“America is not a pile of goods… America is a dream of greater justice and opportunity for the average man and, if we can not obtain it, all our other achievements amount to nothing.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Ecological agriculture allows us to make peace with the earth, soil and the society.” ― Vandana Shiva

The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, … you cannot separate the land from the water, or the people from the land. ― Lynn Noel

The 21st Century will be the era of nurture capital, built around principles of carrying capacity, care of the commons, sense of place and non-violence. ― Slow Money Principle III.

“When people, land, and community are as one, all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three are exploited. …” ― The Land Institute

“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life.” ― Wendell Berry

Grants 2022

American Friends Services Committee

Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
Project: New Mexico People of the Land Program.

Cultural Arts Coalition

Gainesville, FL
$22,000
Project: Administrative support.

Cultural Arts Coalition

Gainesville, FL
$8,000
Project: General operating support for the Cultural Arts Coalition capacity building for bookkeeping, payroll and administrative staff training and services.

Cultural Arts Coalition

Gainesville, FL
$17,000
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.

CISA

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.

Fibershed

San Geronimo, CA
$10,000
Project: General support for continued development of the Climate Beneficial Agriculture Program to implement shifts in producer practices and land management, focused on soil health.

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
$35,000
Project: General operating support for operating expenses, next stage capacity building, staffing, collaborations, and community outreach that will provide the resources and support to bring people together to grow, cook, develop value added products, educate, share and advocate for healthy, local food for all. By locating a seed collective, kitchen incubator, youth education, and community event space under one roof, the Center will catalyze and accelerate the creation of a comprehensive local food system

Forage, Inc. d/b/a Working Food

Gainesville, FL
$4,600
Project: Chef Empowerment’s Food Science Lab (FSL) is a food arts and sciences discovery lab, where creative minds from all ages can come together to connect and embrace delicious food broken down to a science— food that is integral to the nourishment and health of our bodies and the community.

FSL will empower young people to take control of their wellness through fun, hands-on, multi-disciplinary food arts and sciences discovery labs: Young Chef’s Cooking Class, Youthfully Delicious Meal Prep Program and The Food Science Café

The reach in coolers will be used in all three of our youth programs. They are an important piece of equipment for both food safety, and for the youth to learn to manage the multiple steps of restaurant meal preparation.

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
$12,000
Project: General Operating with focus on sharing the data accomplished through the farm’s farming methods and hosting a new farm outreach event.

Greater Duval Neighborhood Association

Gainesville, FL
$3,000
Project: Support for three countywide convening events to inform and attract membership in the newly forming Community Development Corporation, and to identify and recruit Board members to launch the CDC early in 2022.

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.

Grow Food Northampton

Florence, MA
$7,500
Project: General Operating Support and Valley Grows Infrastructure Event

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.

LEAF

Boston, MA
$10,000
Project: General Operating Support

Main Street Project d/b/a Sharing Our Roots Farm

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 to address key issues and implement regenerative agriculture methods that protect land and conserve water, and address climate resilience.

New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association

Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
Project: General Operating grant to support the NM food system of food producers and local distributors across the state of New Mexico.

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 for further development of educational content and communications for navigating the Great Unraveling.

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 sustainable agriculture and food systems.

Growing the Community/Third Sector New England, Inc.

Springfield, MA
$5,000
Project: Through general support develop sustainable local food system in Springfield, MA with community and youth leadership.

UNH Foundation

Durham, NH
$5,000
Project: Support the inclusive process of developing briefs around racial equity to update the New England Food Vision plan.

Vermont Wilderness School

Brattleboro, VT
$10,000
Project: General operating support.

Western Landowners Alliance

Sante Fe, NM
$160,000
Project: General Operating grant to support land stewardship practices addressing climate change, land, water, and soil management, and biodiversity loss, as well as to support the WLA 10 year anniversary fundraiser campaign.

Western Landowners Alliance

Sante Fe, NM
$15,000
Project: General Operating grant to support land stewardship practices addressing climate change, land, water, and soil management, and biodiversity loss, as well as to support the WLA 10 year anniversary fundraiser campaign.

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