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
Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support an internship within Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust (ASFT's) Fisheries Workforce Development/Crew Training Program with projects including hosting a series of workshops and a mentorship program for entry-level and emerging fishermen
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2026 Active
Seed Savers Exchange
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support a hands-on internship focused on the science of regenerating and securing rare food crops, advancing the preservation of genetic diversity essential to climate-resilient agriculture
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2026 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
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
Lift All Boats
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Lift All Boats Program
- $30,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts (AIM) Program, offering wraparound support, training, and hands-on experiences for early and prospective career aquaculturists
- $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
Nc State Center For Environmental Farming Systems
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Registered Agricultural Apprenticeship Program coordinated by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Pie Ranch
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Regenerator Program at Cascade Ranch and Youth Corps
- $90,000
- 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