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Stewardship
Supporting the ag industry and co-op communities
CHS invests in programs that strengthen hometown communities and develop future generations of ag leaders through CHS community giving and the CHS Foundation. These initiatives support CHS sustainability efforts and long-term focus on people and rural communities.
Our funding opportunities
CHS community giving
CHS community giving serves cooperative communities through support of cooperative matching grants, Twin Cities projects, volunteerism and industry support.
General inquiries
We consider other requests that benefit the agriculture or cooperative industry.
CHS Foundation
The CHS Foundation builds ag career pathways and educates rural youth through support of ag safety.
的指导方针
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的指导方针 for all CHS funding
- CHS stewardship does not make funding decisions based on race, 宗教, 性, 怀孕, national origin or ancestry, 年龄, 性别, 性ual orientation, 性别 identity or expression, physical or mental disability, 公民身份, genetic information, familial status, veteran status, or characteristics protected under any applicable laws of any location in which CHS operates.
- CHS supports national-level and state-level requests within the main CHS trade area: Idaho, 伊利诺斯州, 印第安纳州, 爱荷华州, 堪萨斯, 明尼苏达州, 密苏里州, 蒙大拿, 内布拉斯加州, North Dakota, 俄克拉何马州, 俄亥俄州, 俄勒冈州, South Dakota, 德州, 华盛顿, Wisconsin and Wyoming
- Projects at the local level will be accepted through the CHS 种子s for Stewardship cooperative matching grants program
- Organizations must be a 501c3 or related charity to be eligible to receive funding
- CHS does not support:
- Individuals, individual needs or individual fundraisers
- Sports teams or athletic requests
- Medical/disease related causes
- Groups with religious affiliation
- Political campaigns, fundraisers or lobbying efforts not endorsed through CHS government affairs
