Our grant program focuses on supporting organizations that share our mission of making real food accessible for all
Each year we focus our giving strategy around an annual theme. This year, our grants will be awarded to organizations that are supporting the next generation of farmers.
Grants In Action
Through foundation grants, our partners at The International Rescue Committee established the MicroProducer Academy to support refugees and students with ties to the land.
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Does your organization sound like a match for our grant program? Complete our grant inquiry form to get in touch.
Past Grants
Since the creation of the foundation in 2011, we have contributed nearly $5 million to like-minded organizations committed to cultivating a better world through food. Learn more about some of our past grantees and the impact we’ve made below.
International Rescue Committee
FOCUS
Agriculture
International Rescue Committee
Each year, the International Rescue Committee helps thousands of refugees who have been granted sanctuary in the United States to rebuild their lives. As part of the IRC’s broader resettlement efforts, the New Roots program enables refugees who have agrarian backgrounds and farming expertise to reestablish their ties to the land, celebrate their heritage, and nourish themselves and their neighbors by planting strong roots—literally—in their new communities.
FoodCorps
FOCUS
Education
FoodCorps
FoodCorps is the leading national service organization working to provide a healthier future for our nation's kids. FoodCorps leaders serve in high-need schools, delivering hands-on gardening and cooking lessons, making changes in the cafeteria that improve meal offerings and steering students toward smart choices. Building on this foundation of direct impact, FoodCorps develops its leaders, forges networks, and pursues policy reforms that have the potential to improve our nation's 100,000 public schools.
Ecology Center
FOCUS
Education
Ecology Center
The Ecology Center believes everyone should have access to the tools, knowledge, and skills that promote healthy communities in the 21st century. They design spaces that inspire interaction with our ecosystem and transform our relationship with each other. The Ecology Center believes in a culture that gives more than it takes and models creative solutions for thriving on planet earth.
The PCC Farmland Trust
FOCUS
Agriculture
The PCC Farmland Trust
The PCC Farmland Trust is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) land trust working to protect and steward threatened farmland in Washington. We aim to keep land in production by making it accessible to future generations of farmers.
Big Green
FOCUS
Agriculture
Big Green
Big Green builds Learning Gardens at scale—at least 100 in any given community. To bring their Learning Gardens and education programming to 50,000+ students is to create a much larger change in a region, ensuring that it chooses and values real food over processed, benefiting the community in the long term. They currently reach over 300,000 students around the country each day and look forward to a future where every child has the opportunity to connect to real food right in their schools and communities.
Grant Inquiry
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