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AgSouth Awards Nearly $200,000 in Grants to Local Community Organizations

AgSouth Farm Credit recently awarded 43 grants totaling nearly $200,000 to local non-profit organizations for the 2024-2025 Growing Our Communities Grant program.

AgSouth Awards Nearly $200,000 in Grants with Growing Our Communities Grant Program

STATESVILLE, NC – AgSouth Farm Credit recently awarded 43 grants totaling nearly $200,000 to local non-profit organizations for the 2024-2025 Growing Our Communities Grant program. The grant recipients were selected from 187 grant applications received across Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. 

“Our Growing Our Communities Grant is another way that AgSouth Farm Credit strives to enhance agriculture and rural communities in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.” said Vance Dalton, CEO, AgSouth Farm Credit, “These grants help provide project funding for many great organizations across our territory.”

2024-2025 Grant Recipients:

GEORGIA:

  • City of Douglas Fire Department - Douglas, Georgia
  • Coweta County Extension/4H - Newnan, Georgia
  • Evans County Community Center, Inc. - Claxton, Georgia
  • Global Growers Network Inc. - Conyers, Georgia
  • Hunger Has No Color - Atlanta, Georgia
  • Kennedy Pond Conservancy Inc. - Statesboro, Georgia
  • Main Street Millen - Millen, Georgia
  • Midway Elementary School - Blackshear, Georgia
  • Oconee Farmers Market - Watkinsville, Georgia
  • Screven County 4-H - Sylvania, Georgia
  • Sharon Elementary School PTO - Loganville, Georgia
  • Statesboro Farmers Market - Statesboro, Georgia
  • Tattnall County Young Farmers - Reidsville, Georgia

NORTH CAROLINA:

  • Alamance Community College - Graham, North Carolina
  • Alleghany High School - SPARTA, North Carolina
  • Appalachian State University - BOONE, North Carolina
  • Caswell County Local Food Council - Yanceyville, North Carolina
  • Charlotte Mecklenburg Food Policy Council - Cornelius, North Carolina
  • Cleveland County Emergency Medical Services - Shelby, North Carolina
  • Dig In! Yancey Community Garden - Burnsville, North Carolina
  • East Henderson FFA - Flat Rock, North Carolina
  • Farm School on Wheels - HAMPTONVILLE, North Carolina
  • Hayesville High School FFA - Hayesville, North Carolina
  • Haywood's Historic Farmers Market - Waynesville, North Carolina
  • Howards Creek Fire Department - Lincolnton, North Carolina
  • Neighbors in Ministry, Inc. - Brevard, North Carolina
  • Richmond County Beekeeping Association - Ellerbe, North Carolina
  • Spirit Horse Ranch Rescue and Education Inc - Asheboro, North Carolina
  • Sugar Hill Montford Cove Fire Department - Marion, North Carolina
  • Vashti Fire-Rescue, Inc. - Taylorsville, North Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA:

  • Agricultural Museum of South Carolina - Pendleton, South Carolina
  • Axis 1 Center of Barnwell dba Barnwell Farmers Market - Barnwell, South Carolina
  • Caw Caw Vfd - St Matthews, South Carolina
  • Dorchester County Fire Rescue - St George, South Carolina
  • Equine Rescue of Aiken - Aiken, South Carolina
  • Landrum Farmers Market - Landrum, South Carolina
  • Lowcountry Street Grocery - Charleston, South Carolina
  • Newberry Middle School - Newberry, South Carolina
  • Operation Patriots FOB - Ridgeland, South Carolina
  • Orangeburg County Fair Association - Orangeburg, South Carolina
  • RobinHood Group - Union, South Carolina
  • The FARM Center- Oconee - Seneca, South Carolina
  • Westminster Catawba Christian School - Rock Hill, South Carolina

More detailed descriptions of the organizations and the projects they are using the funds for can be found at https://www.agsouthfc.com/outreach/community-support/agsouth-growing-our-communities-grant. 

The AgSouth Growing Our Communities Grant operates on an application-based grant system. Non-profit organizations may apply for up to $5,000 per year to help in their endeavors to promote agriculture, as well as stimulate their local agricultural economy. Grant applications will be accepted from April 1 to June 30, 2025. Project proposals will be reviewed and grants will be awarded in the fourth quarter of 2025. To qualify for a grant, non-profit organizations must be located within the 147 counties and geographic area where AgSouth Farm Credit conducts business. For more information and to apply, please https://www.agsouthfc.com/outreach/community-support/agsouth-growing-our-communities-grant 

About AgSouth:
AgSouth Farm Credit provides loans for land, equipment, and production agriculture; crop insurance; leasing; and home mortgages. The Association serves counties in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and is headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina. AgSouth is an equal housing lender and an equal opportunity provider.