The America’s Famers Grow Communities program is a singular effort seeking to give $5,000 grants to a variety of rural nonprofits, education efforts and rural initiatives in a streamlined way.
Donor Name: America’s Farmers
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/01/2022
Grant Size: $5,000
Details:
Funding Information
Farmer winners will be selected from each state for which at least one eligible entry is received from an Eligible Farmer who resides or farms in such state, and the Sponsor will award each farmer winner the right to select an eligible Charity to receive a $5,000 Grant.
Eligibility Criteria
The Program is open to Eligible Farmers.
- Farmer Eligibility – An Eligible Farmer must: 1) be 21 years of age or older at the time he or she submits a program entry and 2) be actively engaged in farming, in the continental United States, a minimum of 250 acres of one or more crops. A farmer is “actively engaged in farming” if he or she performs the work on the farm or hires and actively manages others who do so.
- Eligible Charities – In order to be eligible to receive a grant under the Program (a “Grant”), the charity selected by an entrant (a “Charity”) must be a tax-exempt public charity, meaning that the Charity must be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) or as a “unit of government” under Section 170(c)(1). Section 501(c)(3) is a section of the Internal Revenue Code that establishes criteria for tax-exempt charitable organizations. Section 170(c)(1) refers to agencies that conduct business to benefit the public at large, such as public schools, and municipalities.
- In addition to the above, a Charity must use the Grant for one of the following types of programs: FFA, 4-H, school STEM program, food & nutrition program, science outreach program, maternal child and reproductive health support program, and support program to improve public health.
- Organizations that Can Not Receive Program Grants- The Sponsor cannot fund any organization that could purchase, dispense or prescribe Bayer products, or their affiliated foundations (e.g., no hospitals, medical schools, health care providers, pharmacies, etc.). As a rule, the Program does not provide grants to: fire and EMS organizations; religious organizations; veterans organizations; political groups; fraternal organizations; or any organization that discriminates against any individual by virtue of his or her race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (real or perceived), or any characteristic protected by applicable United States federal or state law.
- Individuals Not Eligible to Participate – The following individuals are not eligible to participate in the Program: (i) officers, directors, and employees of Bayer Fund, or of any of its representatives or advertising/promotion agencies, or any of their spouses, children, or household members; (ii) officers, directors and employees, of Bayer Corporation, or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or any of their spouses, children, or household members; and (iii) officers, directors and employees of any seed dealer, or any of their spouses, children, or household members.
For more information, visit America’s Farmers.
