Community Involvement

Our Commitment

Serving rural America means more than financing those who farm and ranch.

Our community involvement program focuses on ag education, hunger relief, rural disaster relief, and rural health services. We support these initiatives through employee volunteering, financial contributions and our Working Here Fund grants.

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Working Here Fund Grants

Our Working Here Fund grant program supports nonprofit projects and programs that align with our mission to serve agriculture and rural communities. These grants make a positive impact in parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Agriculture Education

Programs that support ag education for students, adults and families to expand their knowledge about agriculture through curriculum, programs, educational events, and other projects.

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Hunger Relief

Initiatives focused on food insecurity that serve an immediate need, provide food rescue or help break the hunger cycle.

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Rural Disaster Relief

Support in the event of natural disasters, assistance for first responders, or initiatives that impact life-and-death situations.

Rural Health Services

Initiatives that address unique healthcare challenges in rural areas including mental health services and access to care.

Three funding options are available to serve programs and projects of every size.

up to

$5,000

Grants awarded quarterly.

up to

$15,000

Grants awarded twice a year.

up to

$25,000

Grants awarded twice a year.

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Rural Community Grant Fund

AgriBank partners with AgCountry Farm Credit Services and Farm Credit Services of Mandan to provide the Rural Community Grant Fund. Disbursements through this fund are designated to support local communities in western North Dakota impacted by mineral development in the Bakken region.

Grants up to $50,000 are available through the Rural Community Grant Fund to facilitate infrastructure improvement and/or development initiatives encompassing housing projects; health, safety and environmental programs; medical facilities; educational programs; and more.

The Rural Community Grant Fund is funded annually by the income AgriBank earns on its mineral interests in western North Dakota, as designated by its board of directors. AgriBank acquired its mineral interests in western North Dakota as a result of loan activity following the Great Depression.

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In our Communities

Volunteering is one of many ways we serve the communities we and our customer-owners call home. Each year, we allocate 16 hours of paid time to employees to volunteer at local organizations of their choosing. When employees volunteer as a group, we provide matching dollars to the organization.

We also match employees' direct donations to nonprofit organizations – up to $500 per employee per year to maximize their impact.

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Scholarship Programs

We award two levels of scholarships each year to support the education of college students and high school seniors pursuing degrees important to the agricultural industry.

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