{"id":406,"date":"2024-05-22T18:13:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=406"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:39:34","slug":"funding-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/funding-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunities for Care Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Discover funding opportunities for care farms across the United States, including grants, loans, and community support initiatives designed to help your farm grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fundraising.png\" alt=\"image of many words around fundraising (charity\/donation\/money)\" class=\"wp-image-3147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fundraising.png 468w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fundraising-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fundraising-240x180.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newventureadvisors.net\/good-food-funding-guide\/?utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jGffYUCh5OP1VgSCWy9fqFW-vSH5VJ25xBignVSFhs2drGuVdgztUXIb82QoRIGwVL20BZb2EZbmWYDEybjaWoOFGZ5W9TYvqZRywEg---Ut9_4w&amp;_hsmi=349543759&amp;utm_content=349543759&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Food Funding Guide<\/a> <\/strong>is published by New Venture Advisors, and lists grants, loans, and equity for businesses and programs promoting sustainable food and agriculture and local economies. It is arranged alphabetically into four sections: Government Grants, Private Grants, Loans, and Equity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community Food Funders (CFF) is a philanthropic organizing project that provides information, resources, and networking opportunities for funders in the <strong>NY-NJ-CT region.<\/strong>&nbsp; They publish the<a href=\"https:\/\/communityfoodfunders.org\/foodfunders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <strong>Community Food Funder Directory<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chronicle of Philanthropy<\/a> <\/strong>subscription (paid) offers full access to GrantStation\u2019s extensive and regularly updated information about private and government funds that can help your organization advance its mission. (includes private grant makers, international grant makers, federal deadlines for grants, and state funding agencies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theefa.org\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Educational Foundation of America<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fconline.foundationcenter.org\/#subscribe\">Candid<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Foundation Directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedof.org\/\">Disability Opportunity Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/growingspaces.com\/gardening-grants\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Growing Spaces: Regularly updated links to funding opportunities<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomefoundation.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Awesome Foundation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/farmvetco.org\/fvfellowship\/\">Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kubotausa.com\/hometown-proud\/coming-soon\">Kubota Community Revitalization Grant Program<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grassrootsfund.org\/grant-programs\/seed-grants\">SeedGrants- Grassroots funding<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/category\/beginning-minority-farmers\/\"><strong>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/about\/impact\/labs\/financingagriculture\"><strong>Kiva Microloans<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfra.org\/\"><strong>Center for Rural Affairs<\/strong><\/a>-Includes lending resources and farm startup support&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beginningfarmers.org\/\"><strong>Beginning Farmer.org<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Farm startup and lending resources galore!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Through the USDA\u2019s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) farmers and ranchers can apply for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sare.org\/grants\/\"> <strong>grants<\/strong> <\/a>that typically run between $500 and $15,000 for various projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sare.org\/grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SARE<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>(Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers competitive grants to fund research and education projects that advance sustainable agricultural practices in the United States.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3147,"template":"","tags":[85],"topic":[59,58],"class_list":["post-406","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aspiring-farmers","topic-financials-and-funding","topic-getting-started"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Funding Opportunities for Care Farms - Care Farming Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/funding-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funding Opportunities for Care Farms - Care Farming Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover funding opportunities for care farms across the United States, including grants, loans, and community support initiatives designed to help your farm grow. 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