Grants 2024
American Friends Services Committee
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
Project: General Operations New Mexico People of the Land.
Berkshire Adventures
Great Barrington, MA
$2,500
Project: Sponsorship for Climate Adaptation Workshop.
Chef Empowerment
Gainesville, FL
$20,000
Project: General operating support for a pilot youth internship program for farm to table culinary learning.
CISA
So. Deerfield, MA
$33,333
Project: Growing Resilience Fund.
CISA
So. Deerfield, MA
$12,500
Project: To support the continued effort to provide local, sustainable food and food system infrastructure improvements and diversity in Hampden and Hampshire Counties in Massachusetts, including increasing SNAP opportunities.
The Cornucopia Project
Perterborough, NH
$5,000
Project: To support the work-study positions of the high school students at the farm.
Cultural Arts Coalition
Gainesville, FL
$6,000
Project: General operating support for the Cultural Arts Coalition Science Academy and Gardening Programs, the transport van and science bus administrative costs, and bookkeeping and payroll services.
Cultural Arts Coalition
Gainesville, FL
$7,000
Project: General operating support for the Cultural Arts Coalition transport van and science bus administrative and repair costs.
Farm to Table
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
Project: General operations.
Fibershed
San Geronimo, CA
$15,000
Project: Project: General support for continued development of regional fiber systems through co development of leadership and affilitate capacity to implement equity centered values and principles.
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
Hatfield, MA
$30,000
Project: Food Bank No Till Farm Operating Support
Forage, Inc. d/b/a Working Food
Gainesville, FL
$76,000
Project: Project: General operating support for operating expenses to cover the addition of an ED position for the first year.
Forage, Inc. d/b/a Working Food
Gainesville, FL
$35,000
Project: General operating support for operating expenses of Working Food programs.
Franklin County CDC
Greenfield, MA
$25,000
Project: To support the funding of a new Community based loan fund in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts.
Gaining Ground
Concord, MA
$10,000
Project: General Operating with focus on volunteer workforce training.
Greater Duval Neighborhood Association
Gainesville, FL
$20,000
Project: Project: General operating support for the Greater Duval Neighborhood Association administrative expenses necessary to build and expand programs for youth and seniors in the Duval Neighborhood.
Grow Food Northampton
Florence, MA
$7,500
Project: General operating support.
Health Care Without Harm
Reston, VA
$333,333
Project: Development of Food Is Medicine Northeast Food Project.
National Young Farmers Coalition
Hudson, NY
$25,000
Project: Project: General support for the Farm Bill Impact Fund fellowship program, coalition building, and general support for young farmers to address key issues of land access that protect land and conserve water, and address climate resilience.
New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association
Santa Fe, NM
$40,000
Project: General Operating grant to provide continued support for the local food producers and distributors of New Mexico’s state‐wide food
system.
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Denver, CO
$20,000
Project: General operating grant to support the healthcare and educational support that PPRM provides to its patients and the general public.
Positive Futures Network
Bainbridge Island, WA
$14,000
Project: General operating support.
Post Carbon Institute
Corvallis, OR
$10,000
Project: Project: General operating support for development of educational programming within the Resilience Institute and Community Resilience Framework for further development of educational content and communications for navigating the Great Unraveling.
Quivira Coalition
Santa Fe, NM
$15,000
Project: Project: General operating support for the Coalition’s community outreach and education efforts, their various programs including those promoting regenerative agriculture, soil carbon sequestration, and apprenticeships for new farmers, ranchers, and First Nations members.
Quivira Coalition
Santa Fe, NM
$5,000
Project: Sponsor 2024 Regenerate Conference.
Rebuilding Together North Central Florida
Gainesville, FL
$35,000
Project: General support for continued expansion of the CWC’s organizational capacity and core operations (energy surveys, energy upgrades, training, recruitment, and outreach) as they undertake an ambitious agenda implementing their Best Practices Manual, continuing research on effective energy efficiency measures and partnering with IFAS extension for county and state-wide outreach.
Sterling College
Craftsbury, VT
$10,000
Project: Project: General support for curriculum and operational expenses for initiatives of the Rian Fried Center that support agroecology, ecological thinking and action in the realm of sustainable agriculture and food systems.
Western Landowners Alliance
Denver, CO
$80,000
Project: General operating support for capacity building and the Courage to Lead Campaign.
Western Landowners Alliance
Denver, CO
$250,000
Project: Project: General operating funding to advance policies and practices that will increase the health and biological diversity of working lands across the West.
Western MA Training Consortium
Holyoke, MA
$5,000
Project: The Peoples Medicine Project Volunteer Coordinator Position.
The Lydia B. Stokes Foundation is committed to the Quaker philosophy of peace and justice. The Foundation supports building resilient, healthy communities by focusing on social and economic justice, regenerative organic agriculture, viable, healthy ecosystems, quality of life issues, development of local food systems, local energy security and peace initiatives.
This vision of interconnected Life and Living Values directs our grant making and drives our investment decisions