Grants 2021
American Friends Services Committee
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
Project: New Mexico People of the Land Program.
Cultural Arts Coalition
Gainesville, FL
$22,000
Project: Science Academy and Gardening Program.
CISA
So. Deerfield, MA
$10,000
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.
Fibershed
San Geronimo, CA
$10,000
Project: General support for continued development and dissemination of a fiber and natural dye systems financial literacy and business planning training designed to empower Fibershed Producers with basic business, strategic planning, marketing and financial skills applicable to fiber economy businesses at any stage in development or tenure. Courses will be delivered primarily online through live webinars, with recordings and materials available after the fact, including a suite of practical tools and one on one consulting.
Forage, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$50,000
Project: General operating support grant for Working Food, a Community Food Center, for operations and capacity building.
Forage, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$5,000
Project: Meat Co-Operative.
Franklin County CDC
Greenfield, MA
$25,000
Project: The Pioneer Valley Grows Investment Fund (PVGIF) provides financing and technical
assistance to farm and food businesses through community investments to create more
vibrant farm and food businesses, more local jobs, and more access to healthy food in
the Pioneer Valley.
Friends of Little Orange Creek, Inc.
Hawthorne, FL
$12,000
Project: Creekside Environmental Education for Kids (CrEEK) Program.
Gaining Ground
Concord, MA
$10,000
Project: General Operating with focus on sharing the data accomplished through the farm’s farming methods.
Greater Duval Neighborhood Association
Gainesville, FL
$2,500
Project:
Greater Duval Neighborhood Association
Gainesville, FL
$14,000
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, especially the Summer Sling youth career program.
Grow Food Northampton
Florence, MA
$7,500
Project: General Operating Support and Valley Grows Infrastructure.
Healthcare Without Harm
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
Project: Further development of the New England Food Processors Collective.
Holistic Management International
Albuquerque, NM
$8,000
Project: General Operating Funding to broadly support ongoing dialogue and collaboration with the Quivira Coalition and other non-profits working to improve the health of soil, ecosystems, and food nutrition in New Mexico.
Main Street Project
Northfield, MN
$8,000
Project: Support formation of a solidarity group loan fund that will support beginning and immigrant producers with operating loans to either individually or collectively raise poultry under a regenerative model.
National Young Farmers Coalition
Hudson, NY
$10,000
Project: General support for organization capacity building and strategic planning to better educate policymakers, 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, and address climate resilience.
New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association
Santa Fe, NM
$18,000
Project: General operating expense to strengthen the New Mexico food system by supporting R&D programs for food producers, as well as outreach and education for food consumers and health clinics.
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Denver, CO
$10,000
Project: General operating grant to cover the online and in-clinic services that PPRMNM provides to its patients regarding their reproductive healthcare needs and requirements.
Positive Futures Network
Bainbridge Island, WA
$14,000
Project: General operating support.
Post Carbon Institute
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.
Quivira Coalition
Santa Fe, NM
$15,000
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.
Rebuilding Together North Central Florida
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
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: General support for curriculum and operational expenses for initiatives of the Rian Fried Center to develop Sterling’s small grains production and partner with the Abenaki-Dawnland Heritage Seed Garden to preserve, document, and disseminate heritage landrace seeds.
Third Sector New England, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000
Project: Gardening the Community general support develop sustainable local food system in Springfield, MA with community and youth leadership.
Vermont Wilderness School
Brattleboro, VT
$5,000
Project: General operating support.
Western Landowners Alliance
Sante Fe, NM
$15,000
Project: General operating funding to advance policies and practices that will increase the health and biological diversity of working lands across the West.
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