Grow Grantees - Fall 2025

During the Fall 2025 Grow round, the Grassroots Fund awarded $328,800 to 97 grantee groups. The grant award process happens in partnership with community reviewers, including grant readers and the Grantmaking Committee, and is rooted in a group's alignment with the Guiding Practices. Below is a list of the groups that received funding in each state.

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Connecticut 

GROUPLOCATIONISSUE AREA
Casa OtonalNew HavenEnvironmental Health
Healing by GrowingEast HavenFood
Missions of Mercy and Grace Inc.HartfordLiving Economies
Muslim Justice CenterCentral Connecticut (Hartford, New Britain, Berlin)Living Economies
New Milford High SchoolNew MilfordEnvironmental Health
Sankofa CooperativesHartfordLiving Economies
Sustainable SouthburySouthburyFood
Youth Organizing for Social Justice (YO4SJ)Hartford (Northeast)Environmental Health

Massachusetts

GROUPLOCATIONISSUE AREA
A Home 4 EveryoneBostonLiving Economies
Alma ArcoirisRevereLiving Economies
Arts in Recovery for Youth (AIRY)PittsfieldLiving Economies
BerkShares LocalBerkshire CountyLiving Economies
Black Autism CoalitionFitchburgFood
Born Free Food pantrySpringfieldFood
Cape Ann Climate CoalitionGloucesterLiving Economies
Citizens Awareness NetworkFranklin CountyClimate Change & Energy
CLUBOH, INC. (Community Leaders United By Overcoming Hardships)SpringfieldLiving Economies
Community Coalition for Change IncEast BridgewaterLiving Economies
Corn Sister CircleMashpeeLiving Economies
Cummington Tree AllianceCummingtonLand & Water
Delta Omicron Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, IncorporatedDorchesterEnvironmental Health
Destiny African MarketRandolphFood
Don't Know Your LimitLawrenceLand & Water
Fix the GridSpringfield; Boston; West Springfield; Pittsfield; HartfordClimate Change & Energy
Greenfield Chicken CollectiveGreenfieldLiving Economies
Heart & Soil CollectivePittsfieldFood
Hull Community Garden CommitteeHullLand & Water
Indian Lake Community AssociationWorcesterFood
Indigenous Peoples NetworkLakevilleFood
Keeping Worcester WarmWorcesterFood
Lexington Climate Action Network (LexCAN)LexingtonClimate Change & Energy
Manomet Community Garden AssociationPlymouth (village of Manomet)Food
Neighborhood Grow Plan: Growing Food Secure FuturesWatertownClimate Change & Energy
New Dawn Arts CenterAshburnhamLiving Economies
Northeast Biogas InitiativeHolyokeClimate Change & Energy
Organized Youth 2025RoxburyLiving Economies
Our Open Umbrella IncNorth AttleboroLiving Economies
Pathway to Better HealthLowellFood
Project PricelessWorcesterEnvironmental Health
Recovery through InnovationIndian OrchardLiving Economies
Resilient RootsBarnstableFood
Revere Arabic communityRevereFood
Stinging Nettle Brujxs Healing CollectiveMattapanLand & Water
The Dream NetworkLawrenceLiving Economies
The New Garden SocietyBostonFood
The Outsiders Reading GroupBrocktonFood
THE POWER of THR3DorchesterLiving Economies
United Nations Community Development Corp.LynnFood
Waltham Farmers' Market, Inc.WalthamFood
What's up Worcester News IncWorcesterLiving Economies
Worcester Community Energy Action DBA: Renewable Energy Worcester (RENEW)WorcesterClimate Change & Energy
Worcester Green CorpsWorcesterLand & Water

Maine

GROUPLOCATIONISSUE AREA
Age Friendly WindhamWindhamClimate Change & Energy
Chadian/Central African CommunityLewistonFood
Community Conservation InitiativePortlandEnvironmental Health
Community Health Awareness & Natural Growth EnvironmentLewistonLiving Economies
Cumberland Culture CenterPortlandLiving Economies
Danforth Livable CommunitiesDanforthFood
Good Helper FoundationPortland, Lewiston and AuburnFood
Hewnoaks Artist ResidencyStatewideLiving Economies
Ifka Community ServicesLewistonLiving Economies
Maine FoodscapesCumberland County and York CountyFood
Maine Union ClubPortlandLiving Economies
Maine Youth Empowerment ServicesAuburn/LewistonEnvironmental Health
Our PowerPenobscot NationClimate Change & Energy
Passion For LifeStatewide (Belfast, Damariscotta, Georgetown, Scarborough, Van Buren, Unity, Edmunds TWP)Environmental Health
Peace & Justice Center of Eastern MaineBangorLiving Economies
The Mbote America Project (MAP)Westbrook, Portland, LewistonLiving Economies
United Youth Empowerment ServicesLewistonLiving Economies
Unity Center for Spiritual Growth Community LabyrinthWindhamEnvironmental Health
Women United Around the WorldPortlandLiving Economies
York Ready for Climate Action (YRCA)YorkClimate Change & Energy

New Hampshire

GROUPLOCATIONISSUE AREA
BWINH IncManchester & NashuaLiving Economies
Community Village @ The Center At Orchard HillAlsteadLiving Economies
Design Challenge NetworkFranklinEnvironmental Health
LeClair Foundation For TechnologyAreas surrounding Rochester, NH and Sanford, MEEnvironmental Health
PROJECT S.T.O.R.Y. (Supporting Talents Of Rising Youth)ConcordLiving Economies
QueerlectiveManchesterLiving Economies
The Laurels FarmSandownFood
The Whole Community Alliance for Disability EquityManchesterEnvironmental Health
The Women of the Mountains Birth (WOMB) InitiativeCoos and Northern Grafton CountiesLiving Economies
Yasamin Safarzadeh LLC Umbrella'd under Positive Street ArtNashua, ManchesterLiving Economies

Rhode Island

GROUPLOCATIONISSUE AREA
15 Minute Field TripsProvidenceEnvironmental Health
Co-op RhodyCentered in ProvidenceLiving Economies
Land & Sea Together RI c/o The Center for Mediation and Collaboration RIStatewideFood
Oakland Beach Revival SocietyWarwickLiving Economies
Pearl Street Garden CollectiveProvidenceLiving Economies
Rosa Parks Resource CenterProvidenceEnvironmental Health
Sin-cere Multiservice IncProvidenceLiving Economies
The Milagros ProjectWoonsocket, Central FallsFood
Turtle Island Community CapitalProvidenceLiving Economies

Vermont

GROUPLOCATIONISSUE AREA
Edible BrattleboroBrattleboroFood
Franklin Watershed Committee, Inc.FranklinLand & Water
Headwaters Community TrustCraftsburyLiving Economies
Ludlow Farmers MarketLudlowFood
V2V ConnectionsDanvilleLiving Economies
Waterways StageSmall towns in Chittenden, Addison and Lamoille CountyEnvironmental Health

Primary issue area:

  • Climate Change & Energy
  • Food
  • Environmental Health
  • Land & Water
  • Living Economies