The BriarPatch Cooperative Community Fund is part of the Give Where You Live Campaign, a national effort to support food cooperatives across the U.S. in building local Cooperative Community Funds.

Since establishing our Fund in 1999, BriarPatch has given $16,775 to 45 local groups. Shoppers help build our fund by donating at the register — any amount, any time — and by participating in fundraisers. Shoppers can choose to give 5¢ to the Community Fund each time you bring your own grocery bag.

Donate to the Community Fund online here.

Community Fund Grant Cycle
Grant applications are available online and at the customer service window in July and August, due August 31, and awarded in October. Grantees are chosen by a committee of BriarPatch volunteers and staff.

2012 Grant Recipients

Bell Hill School farm-to-school program, through
Live Healthy Nevada County’s Farm to School Committee

Food Love Youth Education, a project of Living Lands Agrarian Network

2000-2011 Grant Recipients
HUNGER and SOCIAL ISSUES
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Community Center Association/Adventure Playground
Divine Spark
Extreme Leadership
FREED Center for Independent Living
Friendly Visitor Program
Grandmothers for Peace
Habitat for Humanity
Helpline
Hospitality House
Milhous School & Children’s Services
Nevada County Food and Toy Run
North San Juan Child Development Center
North San Juan Family Resource Center
Partners in English Language Learning
Search and Rescue Team
Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation
Sierra Services for the Blind
SPIRIT–Peers for Independence & Recovery
Think Local First
Women of Worth

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & ORGANIC FOOD
Camptonville Community Partnership
Colfax Garden Club
Food Bank of Nevada County Healthy Harvest Garden
Henessey Children’s Garden
Interfaith Food Ministry
KidsKount Placer Community Action Council/Head Start
La Leche League
Live Healthy Nevada County Food and Nutrition Action Committee
Living Lands Agrarian Network
Mount Saint Mary’s Academy Seed of Life Garden
Nevada County Grown
Seed of Life Garden Project
Sierra Foothill High School local farm project
Tuesday Food Fest/Center for Cultural and Naturalist Studies

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
A.P.P.L.E., Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy
Bitney College Preparatory High School Bicycle Program
Sierra Club Forest Issues Group
Nevada County Land Trust
Sequoya Challenge/Independence Trail
Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute
Wolf Creek Community Alliance
Woolman Semester at Sierra Friends Center

COOPERATIVES
Tall Pines Nursery School Co-op