This is a summary of state, regional and national grant opportunities related to farm to school, school gardens, hydroponics, school food and more. If you know of other grants to add to the list, please let us know!
| Name | $ | Due Date |
| MA FRESH: Supporting Grant | $5,000-$25,000 | Anticipated release 10/1/23 |
| MA FRESH: Significant Investment Grant | $50,000 | Anticipated release 10/1/23 |
| Mass Ag in the Classroom | $300-$500 | 9/1/23 |
| Fund for Teachers | Application opens 10/1/23 | |
| Kids Gardening | 12/15/23 | |
| Toshiba K-5 | Up to $5,000 | 10/1/23 |
| Toshiba 6-12: Under 5,000 | Up to $5,000 | 9/1/23 or 12/1/23 |
| Toshiba 6-12: Over $5,000 | Over $5,000 | 11/1/23 |
| Kars4Kids | $500 – $2,000 | rolling |
| The Pollination Project | Up to $1,000 | rolling |
| Fruit Tree Planting Foundation | Orchard donations | rolling |
| The Awesome Foundation | $1,000 | rolling |
| Salad Bars to Schools |
rolling |
Previous Grants:
Emerson Garden Grant
Over the next month, Emerson Collective, a social impact organization, is excited to launch a special initiative focused on funding hundreds of community gardens and school gardens around the United States, driven by a belief in and appreciation for the importance of nature for healthy individuals and the wellbeing of communities. Emerson Collective is inviting proposals from 501c3 nonprofit organizations and schools ready to build, improve, or expand community or school gardens across the U.S. Selected organizations will receive a one-time grant to transform or renovate spaces into gardens for the shared benefit of the community or school.
Nature’s Path Gardens for Good Grant
The Gardens for Good grant program supports community gardens across North America who are growing organic food and doing good in their communities. To spread the love a little further in 2021, we will award 21 garden projects with $5,000 each this year! If you are part of a non-profit garden project in the United States and are not a previous winner of this grant, we invite you to apply for the grant here.
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
The Barron Prize honors outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment. Each year, up to 20 winners each receive $10,000 to support their service work or higher education. Visit the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes’ website to find out more details.
Rooted in Justice – The Cedar Tree Foundation
Rooted in Justice is built on the recognition of the importance and undeniable right of every young person to have the ability to develop their own relationship with the environment, be it through growing food, spending time with nature, creating community green spaces, or becoming environmental stewards. Rooted in Justice also honors the power and possibilities that can arise when young people collectively work to be change-makers in their communities and environments. Rooted in Justice will support organizations, groups, collectives, and programs that work with young people between the ages of 12 to 20 in youth-led programming for communities or cultures which have historically and/or presently experienced:
This opportunity is available to community-based organizations or groups with a 501(c)3 status or secured fiscal agent, located in Connecticut, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia. Organizations of any size or stage of development can apply but preference may be given to organizations or programs with a budget of $500,000 or smaller and/or that are majority-led by people who identify as BIPOC or of the global majority.
Voya Unsung Heroes Awards Program
This grant program supports full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective and innovative projects that improve student learning. Each year, 100 K-12 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000. Find out more here.
Gro More Good Grassroots Grant
The GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant presented by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and KidsGardening is designed to bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens to communities across the United States. Awards provide funding for the development of new and expansion of existing youth garden programs and greenspaces serving 15 or more youth. Winners will be selected based on their commitment to the maintenance and sustainability of their garden program including plans for growth and future fiscal stability. Learn more and apply here.
Since 1982, the Youth Garden Grant has supported school and youth educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life for students and their communities. In 2023, fifty programs will receive award packages consisting of a cash prize and a variety of gardening tools and supplies.
First Nations recognizes that Native food systems are important assets to Native communities. As a result, First Nations has long supported Native communities as they fortify traditional food systems, seek to increase access healthy and fresh foods, increase awareness of and involvement with where food comes from, and expand knowledge of the linkages between foods, Native cultures and/or contribute to tribal economic growth and development of entrepreneurial-related food ventures. See eligibility and the application here.
FFA (Future Farmers of America) Living to Serve Semester Grants
Living to Serve Grants provide an opportunity for FFA chapters and state FFA associations/foundations to seek funding to support various types of service projects through a competitive application process. This grant provides middle/high school FFA chapters with up to $1,200 per semester to implement a service-learning project in their community for one semester. Apply here.
Free Native Tree Seedlings Provided by National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
NWF provides free native tree seedlings to NWF partners who in turn plant them through local restoration projects or community tree giveaway events. Tree giveaway events typically involve distributing seedlings to individuals (often students) that will plant the trees and care for them at home. Visit the NWF’s website for more information. [Rolling Applications]
C&S Wholesale Grocers Victory Growers Essay Contest
The 7th annual Victory Growers essay contest is open exclusively to service members. Write a persuasive essay about how you’ve seen child hunger in your service and you could get selected for publication and win funding for your site. FoodCorps, C&S, and an external committee will work together to select one essay that we will pitch to online publications. The winner will be announced in June and will win $5,000 for their service site. Two runners-up will be featured on the FoodCorps blog and receive $1,000 each for their service site. Read last year’s winners on our blog here for inspiration!
Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grants
YSA (Youth Service America) partners with the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation to provide grants for youth-led service projects that engage young people in the fight against hunger. We are currently looking for over 100+ of the best ideas from young people about how they can help end childhood hunger in their communities. Grants of up to $1,200 are available for youth leaders ages 5-25 across the U.S. to turn their ideas into action and make an impact on the issue of childhood hunger on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) – April 17-19, 2020 – and beyond. Visit the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation website to find out more.
The Bee Grant program allows for schools and non-profit organizations to receive support for educational honey bee hives, so students can observe bees up close and learn about the vital role these pollinators play in our food system. There are four grant options:
Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF)
The work of providing food to Native communities and the work of supporting our farmers, ranchers, fishers and food champions in their work could never be more important than it is today, and it will continue to be important in the weeks, months and years ahead.
Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships
This program recognizes student innovation and youth-led solutions to fight hunger in the U.S. These young people are creating awareness and mobilizing peers in their communities to be catalysts for change. The scholarship awardees comprise a wide variety of students, ages 5 to 25, who are recognized at the national and regional level and hail from across the country. A program that recognizes students who are driving awareness and mobilizing youth to be catalysts for innovative models that provide solutions to eliminate hunger in the U.S. Scholarship winners receive a $5,000 scholarship and a $5,000 grant for their hunger-related charity. The scholarship is named for the Foundation’s founder and former president, Steve Brady, who was an unstoppable champion in the fight to end hunger.
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