Soil Health Stewards Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofits
Overview
American Farmland Trust's national Soil Health Stewards Program provides small grants to agricultural land trusts and public Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs that, in exchange, develop and report on a multi-year action plan advancing soil-health work on permanently protected farmland.
How to Apply
Land trusts and PACE/agency programs participate by committing to a multi-year soil-health action plan and progress reporting. See farmland.org/soil-health-stewards-program.
What American Farmland Trust actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 119
- Total given
- $4.14M
- Median grant
- $19K
- Range
- $5,331–$1M
- By dollars: Texas 27%, New York 11%, Maine 8%. Top recipient cities: Ithaca, NY; Durham, NC; Corvallis, OR.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Indigo Ag Inc · Dallas, TX
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$1M
University of Maine · Orono, ME
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$200K
Cornell University - Small Farms Program · Ithaca, NY
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$160K
Baranski Hammer & ASSOCIATES2 · Galena, IL
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$111K
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$102K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Agriculture
- Land conservation
- Nonprofits
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