Washington, DC
$5,000
Project:  Development of an implementation plan for the Horse Country Protection Program in Ocala/Marion County Florida, including creation of a purchase of development rights program for the county as part of a plan for the future of agriculture in a rapidly growing part of Florida.

Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
Project: AFSC New Mexico – The program works to create systemic change in food systems by supporting small farmers and increasing access to healthy local food in low wealth and marginalized communities across the state.

Washington, DC
$12,500
Project: General operating support.

Oakland, CA
$10,000
Project: Leadership Summit support.

Hartford, CT
$4,650
Project: Market Ventures Strategic Planning.

Hartford, CT
$10,000
Project: Develop a plan to create a culinary workforce development pathway, resulting in a local, educated culinary workforce that meets demonstrated employer needs.

So. Deerfield, MA
$12,500
Project:  Includes prototyping a new kind of technical assistance, called Guilding, that supports effective, intentional organizational interdependence for organisms (including businesses, non-profit organizations, and unincorporated endeavors) that create context for one another’s vitality. The Guilding Technical Assistance project will continue to expand the development of this creative economic work system.

So. Deerfield, MA
$6,000
Project:  Planning and execution of PV Grows Winter Forum.

So. Deerfield, MA
$25,000
Project:  Funding for the CISA 25^th anniversary year (2018) $25,000 fund drive.

So. Deerfield, MA
$12,500
Project: 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.

Fremont, CA
$12,500
Project:  Force for Good Fund.

Gainesville, FL
$12,600
Project: General support to expand an after school science program for low-income African American students, called : Growing STEAM: Supporting Science and Cultural Education with Afterschool Garden Programming to include Duval Neighborhood in addition to the George Washington Carver program.  This program will use gardening to make third and fourth grade science come alive, while also weaving in culture, history, and healthy nutrition.

Gainesville, FL
$18,500
Project:  General operating support for the Growing STEAM: Supporting Science and Cultural Education with After School Gardening program, to expand two youth garden/after school science programs for underserved African American students; the George Washington Carver and the Greater Duval Neighborhood programs, weaving in culture, history and healthy nutrition and including support for field trips  and program enhancements.

Lexington, KY
$5,000
Project:   Development of an implementation plan for the Horse Country Protection Program in Ocala/Marion County Florida, including creation of a purchase of development rights program for the county as part of a plan for the future of agriculture in a rapidly growing part of Florida.

San Geronimo, CA
$4,000
Project:  General support for the 2017 Fibershed Wool and Fine Fiber Symposium, providing education to the general public about textile systems and their impact on human, ocean and soil health.

Gainesville, FL
$10,000
Project:  General support for Forage’s program, the Southern Heritage Seed Collective for organizational capacity building to continue building a southern network for seed-saving including office management, educational materials as the Seed Library expands their programs and develop seed protocols.

Gainesville, FL
$115,000
Project:  General operating support for Phase 2 project coordination of a Community Food Center called Working Food, for initial operating expenses, location development and community outreach.

Greenfield, MA
$25,000
Project: Support a new Community based loan fund in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts.

Gainesville, FL
$5,000
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.

Florence, MA
$10,000
Project: General operating support.

Ghent, NY
$25,000
Project:  General operating support.

Hartford, CT
20,000
Project:   KNOX and Connecticut Science Center continue to partner to provide Hartford Public School students hands-on gardening skills within an integrated science curriculum.

Hudson, NY
$10,000
Project:  General support for organization capacity building to better educate and  support young farmers in how to gain access to land, develop better technical and business support,  and implement regenerative agriculture methods that protect land and conserve water.

Bainbridge Island, WA
$15,000
Project: General operating support.

Corvallis, OR
$8,000
Project:  General operating support for development of educational programming within the Resilience Institute and Community Resilience Framework to assist individuals and communities to build the relationships, skills, resources and capacities necessary to deal with the ecological, economic, energy and equity challenges we all face today.

Santa Fe, NM
$18,000
Project:  General operating funding to support ongoing programs for outreach, education, and on-line and technical operations.

Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
Project:   General operating funding to support ongoing programs for outreach, education, and on-line and technical operations.

Bainbridge Island, WA
$50,000
Project:   Runway Project Oakland is a collaboration designed to launch an innovative Friends and Family Loan Program specifically for African-American entrepreneurs in Oakland, CA. This program will develop a certificate of deposit that backs a loan product investing in very early stage African-American entrepreneurs, while also mentoring them.

Gainesville, FL
$14,000
Project:   General support for further expansion of Community Weatherization Community’s organizational capacity, including retaining a full time coordinator, who would be responsible for developing additional community partnerships, organizing home audits and auditor training, scheduling regular audit trainings, and working with the CWC Board of Directors to further the organization’s goals of improving home weatherization and energy efficiency for low-income households through education, volunteer work projects, and community building.

Gainesville, FL
$16,000
Project:   General support for further expansion of Community Weatherization Community’s organizational capacity, including retaining a full time coordinator, who would be responsible for developing additional community partnerships, organizing home audits and auditor training, scheduling regular audit trainings, and working with the CWC Board of Directors to further the organization’s goals of improving home weatherization and energy efficiency for low-income households through education, volunteer work projects, and community building.

Craftsbury, VT
$24,500
Project:  General support for curriculum and operational expenses for development of the Wendell Berry Farming Program.

New York, NY
$4,000
Project:   General operating support for co-authoring a biography about innovative rancher Gabe Brown, and his journey into Regenerative Agriculture, called : Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture.

New York, NY
$8,000
Project:   General support for the Innovators In Regenerative Agriculture Book Series, to tell the stories of innovative leaders representing a diverse cross-section of the regenerative agriculture movement, both topically and geographically.

Boston, MA
$10,000
Project:   Gardening the Community general support develop sustainable local food system in Springfield, MA with community and youth leadership.

Boston, MA
$6,500
Project:   Walnut Street Farm Stand construction support.

Northampton, MA
$12,500
Project:   Kitchen Table Advisors General Operating Support.

Berkeley, CA
$6,000
Project:   The Growing Health Collaborative.

Sante Fe, NM
$18,000
Project:   General operating expenses including operation fees, and the advancement of conservation and stewardship practices and policies for public and private workings land in Western North America.