IMPORTANT FUNDING NOTES:

With widespread funding needs in the states we serve, we are hoping to widen the pool of applicants that receive funding this year. Therefore, if you received a full $10,000 grant in the past 2 years (2025 or 2024) you are NOT eligible to apply this year. If you received a partial grant you may still apply. If you questions about your eligibility, please contact nikki@persimmoncollective.org.

This grant prioritizes projects that demonstrate values around the importance of:

• Land and food justice; farm and land based operations as part of a broader food systems strategy

• Collective and cooperative agricultural organizing and practices

• Preserving tradition and agrarian cultural practices

• Regenerative agriculture or agro ecology

• Intergenerational farming communities

• Food security and community care

Funding Areas:

• Infrastructure

• Farm Labor

• Health Stipends and Restorative Health Fund

• Collective Incubation: Funding to support collective building and cooperative development

• Food Security: Filling gaps created by losses of Federal funding

Eligibility:

• Farmer of color working in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia

• Must be currently farming and for at least 2 years

• Have not received a full $10,000 Infrastructure grant in 2024 or 2025

We will not be accepting video submissions this year, but feel free to upload any supportive video documentation on the last question of the application.