Agricultural Reinvestment Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Other requirements
- Beginning farmers
- Socially disadvantaged farmers
- Farmers in historically tobacco-dependent communities
- Collaborative groups of farmers
Overview
A competitive grant program providing cost-share grants to farmer-led projects in North Carolina. Originally called the Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund when initiated in 1997.
Focus Areas:
- Innovation in farm enterprises
- Enterprise development
- Sustainable and profitable family farm businesses
- Transition from tobacco and other traditional commodities to other sustainable enterprises
Eligibility:
- Beginning farmers
- Socially disadvantaged farmers
- Farmers in historically tobacco-dependent communities
- Collaborative groups of farmers
Geographic Scope: North Carolina
Impact: Over 500 farmers and collaborative groups have been helped over the program's history. In 2016, the program awarded grants to 25 farmer-led projects in its 19th year of operation.
Historical Results: The related Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund created over 4,100 jobs and $733 million in economic benefits by investing $3.6 million in farmers (generating $205 of economic activity per dollar invested).
Funding Source: Supported by the NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
Contact:
- Phone: 919.542.1396
- Farmer Hotline: 866.586.6746
- Mail: P.O. Box 640, Pittsboro, NC 27312
- Office: 120 Mosaic Blvd, Suite 25, Pittsboro, NC 27312
What Rural Advancement Foundation Internation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 43
- Total given
- $820K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $4,250–$245K
- By dollars: Puerto Rico 38%, North Carolina 20%, U.S. Virgin Islands 13%. Top recipient cities: Greensburg, LA; Zionville, NC; Orocovis, PR.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 83% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Alliance for Agriculture · Orocovis, PR
Provide land, capital, and market support to farmers
$245K
Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition Inc · Kingshill, VI
Provide land, capital, and market support to farmers
$107K
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO
Collect stories from farmers and those working in the food system
$44K
La Cosecha CSA · Albuquerque, NM
Collect stories from farmers and those working in the food system
$32K
Fiticas El Fideicomiso De Tierras Comunitarias Para La Agricultura Sostenib · San Juan, PR
Provide land, capital, and market support to farmers
$27K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Agriculture
- Small businesses
- Minority businesses
- Workforce development
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