dollars distributed
funded organizations focused on growing food
gardens across America
When people are denied fresh food, they lose more than nourishment—they lose the power to shape their own food future. Big Green believes that growing food changes lives, and the people closest to the challenges are also closest to the solutions. We put decision-making and resources directly in the hands of local leaders, funding what works and growing change from the ground up.
Cynthia Burris didn’t set out to become a gardener, but after losing her husband to chronic illness, she knew something had to change. Her church, Grant Community African Methodist Episcopal Church in San Antonio, offered her a way forward: through gardening. Led by Pastor Linda Bryant and Presiding Elder Raymond Bryant, the San Antonio Millions Gardens Project helped Cynthia—and her community—reclaim health through their own hands. This is more than gardening. It’s food as medicine.
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Bobby and Derravia Rich founded Black Seeds Urban Farms in Memphis, Tennessee as a direct response to the lack of fresh, healthy food in their community. When they first discovered their plot of land, it had sat abandoned on the city’s blight list for more than thirty years. Today, Black Seeds is transforming that once-forgotten space into a thriving hub where neighbors can learn the value of food, its connection to health, and the power of growing together.
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Big Green took its work on the road in 2024 with the debut of the Big Green Bus Tour, “Grow Together.” The tour brought communities together around the power of growing food, with gatherings co-hosted by Big Green partners at farmers markets, festivals, churches, and community gardens across San Antonio, Memphis, New York City, Atlanta, Savannah, and Minneapolis—amplifying the voices of the communities and change-makers at the heart of the food justice movement.
Watch VideoWe are a grassroots nonprofit organization working toward food sovereignty and food justice in the Four Corners through equitable food access, workshops, participatory opportunities and values-based food procurement. We operate a free market-style grocery, community gardens, a teaching garden for Indigenous and...
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Meet the leaders and organizations transforming local food systems across the country. Spanning 104 cities in 36 states, these visionaries are growing food, power, and possibility. Learn their stories, explore their impact, and see what community-led change looks like.
Hood Huggers Foundation restores the regenerative well-being of historically marginalized communities through the arts, environment, and social enterprise. We envision a culture of sustainability that builds pathw...
Teaching people how to lead healthy and sustainable lives through growing food. -5 programs -USDA recognized Garden Based Learning curriculum -1/2 acre micro-farm -20 acres of land stewarded -70 schools, churches,...
HEY!’s mission is to inspire, motivate, and mobilize young people to take action that changes their world. Helping Empower Youth (HEY!) exists to prove that a young person’s zip code should not determine t...
Outer Haven is a nonprofit rooted in mentorship, agriculture, and outdoor education, creating spaces where young people and families learn to grow food, build resilience, and connect with nature. Through school ga...
The Brownsville Wellness Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating healthy food and lifestyles in the Rio Grande Valley. We make a difference by expanding access to fresh, local food, providin...
Founded in 2009, Hip Hop is Green is a nonprofit that promotes holistic wellness and transforms urban communities environmentally with the global power of Hip Hop culture. The goal: Every city should have spaces t...
Urban Growers Collective is a Black- and women-led non-profit farm in Chicago, Illinois working to build a more just and equitable local food system. Our approach trains and educates the next generation of farmers...
Black Lives Veggies is a community-driven initiative that promotes food justice and sustainability by empowering Black communities through urban agriculture. It focuses on increasing access to fresh, locally grown...
813 Hood Garden Space is an educational community garden in Tampa that nourishes the Mind, Body and Soul. Our core programs provide individuals, families and groups with pathways to learn how to grow food with eac...
Hood Huggers Foundation restores the regenerative well-being of historically marginalized communities through the arts, environment, and social enterprise. We envision a culture of sustainability that builds pathw...
See Grantee ProfileTeaching people how to lead healthy and sustainable lives through growing food. -5 programs -USDA recognized Garden Based Learning curriculum -1/2 acre micro-farm -20 acres of land stewarded -70 schools, churches,...
See Grantee ProfileHEY!’s mission is to inspire, motivate, and mobilize young people to take action that changes their world. Helping Empower Youth (HEY!) exists to prove that a young person’s zip code should not determine t...
See Grantee ProfileOuter Haven is a nonprofit rooted in mentorship, agriculture, and outdoor education, creating spaces where young people and families learn to grow food, build resilience, and connect with nature. Through school ga...
See Grantee ProfileThe Brownsville Wellness Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating healthy food and lifestyles in the Rio Grande Valley. We make a difference by expanding access to fresh, local food, providin...
See Grantee ProfileFounded in 2009, Hip Hop is Green is a nonprofit that promotes holistic wellness and transforms urban communities environmentally with the global power of Hip Hop culture. The goal: Every city should have spaces t...
See Grantee ProfileUrban Growers Collective is a Black- and women-led non-profit farm in Chicago, Illinois working to build a more just and equitable local food system. Our approach trains and educates the next generation of farmers...
See Grantee ProfileBlack Lives Veggies is a community-driven initiative that promotes food justice and sustainability by empowering Black communities through urban agriculture. It focuses on increasing access to fresh, locally grown...
See Grantee Profile813 Hood Garden Space is an educational community garden in Tampa that nourishes the Mind, Body and Soul. Our core programs provide individuals, families and groups with pathways to learn how to grow food with eac...
See Grantee ProfileWe believe connected communities can do impactful work and we believe our health is our wealth. We intentionally pursued funding to make our community garden accessible to mobility challenged people so that they c...
See Grantee ProfileGood Neighbor Settlement House is a nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals and families experiencing poverty and homelessness. We provide food, shelter, clothing, and supportive programs that promote dignity, ...
See Grantee ProfileWe reclaim our cultural roots and amplify them through sustainability, art, and rebellion to heal and empower our neighborhood. -Urban Forestry -Water Harvesting -Urban Agriculture -Community Compost Program -Goat...
See Grantee ProfileWe are a nonprofit farm working to make fresh, local produce accessible to all. We provide year-round food access programs to low-income, food-insecure neighbors in 20 cities and towns across Essex County, Massach...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to create transformative opportunities for the community to experience the arts through vibrant cultural events, with an emphasis on education that enriches lives, strengthens identity, and elevates...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is opening doors to new possibilities by strengthening children and families and improving communities. Our vision is we envision a supportive community where all children and families are safe, health...
See Grantee ProfileHappily Natural transforms the built environment for food justice and climate resiliency. We steward gardens and farms across Central Virginia. We train beginning farmers in how to design, install and steward smal...
See Grantee ProfileSentli’s mission is to reconnect the people to the land and local food system. We strive to increase the affordability and accessibility of nutrient dense sustainably grown food for our communities and ensure th...
See Grantee ProfileTransforming lives and strengthening our community by creating meaningful opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities through innovative vocational training, sustainable agriculture, and community enga...
See Grantee ProfileHealthy Day Partners designs and supports sustainable food growing programs that empower food-and-nutrition-insecure individuals and communities to take action against local hunger and climate change. Our Key Prog...
See Grantee ProfileOur Mission is to advance food justice and community well-being in areas impacted by food apartheid in the Denver Metro area. We grow food, redistribute food and work in the food justice advocacy space. Kaizen has...
See Grantee ProfileWe are a grassroots nonprofit organization working toward food sovereignty and food justice in the Four Corners through equitable food access, workshops, participatory opportunities and values-based food procureme...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to provide our students the opportunity to learn how to grow their own food from seeds and to teach them how to use this food to make simple nutritious meals to help foster healthy eating habits. We...
See Grantee ProfileIskashitaa Refugee Network helps refugees integrate into their new home using innovative food-focused programs Our Harvest Program gleans up to 75,000 lbs of food each year from backyards, farms and orchards. Our ...
See Grantee ProfileMother Carr’s Farm Mission: To create a sustainable farm that connects our community with the environment through fresh local produce, education and economic empowerment. Mother Carr’s Farm in Lynwood, IL prov...
See Grantee ProfileAs connectors and catalysts, we cultivate edible schoolyard gardens that serve as hubs for community learning, connection and resilience in historically marginalized neighborhoods. We offer garden-based educationa...
See Grantee ProfileOur organization strengthens communities by providing programs, apprenticeships, and partnerships that equip participants with practical skills, cultural knowledge, and workforce readiness. Our programs provide ha...
See Grantee ProfileOur vision: A resilient local food ecosystem where farmers are valued, land is honored, and nutritious food is affordable and accessible to all. The Lab supports farmers & entrepreneurs along the local food su...
See Grantee ProfileThe mission of Stein Learning Gardens at St. Sabina is to deliver high quality garden education and community programs that create positive learning experiences, encourage healthy lifestyle choices, and increase c...
See Grantee ProfileA collaborative nonprofit working to reduce barriers to gardening as a way to fight food insecurity, improve mental and physical health outcomes, and minimize the burden of increasing food prices. By providing peo...
See Grantee ProfileLed by formerly incarcerated and system-impacted people, Land Together partners with individuals in prison and reentry to restore connections to self, community, and the natural world. We cultivate food gardens, o...
See Grantee ProfileThe mission of Manna is to provide, in the spirit of faith and love, nourishing meals and supportive services in an atmosphere of acceptance and caring for those days. Manna’s holistic resource center brings tog...
See Grantee ProfileThrough the knowledge shared from Elder Marika Alvarado, Of the Earth Institute of Indigenous Cultures and Teachings works to empower people to grow medicinal plants and herbs that can be used in their homes and i...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to cultivate joyful connections with the natural world through outdoor learning and edible education! PEAS fosters exploration and awakens a sense of wonder through its educational programs. The org...
See Grantee ProfileKeres Children’s Learning Center (KCLC) strives to reclaim our children’s education and honor our heritage by using a comprehensive cultural and academic curriculum to assist families in nurturing Keres-speaki...
See Grantee ProfileThe Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank engages the community to provide for the emergency needs of food, shelter and well-being. We offer 7 food programs, a limited financial assistance program, and educational opport...
See Grantee ProfileSustainable Food Center works to transform the food system to nourish our health, land, and livelihood. We envision a just, equitable, and regenerative food system where people and the environment thrive. For five...
See Grantee ProfileMission statement of West Broad Street YMCA: To Provide economic empowerment to help end generational poverty for members of our community using a holistic approach. We do this through programming, strategic partn...
See Grantee ProfileKindness Farm is a multicultural, queer-led regenerative community farm in SE Portland, cultivating the flourishing and upliftment of our communities through access to land, environmental education, and fresh, nut...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to help Metro Atlanta Worship Well and Eat Well. We work with congregations to build gardens on their land, grow food, and then distribute the food in the community where it was grown. We are buildi...
See Grantee ProfileBringing voice and empowerment to Colorado through advocacy, engagement, education, and access. Coloradans are in need of education on the things affecting them the most, access to skills, and tools to overcome th...
See Grantee ProfileFarm Alliance of Baltimore (FAB) is a nonprofit supporting urban agriculture and Baltimore’s local food system. Through education, resources, and advocacy, we empower urban growers and strengthen the city’s ne...
See Grantee ProfileFood To Power is cultivating a just and regenerative food ecosystem in greater Colorado Springs through inter-connected programming in food access, food education, food production, advocacy, and composting. Since ...
See Grantee ProfileHānai Kaiaulu is a student-led nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth through sustainability, cultural connections, and community service. We transform cardboard waste into community resources and create opportu...
See Grantee ProfileCity of Dreams mission is to help the youth living in San Francisco’s public housing communities build bright futures through mentorship and youth development. City of Dreams is a youth development nonprofit...
See Grantee ProfileSupporting neighborhood leaders and organizations to grow food, strengthen communities, and foster stewardship of the natural commons Fruitful Commons is a 501c3 nonprofit created to support neighborhood leaders a...
See Grantee ProfileWe teach youth ages 9-18 who are living in under-resourced neighborhoods how to have their first job on our farm and we grow food for families who are in need. Each year we pay (collectively) over $15,000 to youth...
See Grantee ProfileTerra BIRDS educates and empowers youth through gardening. We combine environmental stewardship, urban habitat restoration, and food production in K-12 schools and offer sustainability oriented jobs to local young...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to help end hunger and encourage kids to eat healthier. Our Urban Farm STEM Program is expanding with more STEM activities. We serve over 3,000 community members with our fresh produce. We teach ove...
See Grantee ProfileThe Healthy Earth Organization is a Southwest Florida nonprofit dedicated to inspiring environmental stewardship through hands-on education, sustainable food access, and community engagement. We create impactful p...
See Grantee ProfileWe are community organization set up to improve equity, education, employment, and equality in our communities. Awards and Recognition: 2018 My Brother’s Keeper Award 2019 Citizen of the Year 2020 Dream Big Awar...
See Grantee ProfileThrive provides training, tools and seeds to help underserved communities establish productive food gardens that combat malnutrition and generate income. We have more than 300,000 people getting nutritious food fr...
See Grantee ProfileTwiddleU’s Giving Garden is a therapeutic, community-based initiative supporting neurodiverse and Autistic children and their families through hands-on gardening and food justice programming. Our participants, p...
See Grantee ProfileWe help the community learn about traditional Haudenosaunee agricultural methods of planting, growing, harvesting, seed keeping, food preparation, food storage, tool making, and crafting. Our philosophy is that ev...
See Grantee ProfileWeeCycle’s mission is to recycle essential baby gear and match it to Colorado families in need. Our mission is twofold, to support families with infants and toddlers struggling to provide for their children, and...
See Grantee ProfileW.I.N.D.O.W. Prides itself on the diversity that we have being able to address the needs of our community. Whether it is food for the body or food for the soul. We have social driven and health driven programs tha...
See Grantee ProfileThe Youth Garden Project (YGP) is a garden-based education and community gardening nonprofit in the heart of Moab, Utah. YGP’s mission is to cultivate healthy children, families, and community through educat...
See Grantee ProfileNurturing Our Seeds is an educational, urban farm and community hub dedicated to expanding food access, empowering growers, and fostering food education in Detroit. By modeling sustainable agriculture and creating...
See Grantee ProfileGarden to Table empowers school communities with gardens and curriculum to engage all students in experiential outdoor education. Our vision is a future in which gardens are an integral part of every school, foste...
See Grantee ProfileOhe·láku is a Haudenosaunee agricultural cooperative reclaiming and revitalizing Indigenous foodways, language, and lifeways. We are carrying out our responsibilities and sharing the lessons we learn. Through co...
See Grantee ProfileSlow Food Denver, founded in 2001, is committed to the enjoyment of local food by all members of the community, seeking to create a more just and sustainable food system. We believe in good, clean, and fair food f...
See Grantee ProfileSpirit of the Sun uplifts Indigenous resilience and prosperity by honoring the wisdom of our ancestors and empowering future generations. Guided by the Seven Generations teaching, we nurture intergenerational rela...
See Grantee ProfileOn a mission to end poverty, support a self-sufficient food system, and reduce recidivism, Gangstas To Growers is building worker-owned cooperatives that offer hope and opportunities for young people in Atlanta. W...
See Grantee ProfileSprout City Farms collaborates with communities to pursue food justice by cultivating innovative, restorative, and educational farms. Our key programming includes: Healthy Food Access, Farmer Training & Commun...
See Grantee ProfileHealthy Little Havana (HLH) is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing health equity, resilience, and quality of life for residents of Little Havana. By partnering with neighbors and local organizations...
See Grantee ProfileFood Justice NW Aurora is building a multicultural, intergenerational, and intersectional movement for food justice and food sovereignty to transform our local food system in NW Aurora, CO. We strive to create a j...
See Grantee ProfileGlobal One Urban Farming is a nonprofit based in Kansas City working to end food insecurity and promote health and environmental justice through regenerative urban agriculture. We empower youth, families, and seni...
See Grantee ProfileGood Journey is a community and youth leadership development project organization working with youth and families to improve our communities together. Bustani Ya Upenda, started in 2020, is our urban youth communi...
See Grantee ProfileGrinding Stone Collective is an Indigenous-led nonprofit guided by our New ERA model: Education, Reciprocity, and Action, to revitalize ancestral food systems, restore Native lands, and strengthen community health...
See Grantee ProfileGrowing Home Inc. provides affordable, nutritious food and food education to improve community health, serving over 3,700 residents annually through our USDA-certified organic urban farms. Our mission is to foster...
See Grantee ProfileGrowing Hope fosters an equitable and sustainable local food system where all people are empowered to grow, sell, buy, prepare, and eat nourishing food. We are part of a growing movement, and you are at its roots....
See Grantee ProfileGrowing Hope Gardens is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves the tools, space, and freedom to grow their own food. We innovate by bringing resident-led gardens into affordable housing, permanent supportive ...
See Grantee ProfileHalls of Ivy Academy is a Memphis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that empowers communities through gardening, food education, and entrepreneurship. Its programs help residents grow food, build small businesses, and rec...
See Grantee ProfileHand, Heart, and Soul Project (HHSP) is a nonprofit organization committed to nurturing, celebrating, and advancing the needs of historically marginalized communities by creating equitable access to high-quality e...
See Grantee ProfileWe lead community farms in disinvested communities in Cook County. At our farms, we grow fresh, healthy, organic foods, facilitate job training and educational programs, and provide beautiful and welcoming communi...
See Grantee ProfileThe Kaufman Lab, home to Farm 2 Facts, empowers managers to stake a claim in their community’s ecological, social, and economic growth by putting them in a position to monitor and analyze market data and contrib...
See Grantee ProfileKeres Children’s Learning Center (KCLC) strives to reclaim our children’s education and honor our heritage by using a comprehensive cultural and academic curriculum to assist families in nurturing Keres-speaki...
See Grantee ProfileMake Our Day connects learning to life through hands-on education, mentorship, and real-world skill-building. In our garden classroom, we grow minds and futures while creating alternative paths to education and em...
See Grantee ProfileIn 15 years of serving Community, We have learned that building relationships is key to impact and resilience! Creating connectivity and access to growing food and it’s preparation, providing education about...
See Grantee ProfileMSTFP grows food in our six beautiful school gardens which we give away to students and the local food pantry. We teach students from PreK to 8th grade in the school gardens about food production, nutrition and re...
See Grantee ProfileNAAF’s food sovereignty work empowers the GuVo community through sustainable gardening, culturally rooted agricultural education, and reliable food distribution—ensuring families have access to healthy, locall...
See Grantee ProfileThe NWI Food Council’s mission is to cultivate a just, thriving and regenerative food system for all in NW Indiana. We believe everyone has a right to food. We envision a local food system where everyone has...
See Grantee ProfileProject Love Coalition – Growing Food, Growing Community. Empowering veterans to restore love, pride, purpose, and peace in the community through agriculture. Key Programs & Services Peace and Friendship Urb...
See Grantee ProfileMission: To serve as a catalyst for resident-led, community-rooted experiences that BUILD stronger neighborhoods; IMPROVE the neighborhood food supply chain; STIMULATE collective investment in better health; and M...
See Grantee ProfileRoots Rising’s mission is to empower youth and build community through food and farming. Our vision is to lift up teens as community changemakers and strengthen the local food system through the transformati...
See Grantee ProfileThe Siċaŋġu Food Sovereignty Initiative is a community-based effort to Indigenize our food system and build wicozani (the good way of life) for the Siċaŋġu people—now, and for future generations. Keya Wakp...
See Grantee ProfileAFLO provides meaningful employment and a welcoming community to adults with intellectual, cognitive, and developmental disabilities (IDCD), bridging the gaps in skills training at the root of the employment dispa...
See Grantee ProfileAGC cultivates mindful leaders who take action both now and in the future to positively impact their communities and the world beyond. Central to our mission is a commitment to holistic wellness and sustainability...
See Grantee ProfileThe African Education Program (AEP) was born in 2002 in the cafeteria of Radnor High School in Pennsylvania. Four sophomores decided they wanted to do a service project for students living in communities that were...
See Grantee ProfileAppetite For Change is a nonprofit that uses food as a tool to build health, wealth, and social change in North Minneapolis. We bring people together to learn, cook, eat, and grow food, creating change that lasts....
See Grantee ProfileBiG Heroes empowers young adults with disabilities through life skills, job training, and hands-on experiences like growing our own food that build confidence and purpose. By fostering inclusion, independence, and...
See Grantee ProfileWe are dedicated to transforming lives by sowing seeds of fresh food, health, and sustainable wellness in every community we serve. Increased Food Access: Grown and distributed thousands of pounds of fresh produce...
See Grantee ProfileBountiful Cities builds long-term food security through urban agriculture, education, resource sharing, and equitable food policy. We work for social justice, community resilience, and food sovereignty. We envisio...
See Grantee ProfileThe Center for Urban Transformation (CUT) was established to research and apply, where possible, ecologically sound practices to our projects and in our partnerships. The CUT is informed by the principles of envir...
See Grantee ProfileWe connect the neighborhood to urban agriculture, build lasting relationships among neighbors and learn to grow our own food together. What makes us unique is that this is a FREE service for the community. About 1...
See Grantee ProfileCultivate’s mission is to unite education, wellness,sustainability and economic vitality at the community level to drive meaningful, generational impact. Cultivate Collective operates a two-acre urban produc...
See Grantee ProfileOur vision is all people living in the Clayton county and Metro Atlanta areas have access to affordable high quality produce. We seek to accomplish this through increasing: Food Awareness Accessibility Collaborati...
See Grantee ProfileThe mission of Dream of Wild Health (DWH) is to restore health and well-being in the Native community by recovering knowledge of and access to healthy indigenous foods, medicines, and lifeways. The organization ha...
See Grantee ProfileenBloom Collective is a wellness and agriculture collective rooted in community, healing, and sustainability. We create opportunities for youth and families as well as aspiring wellness entrepreneurs to connect to...
See Grantee ProfileGrowing Food. Cultivating Faith thru Service. Nurturing Future Stewards. The Firdous Community Garden/Farm is registered with the USDA and is certified naturally grown (cng.org). We began in 2014 with just a few g...
See Grantee ProfileAt Fountain Heights Farms Cooperative, we believe in doing for each other. If someone’s hungry, we feed them. If someone’s curious, we teach them. If someone has a skill, we lift them up. That’s how communit...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to provide compassionate leadership and a comprehensive range of trauma-informed services that empower individuals and families affected by family and sexual violence. We are committed to promoting ...
See Grantee ProfileGarden 31 transforms lives and landscapes by empowering opportunity youth, using regenerative agriculture as a vehicle for change. We cultivate future farmers, entrepreneurs, and land stewards who reflect the rich...
See Grantee ProfileGardopia Gardens is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency based in the Near East of San Antonio, founded in May 2015. Effective interventions are needed to address the growing epidemic of obesity-related diseases and environ...
See Grantee ProfileOur mission is to improve access to fresh vegetables for newly arrived refugee families and their urban neighbors; feed the souls of displaced farmers through re-connection with the soil and food production; provi...
See Grantee ProfileGlobal Growers is a network of 200 farmers and local food systems leaders in Georgia who grow fresh food from many agricultural traditions. We grow fresh food for our families and to supply the local markets, and ...
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Every grantee you see listed was selected through a democratic voting process by donors and grantees alike, breaking down traditional power dynamics and modeling a innovative way forward.
Every organization funded by Big Green grows food, but purpose and impact vary. Food is the root cause of many interlocking social issues, from hunger to health, community development to environmental harm. While outcomes differ, the starting point remains the same: grow more food.
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