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Grants for Nonprofit Organizations (Growing the Good Food Movement, Helping Farmers Thrive, Taking Action to Change the System) is sponsored by Farm Aid. Farm Aid's grantmaking focuses on enhancing the viability of family farm agriculture in the United States. They support organizations that build local and regional food systems, connect farmers with consumers, provide resources to farmers, and advocate for fair farm policies.
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Building the Movement: Farm Aid's Work You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Farm Aid is best known for our annual music, food and farm festival, but the truth is we work each and every day, year-round to build a system of agriculture that values family farmers, good food, soil and water, and strong communities.
Our work celebrates and strengthens farmers, advocates for fair farm policies, connects farmers and eaters, and brings family farm food to everyone. Read about Farm Aid's work. In addition to Farm Aid’s work throughout the year to build a thriving family farm-centered system of agriculture, Farm Aid funds family farm and rural service organizations through our annual grant program.
We view our grantees around the country as critical on-the-ground partners in the movement to keep family farmers on the land, producing good food for all. Farm Aid partners with organizations working to strengthen family farm agriculture all over America. Each year, proceeds from our annual festival and our generous community of donors are granted to nonprofit organizations.
Since our first concert in 1985, we’ve granted more than $32 million to over 300 organizations nationwide. “Farm Aid is proud to make grants to support so many good people engaged in the work of changing our food system. The real power of Farm Aid’s grants is in the network of changemakers they knit together, in cities and rural areas across this country.
” — Willie Nelson Learn more about Farm Aid’s grant program Farm Aid’s grantmaking is focused on work that enhances the viability of family farm agriculture in the United States. We issue grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations that serve family farmers in one of three funding areas: Growing the Good Food Movement Taking Action to Change the System In 2025, Farm Aid granted more than $1.
3 million dollars to our partner organizations and to family farmers recovering from emergencies and natural disasters. Meet our current grantees Breaking Bread: Lunch and Listen Breaking Bread: Lunch and Listen features stories that uplift the shared history of food and farming; organizing and resistance that’s got us to where we are now.
We pair that history with work that folks are doing presently, that will inform the future we want for each other as it relates to farming and agriculture, food, culture and rural communities. This storytelling and making our narratives public is a key and critical part of community organizing. Join our next session or check out past recordings Our Grant Quilt threads together a vibrant network of family farm organizations.
Explore it to read profiles of groups making a difference for family farmers and good food all over the country. Check out our Grant Quilt Give $100 or more to get the official Farm Aid 2026 cotton shirt, grown, made and union-printed in the USA! Check out our Resources Page
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Qualifying nonprofit organizations that serve family farmers in the United States. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Grants for Nonprofit Organizations (Growing the Good Food Movement, Helping Farmers Thrive, Taking Action to Change the System) is funded by Farm Aid. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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