Grants
The Foundation makes grants that support its broad interest areas of field-based science, art and craft, teaching, and protection of the natural world.
Active
American Heart Association
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support early-career fellows in exploring the intersections of food systems, health, culture and equity through engagement with the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI)
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Berea College
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support Grow Appalachia in hosting a series of workshops or a mentorship program for early growers and beginning farmers
- $75,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Chicago Botanic Garden
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support Windy City Harvest's Apprenticeship & Farm Incubator program, which provides hands-on training in sustainable urban agriculture for early-career participants
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Dillard University
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Dillard University Food Pantry Healthy Corner Internship Program
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Earth Matter Ny
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support Urban Soils Institute to provide students with hands-on opportunities in building and restoring ecosystem-based food systems for food sovereignty
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Mountain Roots Food Project
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the NextGen|ReGen Beginning Farmer Training Program
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Movement Alliance Project
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support Fishadelphia to host college students interns to engage with real world food systems work
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Spelman College
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To engage students in food and regenerative farming practices that reflect and preserve culture and heritage
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
The Land Institute
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Summer Research Assistant Program, offering hands-on learning in perennial agriculture for early-career participants
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the AQUANAUTS program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
The U C Davis Foundation
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Plant, Environmental and Agroecology Sciences (PEAS) Fellowship for undergraduate students, creating more inclusive pathways for research
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
University of California Berkeley Foundation
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the HBCU-Berkeley Environmental Scholars for Change Program with a focus on hands-on food research
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
University of Idaho Foundation
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center's summer internship program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Berea College
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support Grow Appalachia's hands-on learning with experienced farmers for new and beginning farmers aspiring to start their own farms
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2024
Calypso Farm and Ecology Center
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Community Roots Program, an urban agriculture training program for teens and young adults
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
Earth Island Institute
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support a Food Shift internship(s) focused on maximizing food use for the community through food recovery
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
Friends of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support Fishadelphia’s after-school program for high school students to learn about sustainable seafood
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2024
Friends of Zenger Farm
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Beginning Farmer Apprenticeship Program
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
Ho’okua’ina
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support seasonal interns in spending 10 weeks on the farm to gain hands-on experience learning ancient Hawaiian traditional methods of farming, important cultural lessons and life skills
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
Inquiring Systems Inc.
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support CoFED's Just Leader Fellowship program
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
Island Institute
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Lift All Boats Program
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
La Cocina
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Incubator Program
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2024 Active
Pie Ranch
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Regenerator Program at Cascade Ranch and YouthCorp
- $30,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2024
Prime Produce Limited
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate student research in food systems via Urban Soils Institute, a partner of GROW Externships
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2024
Slow Food Usa
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support travel/lodging of Slow Food USA members and leaders to hands-on learning experiences
about food systems
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2024