2024 Application Period is Closed.
The Mission Fund will award grants to organizations who are positively impacting the quality of rural life in rural Ohio. The grants are awarded on an application based system within four focus areas:
- Education—Educating young, beginning or future farmers
- Environment—Maintaining or improving the quality of the rural environment
- Technology—Supporting the advancement and utilization of technology for the benefit of farmers and rural cooperatives
- Quality of Rural Life—Programs, projects or initiatives that enhance the quality of life for farmers and rural communities
"The AgCredit Mission Fund allows us an opportunity to invest in the future of agriculture and positively impact the quality of life in rural Ohio," says Brian Ricker, AgCredit President and CEO.
Organizations may apply for grants up to $15,000 per year. Grant applications will be accepted annually from March 1 to July 31. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee comprised of AgCredit directors, employees and members. Funds will be awarded by December 31.
Priority for grants will be given to purposes benefitting the eighteen county AgCredit geographic area and secondarily to other counties in Ohio.
2025 application period will open March 1, 2025.
Congratulations to our 2023 Mission Fund Recipients:
- 4-H Camp Palmer, Fulton County, $10,000
- Agricultural Education Dept. Van Buren Local Schools, Hancock County, $8,000
- Crawford County Junior Fair Board, Crawford County, $15,000
- Friends of Fox-Shank Living Labratory, Wood County, $3,900
- Norwalk Fire Department, Huron County, $5,100
- Ottawa County Agricultural Society, Ottawa County, $15,000
- Paulding County Area Foundation, Paulding County, $15,000
- Sandusky County Agricultural Society-Junior Fair Livestock Goat Committee, Sandusky County, $15,000
- Seneca East Agricultural Education Dept., Seneca County, $15,000
- Van Wert County Junior Fairboard, Van Wert County, $15,000
