{"id":366,"date":"2026-11-09T16:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/?page_id=366"},"modified":"2026-11-10T18:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:21:29","slug":"366-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/index.php\/366-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFCC&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFCC&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mural-in-the-Garden_small.jpg&#8221; auto=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<p><span>\u201cAmerica is not a pile of goods\u2026 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.\u201d \u2015 Eleanor Roosevelt<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cows_small.jpg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<p><span>\u201cEcological agriculture allows us to make peace with the earth, soil and the society.\u201d \u2015 Vandana Shiva<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bee.jpg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<p><span>The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, \u2026 you cannot separate the land from the water, or the people from the land. \u2015 Lynn Noel<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Yellowshirt.jpg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<p><span>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. \u2015 Slow Money Principle III.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ladies.jpg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<p><span>\u201cWhen 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. \u2026\u201d \u2015 The Land Institute<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6_small.jpg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<p><span>\u201cThe 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.&#8221; \u2015 Wendell Berry<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Features&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFCC&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Grants 2026&#8243; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|800|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Alachua County&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/chefempowerment.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$110,000<br \/><strong>Project:<\/strong> Providing funding for a solar array to be installed on an Alachua County building in order to generate long term utility savings, and, funding the initiation and maintenance of a community investment fund that will use those savings to assist citizens in energy burdened neighborhoods with weatherization and energy efficiency.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;American Friends Services Committee&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/afsc.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Philadelphia, PA<br \/>$10,000<br \/><strong>Project:<\/strong> For the People of the Land program of the American Friends Service Committee.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Chef Empowerment&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/chefempowerment.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$8,865.04<br \/><strong>Project: <\/strong> General operating support for the youth seed to table internship program for farm to table culinary learning and expansion of garden beds.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Chef Empowerment&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/chefempowerment.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$34,650<br \/><strong>Project: <\/strong>General operating support for emergency food assistance by providing prepared meals to families who have lost SNAP funding. This includes purchase of a Shrunk Tunnel to safely wrap and label meals for distribution.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Chef Empowerment&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/chefempowerment.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$14,456.94<br \/><strong>Project:\u00a0 <\/strong>General operating support for expansion of Chef Empowerment Auxiliary Farm, due diligence and equipment purchase.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Chef Empowerment&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/chefempowerment.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$90,350<br \/><strong>Project:\u00a0 <\/strong>General operating support for summer cooking program for Greater Duval Summer Sling. Part time media coordinator, and purchase of the mobile kitchen food trailer<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Cultural Arts Coalition&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.culturalartscoalition.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$25,000<br \/><strong>Project: <\/strong> General operating support for the Cultural Arts Coalition bookkeeping and payroll services.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Farm to Table&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/farmtotablenm.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Santa Fe, NM<br \/>$20,000<br \/><strong>Project:<\/strong> General Operating Grant to help build a local, healthy, equitable and sustainable food system throughout the state of New Mexico.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Forage, Inc. d\/b\/a Working Food&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/workingfood.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$5,000<br \/><strong>Project:\u00a0 <\/strong> General operating support for expansion of emergency fresh food distribution efforts by purchasing refrigerators, bins and a storage shed.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Forage, Inc. d\/b\/a Working Food&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/workingfood.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$35,000<br \/><strong>Project:\u00a0 <\/strong>General operating support for operating expenses and Reserve Fund.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Forage, Inc. d\/b\/a Working Food&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/workingfood.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$70,000<br \/><strong>Project:\u00a0 <\/strong>General operating support for operating expenses of Working Food programs.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Forage, Inc. d\/b\/a Working Food&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/workingfood.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Gainesville, FL<br \/>$7,000<br \/><strong>Project:\u00a0 <\/strong>General support for Working Food to coordinate a field-based learning trip for three partner organizations in order to further develop a collaborative planning initiative that will inform the development of a shared, multi-partner farm campus.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Franklin County CDC&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.fccdc.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png&#8221; 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