by many.Who we are
are closest toits solution.So we fund them —gardeners,
teachers, cooksand neighbours
with flexible grants,tools and time.01
Unrestricted grants that trust local leaders to spend where it matters most.
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Five-year partnerships, not one-off cheques. Roots need seasons.
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Every grant panel includes residents from the community it serves.
What we fund
How a grant grows
Every grant moves through five seasons. Keep scrolling to walk one through — from a kitchen-table idea to something that outlasts us all.
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Spring
It starts at a kitchen table — a seed library, a warm meal, a roof that needs fixing.
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Early summer
No 40-page applications. We visit, listen and shape the plan together.
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High summer
Flexible grants land within six weeks, with tools, training and a mentor attached.
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Autumn
Neighbours recruit neighbours. The project finds its own rhythm and roots.
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Every season after
Five years on, 92% of projects are still running — most without us.
Scroll to grow
Our impact
1,240
projects funded
Neighbour-led, from seed libraries to roof repairs.
38
neighbourhoods
Across four regions — and growing every spring.
2009
the first seed
$48M
granted directly
Flexible money in the hands of local leaders.
92%
still thriving
Projects still running five years after their first grant.
Grantee since 2019
Eastside Seed Library
Voices from the ground
“Hedgerow didn't hand us a cheque and disappear. They pulled up a chair — then they pulled up weeds with us.”
Grantee since 2021
Northgate Reading Circle
Voices from the ground
“We asked for books. They asked what the kids actually wanted to read — then helped us build the shelves.”
Grantee since 2020
Riverside Repair Crew
Voices from the ground
“Forty homes stayed warm last winter because neighbours learned to fix what nobody else would.”
Grantee since 2023
Meadow Lane Family Garden
Voices from the ground
“My kids know where their dinner comes from now. So do half the families on our street.”
Monthly gifts are the roots of our work — steady support that lets neighbours plan in seasons, not scramble in weeks.
Get involved
Workdays, dinners and open grant circles — every event is free, and every pair of hands counts.
Rooted alongside 140+ funders, partners & neighbours
Northfield Trust
Meridian
the Alder Fund
Kinship & Co.
Open Hands
Riverbend
Sowers Collective
