Our mission is to mobilize diverse capital partners in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems.

Pooled Funds 101: How Collective Funding Increases Impact

Many members of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), a national network of nearly 115 diverse capital partners investing in food and agriculture, are responding to the urgency of the moment brought on by slashed federal budgets, while others are still assessing their response.  While some funders have deployed rapid response grants or increased funding for grantees who are impacted by federal cuts, others are looking at pooled funds as a more nimble and responsive vehicle to increase impact.  Pooled funds can reduce individual and organizational risk (reputational, financial, legal, and otherwise) because you are moving together, not alone. That “safety net” can open the door for bolder investments…