To support the development of farming conservation programs and policies that impact Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (BIPOC) by advancing values of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and improve water health in the Mississippi River region.
2023
Environment
$200,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To support the development of farming conservation programs and policies that improve water health in the Mississippi River region.
2023
Environment
$137,500
Center for Rural Affairs
To support healthy water and soil in the Mississippi River Basin.
2023
Environment
$440,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To promote best practices for clean energy development in conjunction with agrovoltaics (AV) in the Midwest.
2023
Environment
$150,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To support the development of farming conservation programs and policies that improve water health in the Mississippi River region.
2023
Environment
$395,300
Center for Rural Affairs
To support progress toward nutrient reduction in Iowa to improve water health in the Mississippi River region
2022
Environment
$125,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To support healthy water and soil in the Mississippi River Basin
2022
Environment
$415,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To provide technical assistance to farmers to access federal COVID-19 relief funds
2020
Environment
$215,000
Center for Rural Affairs
Support for a Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative
2020
Environment
$115,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To elevate farmers' voices and improve how state and federal conservation programs are implemented to improve water quality and reduce agricultural pollution in Iowa and surrounding states
2020
Environment
$95,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To engage in implementation of federal conservation and crop insurance policies from the 2018 Farm Bill
2020
Environment
$419,600
Center for Rural Affairs
To work with members, partners and River Citizens to advance state-level work aimed at reducing nutrient runoff in Illinois and Iowa and to orient grassroots support for Mississippi River conservation throughout the basin
2019
Environment
$325,000
Center for Rural Affairs
Sponsorship for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to advance the implementation of an agricultural policy that improves water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and to assist the foundation in tracking federal agricultural policy and funding
2019
Environment
$365,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To support work with mainstream farmers, primarily in Iowa, in support of federal and state conservation programs that provide funding for on-farm practices that improve water quality.
2018
Environment
$45,000
Center for Rural Affairs
Sponsorship for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to advance the implementation of an agricultural policy that improves water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and to assist the Foundation in tracking federal agricultural policy and funding
2018
Environment
$365,000
Center for Rural Affairs
Support for the Mississippi River Network to mobilize member organizations and River Citizens' grassroots defense of clean water policies and support for Mississippi River conservation programs
2018
Environment
$325,000
Center for Rural Affairs
To support grantee's initiative to re-grant the funds to address small research projects related to federal agricultural policy.
2017
Environment
$210,000
Center for Rural Affairs
Support for grantee's National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) to support the development of an agricultural policy that improves water quality in the Mississippi River basin and to assist in developing metrics that track federal agricultural policy and funding
2017
Environment
$340,000
Center for Rural Affairs
Support to develop grantee's capacity to work with mainstream farmers, primarily in Iowa, to support federal and state conservation programs that provide funding to farmers to use practices that improve water quality
