Funding

How Full Circle Farm Funded?

girlsingardenLots of folks think that Full Circle Farm might be funded by the school district, or even by the government. The fact is, we are an independent, nonprofit organization and ALL of our funding comes from foundation support and individuals like yourself!

Did you know that Full Circle Farm is less than 3 years old? In that short time, we have reached over 1200 school children and thousands more in the community!

To keep expanding, we need your support. Click here to donate online!

While our build-out plans mean that Full Circle Farm will become self-supporting through the sale of its produce by 2012, we depend on the financial support of the community and foundations to fund our educational work and our administrative costs.

Our programs – including our year-long curriculum with Peterson Middle School, farm-to-school programs for grade school children, and consultations with schools and community groups – are made possible through the generous donations of individuals and foundations.

How to Donate?

Full Circle Farm is a project of Sustainable Community Gardens, a 501(c)3 organization; your donations are tax deductible (EIN#55-0886675).

We provide various ways to give to Full Circle Farm – choose the one that works best for you!

You can mail a check directly to:

Sustainable Community Gardens
1055 Dunford Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

or click here to donate online!

Why donate?

Donations help us continue to provide a diverse range of outreach and education programs, and to touch the lives of thousands of individuals each year.

In just 3 short years, Full Circle Farm and its many volunteers have:

  • Grown 50,000 pounds of produce which served the Santa Clara Unified School District Children’s Lunch Program, 100 Community Supported Agriculture Members, hundreds of farm stand customers and local businesses
  • Donated 12, 000 pounds of produce to local food banks and shelters.
  • Taught weekly garden-based classes to 700 students from Peterson Middle School, including all 6th and 7th grades, special needs and opportunity students and 8th grade culinary arts students.
  • Provided family and individual volunteer opportunities to 1,500 veteran and first-time gardeners in our Educational Garden (Open year-round Wednesdays and Saturdays for volunteering).
  • Hosted 3,000 community memmbers at free festivals and events–Earth Day Fest 2010 and Hoedown Halloween Party 2010.
  • Led educational field trips at the farm for 1,500 children from across Silicon Valley.
  • Launched our first Summer Science Camps!
  • Offered workshops to hundreds in the community, including classes in Seasonal Gardening, Backyard Chicken Care, Bee Keeping, Hand Salve Making, Water Catchment, Mushroom Cultivation and Wreath Making.

In 2011,  with your generous support, we will:

  • Build our outdoor educational kitchen
  • Plant an edible fence row
  • Build a wheelchair accessible raised bed garden
  • Build a second chicken coop–for our Educational Garden
  • Create a children’s “Play in Nature” zone
  • Install a Cultural Diversity Education Garden
  • Install irrigation in our historic orchard
  • Add new classes and workshops
  • Have all of our orchard trees adopted!
  • Most importantly, see ALL of you here at the farm!!!