About 

The New Communities, Jubilee Justice, and Liberated Capital Food & Land Justice Fund is excited to announce a $1 million funding opportunity for Black farmers in the Southeast region of the United States who are working toward food justice. 

The Request for Proposals comes as Black farmers fight to reclaim land ownerships that have declined by over 16 million acres in the last century. Access to land and food has always been an important pillar of security and economic mobility for communities of color. However, today Black farmers make up only 1.34% of farmers in the U.S.  

The grantee partners selected as part of the Food and Land Justice Fund are building on these efforts while addressing the disparities that their communities have faced for generations. They are employing a range of strategies, from intervening directly in local food production and expanding access to fresh food for Black communities, to providing technical assistance and capacity-building support to Black farmers, to engaging in local and national advocacy efforts for Black farmer debt relief.

Project Leads & Advisory Committee

Project Leads:

Shirley Sherrod, Executive Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc, Co-Founder, New Communities, Inc.

Konda Mason, Founder and  President, Jubilee Justice

Advisory Committee:

Jessica Norwood, Founder and CEO, RUNWAY

Amber Bell, Consultant, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc.

Ife Kilimanjaro, Co-Executive Director / Managing Director, Soul Fire Farm

Mikhiela Sherrod, Program Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc.

Eligibility 

Grantee partners are organizations and/or coalitions led by Black farmers and communities in the Southeast region of the United States, which includes the states of Florida, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, and West Virginia. Other requirements include:

• Grant dollars must be paid to a U.S.-based 501c3 nonprofit organization or fiscal sponsors. Individuals are not eligible.
• Coalitions and organizations working in the field of food and/or agriculture
  with a focus on Black  community food access, advocacy, regenerative farming practices, wellness, education, policy, and supporting Black  farmers.
• Funding must be used for a charitable purpose (no direct lobbying).
• Grant awards range: approximately $5,000 – $50,000.
• Proposals will be evaluated by an advisory group of community leaders with
  expertise in the sector.

About Us

Connect

For questions about the fund and how to support it, email info@decolonizingwealth.com

For press/media, contact decolonizingwealth@sunshinesachs.com

2023 FOOD AND LAND JUSTICE FUND GRANTEE PARTNERS

• African American Agriculturalists Association – Buena Vista, GA
• BAMA Kids, Inc. – Camden, AL
• Black Farmers Hub Green Book – Raleigh, NC
• Black Mycelium Project – New Market, TN
• Dianne’s Call – Columbia, SC
• Dreaming Out Loud, Inc. – Washington, DC
• East Baker Historical Society – Newton, GA
• EcoWomanist Institute – Chicago, IL
• FarmerJawn & Friends Foundation – Philadelphia, PA
• Florida Food Policy Council – St. Petersburg, FL
• Francis Flowers & Herbs Farm LLC – Pickens, MS
• Fresh Future Farm Inc. – Charleston, SC
• FreshGreens Market – Montgomery, AL
• HABESHA, Inc. – Atlanta, GA
• Hood Huggers Foundation – Asheville, NC
• Jones Gardens – Staunton, VA
• Kentucky Black Farmers Association – Richmond, KY
• Lowcountry Action Committee – Ladson, SC
• Mankanda Ahia LLC – Indian Trail, NC
• Marquitrice L Mangham (In Her Shoes) – Villa Rica, GA
• Marshview Community Organic Farm, Inc. – St. Helena Island, SC
• Mileston Cooperative A.A.L. – Tchula, MS
• Mississippi Center for Cultural Production – Utica, MS
• New Vision Community Development Corporation – Hartsville, SC
• Pick 42 Foundation – Mullins, SC
• Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice – Tougaloo, MS
• Rural Beacon Initiative – Durham, NC
• Sharleen O. JeanBaptiste – Saint Martinville, LA
• Sol Underground – Atlanta, GA
• Southside Community Farm (Sekou Coleman) – Asheville, NC
• Sustaining Environments Through Education and Economic Development, Inc. – Ocala, FL

’21 – ’22 FOOD AND LAND JUSTICE FUND GRANTEE PARTNERS 

ROUND ONE (December 2021)

• Farms to Grow, Inc – Oakland, CA 
• Black Food Fund – Portland, OR 
• Drinking Gourd Farms – Phoenix, AZ 
• Reuben V Anderson Center for Justice – Tougaloo, MS
• East Baker Historical Society – Newton, GA 
• Dianne’s Call – Columbia, SC 
• Growing Augusta: Arts, Agriculture, & Agency – Hephzibah, GA 
• Marshview Community Organic Farm, Inc. – St. Helena Island, SC
• Come Up Project’s Gangstas to Growers – Atlanta, GA 
• The Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation – Newton, NJ
• Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund – Washington, D.C.
• Southside Action Pact – South Ozone Park, NY
• Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co – St. Louis, MO 
• Lugenia Burns Hope Center – Chicago, IL 
• I-Collective – Appleton, WI
• Soul Food Project – Indianapolis, IN 

ROUND TWO (April 2022)

• Burundians Iowans Association, Inc. – Des Moines, IA 
• Medicine Bowl – Green Mountain, NC
• Tierra Negra Farm at Earthseed Land Collective  – Durham, NC
• Pick 42 Foundation – Mullins, SC
• Fresh Future Farm – Charleston, SC
• The Local Farm Cooperative – Selma, AL
• Ohelaku – De Pere, WI 
• Black Oaks Center – Chicago, IL
• Solidarity Economy STL – St. Louis, MO
• Lakota Youth Development – Herrick, SD
• Jones Gardens – Staunton, VA
• Flower Hill institute – Jemez Pueblo, NM
• Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund – Detroit, MI
• Kumano | Ke Ala – Waimea, HI
• Fresh Rx Oklahoma – Tulsa, OK 
• Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute – Callaway, MN