The following groups have started region-specific funding initiatives. Please contact them directly to learn more about their work and funding priorities.

The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
With a mission to maximize the impact of philanthropic giving on community life through a growing network of diverse, informed and effective grantmakers.
       Contact: Rebecca Ruggles - rebeccaruggles@verizon.net

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network
Crafted by grantmakers for grantmakers, the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network is a goal-oriented organization that fosters opportunities to work together on shared interests in Bay and watershed restoration issues and activities.
       Contact: Amy Burdette - aburdette.cbfn@cbtrust.org

Cooperative Funds of New England

Food Funders Affinity Group
A funder affinity group of Delaware Valley Grantmakers that convenes several times a year to learn about key issues facing the food system.
       Contact: Gerry Wang - gwang@williampennfoundation.org
                    Duane Perry - rduaneperry@gmail.com

Fresh Taste Initiative
Fresh Taste is a partnership born of learning, sharing, and the recognition of common interests by a group of foundations and the City of Chicago.
       Contact: Karen Lehman - karenl@cct.org

Harvest Fund
The Harvest Fund at Maine Initiatives provides grants to Maine organizations working for the development and well-being of natural and human resources through sustainable agriculture and food systems practices and policies that are environmentally sound, humane, economically viable and socially just.

New England Food System Funders (NEFSF)
NEFSF is an informal group of grantmakers who are slowly creating a learning network to support more localized, sustainable food systems that shorten the distance from field to fork, strengthen local economies, promote ecological health and provide for the nutritional and social needs of community members.
       Contact: Kolu Zigbi - kolu@igc.org
       Nate Berry - nwberry@srcfoundation.org

The Vermont Community Foundation
They help build and manage charitable funds created by individuals, families, groups, organizations, and institutions to improve the quality of life in Vermont.
       Contact: Ryan Torres - rtorres@vermontcf.org

Roots of Change
Roots of Change (ROC) is a collaboration of community, nonprofit, philanthropic, government, and business organizations that are unified by strategy and collaborate in pursuit of a sustainable food system in California by 2030.
       Contact: Michael Dimock - michael@rocfund.org

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