Farmland Forever Fund
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- Surveys
- Appraisals
- Environmental assessments
- Baseline documentation reports
Overview
Geographic Scope: All regions of North Carolina
Purpose: Grant program to help pay for transaction costs incurred when working farms are conserved
Eligible Expenses:
- Surveys
- Appraisals
- Environmental assessments
- Baseline documentation reports
- Legal fees
- Closing costs
- Staff time
- Future monitoring, stewardship, and legal defense expenses
Eligible Applicants: Local land trusts across North Carolina working on farmland conservation
What Conservation Trust for North Carolina actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 5
- Total given
- $85K
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $6,954–$20K
- By dollars: North Carolina 100%. Top recipient cities: Morganton, NC; Tarboro, NC; Hendersonville, NC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Foothills Conservancy of NC · Morganton, NC
Assistance with transaction costs and land acquisition costs on land with high…
$20K
Freedom Org · Tarboro, NC
Assistance with transaction costs and land acquisition costs on land with high…
$20K
Conserving Carolinas · Hendersonville, NC
Assistance with transaction costs and land acquisition costs on land with high…
$20K
Blue Ridge Conservancy · Blowing Rock, NC
Assistance with transaction costs and land acquisition costs on land with high…
$18K
Mainspring Conservation Trust · Franklin, NC
Assistance with transaction costs and land acquisition costs on land with high…
$6,954
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Land conservation
- Agriculture
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