Accessing institutional funding

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**Introduction** This pattern explores how community-led regenerative initiatives can access institutional funding by establishing regenerative finance mechanisms.

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**CONTEXT** Many community-led regenerative initiatives struggle to access financial support from institutions due to the absence of formal structures. Without fiscal hosting, these groups face barriers in applying for grants, receiving donations, and sustaining long-term activities.

**Initial Situation**

**PROBLEM** Community associations lack access to institutional funding, limiting their ability to sustain impactful regenerative agricultural initiatives.

**Forces** institutional barriers, lack of sustainable funding, lack of awareness

**THEREFORE (SOLUTION)** Agrihood working group collaborated with Fruitful Commons who provides policy, funding pathways, and broader ecosystem support to sustain the model.

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