ICCD Agriculture Small Grant Program – Pennsylvania

The Indiana County Conservation District is requesting applications for its Agriculture Small Grant Program.

Donor Name: Indiana County Conservation District

State: Pennsylvania

County: Cambria County (PA), Indiana County (PA)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/30/2025

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

This grant program is made possible through the generous contributions of sponsorships, donations, and participants for the annual Thank a Farmer Dash 5k, 10k, and Family Fun Walk as well as other community driven charitable contributions. The mission is to provide financial support to small farmers in Indiana and Cambria Counties for business plan development that focuses on sustainable farming models, including providing match funding for sustainable farming projects and the development of conservation best management practices.

Funding Information

Grants shall not exceed a total of $1,500 for any project.

Grant Period

Grants are to be completed within one year from the executed date of the grant agreement.

Eligible Use of Funds

Funds can be used to cover any of the following associated costs:

• Equipment, supplies, and materials necessary for implementing parts of a business plan.
• Construction activities associated with business, manure, nutrient Ag E&S, or conservation plans.
• Engineering Services including design and inspection costs.
• Professional Services including services such as business plan writing consultants, conservation, manure, nutrient, or Ag E&S plan writing consultants, land surveying, preparation of bid documents, construction inspections, archaeological surveys, PNDI surveys, etc.

Eligible Projects 

• High Priority Projects:
  • Developing business plans using sustainable farming models
  • Implementing components of an existing farm business plan
  • Purchasing equipment or supplies and materials associated with an existing farm business plan
  • Marketing projects associated with a farm business plan
• Low to Medicum Priority Projects (when requesting funding for these items, priority will be given to projects or costs that cannot be covered through other existing funding opportunities like ACAP, PACD Plan Reimbursement Program, Conservation Excellence Grant, NRCS Equip, etc.):
  • Covering conservation planning costs associated with manure, nutrient, or agricultural erosion and sedimentation plans.
  • Covering costs associated with implementing conservation best management practices associated with a conservation, manure, nutrient, agricultural erosion and sedimentation plan.

Eligibility Criteria

Any agricultural producer or landowner where agricultural activities are occurring in Indiana and Cambria Counties.

For more information, visit ICCD.