Rooted in Justice 2024-2025

 

April 2025 Update:

The Cedar Tree Foundation is excited to announce new grant awards for the 2024-2025 grant cycle of “Rooted in Justice.”  Over 50 organizations responded to the RFP, and the outside review panel ended up recommending a cohort of 4 Rooted in Justice grantees who will each receive 2 year grants of $25,000/year, an additional $3,000 for professional development, and access to professional development calls during the grant period.  In addition, 4 applicants received one-time awards in recognition of their programming, even though they did not make the final cohort.   Links to the grantee organizations as well as past RIJ cohorts can be found below.

Cedar Tree would like to take this opportunity to thank the outside review panel who had the challenging task of reviewing the finalist proposals and recommending the cohort.  They approached this task with thoughtfulness, and we appreciate their time and care.

Cedar Tree plans to hold a new grant cycle of Rooted in Justice in 2025-2026.  As in past years, the program guidelines and application form will be released sometime in early September, 2025 so check back here for updates.  



2025 ROOTED IN JUSTICE GRANT AWARDS

City Blossoms, Project Support for the Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative Program, $25,000 x 2 years.  

Dream of Wild Health, Project Support for the Native Youth Education Leadership Program, $25,000 x 2 years

Friends of Refugees, Project Support for the Growing Leaders Program $25,000 x 2 years

Urban Community Agrinomics, Project Support for the YouCan Youth Program $25,000 x 2 years

2025 ROOTED IN JUSTICE ONE-TIME AWARDS:

Athens Land Trust, Project Support for the Young Urban Farmers Program, $5,000

Change Today, Change Tomorrow, Project Support for the Youth Advisory Council $5,000

Montclair Community Farm, Project Support for the Farmpreneur Program $5,000

Virginia Community Voice, Project Support for the ARCA Program $5,000

2024 ROOTED IN JUSTICE GRANT AWARDS

BK Rot Inc. for general support, $10,000

Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas, Inc. for project support for Youth Food Justice Internship Program, $25,000 x 2 years

Cultivate Charlottesville for project support for Youth Food Justice Internship Program, $25,000 

Detroit Food Academy for project support for the Advanced Afterschool Leadership Program, $25,000 x 2 years

Green Guerillas Inc. for project support for Youth Empowerment Pipeline, $25,000 x 2 years

Groundwork Southcoast’s  for project support for Green Team, $25,000 x 2 years

Grow Dat Youth Farm for project support for Youth Leadership Program, $25,000

Grow Windham, $10,000 for General Support

Growing Hope Inc. for project support for the Teen Leadership Program, $25,000 x 2 years

Jones Valley Teaching Farm for project support for Youth Leadership Program, $10,000

Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center for project support for the Food Justice Club, $25,000 x 2 years

Movement Education Outdoors for West End Raices Youth Leadership Garden, $25,000 x 2 years

TSNE project support for FRESH New London’s Youth Programs, $25,000 x 2 years

Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund for VietLead’s Youth work at Resilient Roots Community Farm, $10,000

2024 ROOTED IN JUSTICE ONE-TIME AWARDS:

Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation for project support of The Local Farm Cooperative, $3,000

Norris Square Neighborhood Project for project Support for Youth Leadership Programs, $3,000

2023 ROOTED IN JUSTICE COHORT

BK Rot Inc. for general support, $25,000

Cultivate Charlottesville for project support for Youth Food Justice Leadership Program, $25,000

Grow Dat Youth Farm for project support for Youth Leadership Program, $25,000

Jones Valley Teaching Farm for project support for Youth Leadership Program, $25,000

Grow Windham, $25,000

Urban Affairs Coalition for VietLead’s Youth work at Resilient Roots Community Farm, $20,000

2022 ROOTED IN JUSTICE COHORT

Cultivate Charlottesville for program support for Youth Food Justice Leadership Program, $25,000

ECO City Farm for program support for Youth Leadership Program, $25,000

Grow Dat Youth Farm for program support for Youth Leadership Program, $25,000

Jones Valley Teaching Farm for program support for Youth Leadership Program, $25,000

2022 ROOTED IN JUSTICE ONE-TIME AWARDS:

Athens Land Trust for program support for Young Urban Farmer Program, $5,000

Cultural Arts Coalition Inc. for program support for Environmental Ambassadors Youth Summit, $5,000

Hand Heart and Soul Project Inc. for program support for Youth Agriculture Program, $5,000

Soil and Soul Inc. for program support for Youth Leadership Program, $5,000

Ridge to Reefs Inc. for project support for Baltimore Compost Collective, $5,000

2021 ROOTED IN JUSTICE COHORT

BK Rot Inc. for general support, $25,000; Renewed for an additional year in 2022

Maine Community Integration for project support for youth led urban agriculture program, $20,000; Renewed for an additional year in 2022

Urban Affairs Coalition for project support for VietLead’s youth work at Resilient Roots Community Farm, $20,000; Renewed for an additional year in 2022

Windham Regional Community Council, Inc. for project support for Grow Windham, $25,000; Renewed for an additional year in 2022

Rockaway Youth Task Force Inc. for general support of Rockaway Roots, $20,000


Click HERE to review the 2024-2025 Grant Cycle Program Description and RFP

Page Updated 4/2025