Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems.

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New Member Promotion—Deadline April 15
Call for Board Nominations
Host a 2024 Screening of Our Film, Digging In
Climate Change and Agriculture Resources

Featured Work

New Member Promotion—Deadline April 15
Call for Board Nominations
Host a 2024 Screening of Our Film, Digging In
Climate Change and Agriculture Resources

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Health Funders Learning Community

April 25, 2024
Last fall SAFSF connected a handful of health funders in our membership for a group call; that call led to a desire for a regular, designated space…

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Strategic Planning Kick Off for Members | In The Kitchen Call

May 3, 2024
Curious about the future of SAFSF? We invite you to join us as we start this strategic planning journey. As a SAFSF member, you uniquely understand the…

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Small Funders Learning Community

May 7, 2024
Building Grantee Relationships as a Small Funder How do you find grantmaking opportunities as a small funder? How do you build relationships with a limited capacity and…

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SAFSF On The Road @ MIE in Los Angeles

May 8, 2024
SAFSF is On The Road Again and bringing the network together in Los Angeles. If you are in town for Mission Impact Exchange (MIE) National Conference (or…

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Health Funders Learning Community
April 25, 2024
Last fall SAFSF connected a handful of health funders in our membership for a group call; that call led to a desire for a regular, designated space…

Learn More ›

Strategic Planning Kick Off for Members | In The Kitchen Call
May 3, 2024
Curious about the future of SAFSF? We invite you to join us as we start this strategic planning journey. As a SAFSF member, you uniquely understand the…

Learn More ›

Small Funders Learning Community
May 7, 2024
Building Grantee Relationships as a Small Funder How do you find grantmaking opportunities as a small funder? How do you build relationships with a limited capacity and…

Learn More ›

SAFSF On The Road @ MIE in Los Angeles
May 8, 2024
SAFSF is On The Road Again and bringing the network together in Los Angeles. If you are in town for Mission Impact Exchange (MIE) National Conference (or…

Learn More ›

Recent News

SAFSF On the Road: California Gathering Recap

As we reflect on the first SAFSF On the Road event, “Opportunities and Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture,” we can’t help but feel grateful for the time, energy, and perspectives that everyone brought to the convening. Nestled near the Embarcadero, during the Spring Equinox, we gathered with 37 funders interested in regenerative agriculture in California and beyond. Together we explored strategies for accelerating philanthropic and investment funding of regenerative agriculture.  Our purpose for the gathering was to learn from one another, surface curiosities and calls to action, and explore opportunities for alignment and collaboration. We sought to uncover alignments and misalignments among funders around a topic that generates both enthusiasm and suspicion. A few of our colleagues…

Funding for a Better Farm Bill Has Been Sparse and Inconsistent. Is That Changing?—Inside Philanthropy

This week, Inside Philanthropy published an article about shifts in philanthropy to support sustained grassroots organizing and advocacy on the Farm Bill, the massive piece of federal legislation that governs agricultural markets and nutrition benefits. Advocates point to the need for more sustained engagement in between reauthorization periods every 5 years. For example, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition encourages funders to give “flexibility regarding advancing policy change, and [have] a greater recognition of the fact that we’re living and working in really complicated times,” With increased flexibility from funders organizations can “be responsive to opportunities when they arise, like the IRA.”  Funders are beginning to approach Farm Bill advocacy with…

Making a SHOT for Real Agriculture Change via Federal Ag Funding

By Maria Doerr, Program Officer, Rural Climate Partnership The SAFSF Member Policy in Action highlights SAFSF members who are funding food and agriculture policy advocacy at the federal, state, tribal, and/or local levels. Please fill out this Google Form or email Maggie Mascarenhas if you are interested in your policy work being featured. There is *more federal funding available today than ever before* to advance climate and equity outcomes in our agriculture system. Yet without timely, focused investments from philanthropy, these funds are more likely to benefit practices with marginal climate benefits, go to the most established and conventional producers, and continue greenwashing status-quo efforts backed by Big Ag. Agriculture…

Call for 2024 Board Nominations

Interested in stewardship of Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders? We are accepting nominations for our Board of Directors until April 15!  We are looking to fill up to four (4) positions for three-year terms beginning on July 1, 2024. The open seats for 2024 must be filled by candidates whose organizations are members of SAFSF or have a pending membership application as of April 15, 2024. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to bring your perspective, expertise, and energy to the work of SAFSF! The Board seeks candidates reflecting diversity across gender, race/ethnicity, culture, geography, life experience, professional skills, issue areas, and funder type and size. At this…