF grant
For more information, visit The FruitGuys Community Fund.