Farm Aid grant program
Grants to organizations serving family farmers, explicitly including farm advocates, legal support, mental health services, hotlines, and emergency assistance — a rare direct source for rural agricultural behavioural health work.
- Indicative award
- $5k–$10k (total award)The page states grants "average between $5,000 and $10,000, with some higher amounts awarded to organizations working on larger scale issues." This is an average range, not a published ceiling.
- Timing
- By invitationBy invitation · Nov, DecNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Invited organizations typically receive applications in summer; funds are usually awarded near the end of the calendar year (November-December), with a final report due the following February.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations only; individual farmers cannot receive grants for farm operations. End-of-year grantmaking is by invitation only, so an existing relationship with Farm Aid is the practical gate.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- farmer mental health · farm crisis hotlines · farm advocacy · food systems
- Apply at
- https://www.farmaid.org/grants/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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