Community Alliance With Family Farmers
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About Community Alliance With Family Farmers
CAFF supports family farmers and ranchers through programs, advocacy, and technical assistance to promote sustainable ecological farming, equitable market access, and resilient local food systems.
Focus Areas
Sustainable agricultureFamily farm viabilityFarm-to-school and institutional procurementEcological farming practicesOrganic transitionFood safetyUrban agriculturePolicy advocacy
Who They Fund
farmerssubrecipient organizations / pass-through partners
Funding Style
direct cash support / stipends
About Community Alliance With Family Farmers
Community Alliance With Family Farmers centers direct support for California farmers through stipends, subrecipient grants, and emergency relief. In the recent grant list, that shows up most clearly in repeated $20,000 awards to individual farms and farm businesses such as MMC Organic Farms in Salinas, Avina Organic Farms in Salinas, and Miguel Cisneros-Garcia in Soledad. The foundation also channels larger subrecipient awards to organizations working on agriculture, food systems, and related community infrastructure, including UC Regents in Los Angeles and Multiplier in San Francisco. Its public program pages point to a mix of farmer support and systems work: urban agriculture microgrants, an organic transition program, a Healthy Soils Program information page, and a small farm innovation challenge. The grant pattern reflects a funder that works across farm viability, ecological practices, and local food access, while still using straightforward one-time support for producers. The recent awards also include emergency grants to farmers, reinforcing the organization’s role in short-term response as well as programmatic support.
What Community Alliance With Family Farmers Funds
A major thread in Community Alliance With Family Farmers’ funding is direct aid to producers. Recent grants include $20,000 to Tollgate Partners in Bakersfield for stipends and grants to farmers, $20,000 to Guan Huanlun in Gilroy for the same purpose, and $20,000 to products from Paradise in Westley for the same category of support. That direct farmer assistance sits alongside grantmaking for organizational partners working on food and agriculture systems. The foundation gave $26,000 to Central CA Environmental Justice Network in Fresno, $26,000 to Central Coast Aliance United for a Sustainable Economy in Ventura, and $26,000 to Centro Binacional de Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno in Fresno. It also supports university-linked and intermediary partners, such as $60,253 to UC Regents in Los Angeles and $37,945 to Multiplier in San Francisco. Its active programs point to urban agriculture, organic transition, and healthy soils as continuing priorities.
How Community Alliance With Family Farmers Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around the middle of the range: p25 is $5,000, median is $5,375, and p75 is $10,000. The recent list also shows a recurring pattern of flat-dollar awards, especially repeated $20,000 grants to farms and farm businesses. Community Alliance With Family Farmers appears to give mostly one-time or short-term support rather than long multi-year awards, including 2024 emergency grants and 2025 stipends and subrecipient grants. The organization is classified as a regular funder and funds individuals as well as organizations. Its active microgrant and fellowship programs also indicate direct, application-style funding in California.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$959K
Total Assets
$7.2M
Total Revenue
$12.4M
Total Expenses
$7.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PAUL TOWERS
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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