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Unrestricted support is the most useful money we can receive at this stage. It pays for the diligence, the legal formation work, and the conversations that have to happen before there is anything to buy.
Support
Buy an acre. Or a corner of one.
Holding farmland takes capital a farmer working the ground cannot also be asked to carry. Money is the part of this problem other people can solve.
Three Field Commons is in formation. We have not bought a parcel and we have not set our amounts, so every figure on this page reads TBD until it is real. We would rather show you an empty number than a made-up one.
Sponsor an acre
Named by ground rather than metal. There is no gold tier here, only how much of a field your contribution reaches.
A corner
Amount TBDCovers a piece of the diligence on a parcel we are looking at — a title search, a soil report, a day of someone's time walking the ground.
A quarter acre
Amount TBDFunds a measurable share of one acquisition and the survey and appraisal work that has to happen before it.
An acre
Amount TBDBuys and permanently protects roughly one acre, including the stewardship contribution that keeps it maintained.
A field
Amount TBDProtects a working block large enough for one operator to plan a rotation around, with infrastructure in the plan.
A farm
Amount TBDAnchors a whole parcel — the acquisition, the easement, the stewardship fund contribution, and the first lease.
Four ways to give
Give land
The most direct contribution there is. You can sell it to us, sell it below market, donate it outright, or leave it in your estate. Each path is explained plainly, and none of them obligate you to the others.
Give to the stewardship fund
The endowment that keeps a protected acre from becoming a drain. Fences, drainage, roads, irrigation, monitoring, and taxes do not stop when the closing does. Land held without a fund behind it eventually gets sold.
Fund a specific acquisition
If a particular parcel or county matters to you, restricted acquisition gifts are welcome. We will tell you honestly whether we can put the money to work there, and we will not accept it if we cannot.
Where the money goes
Three places. The split between them is a board decision that has not been made, so it is marked TBD rather than guessed at.
Acquisition
Share: TBD
Buying ground and paying for the diligence, title, survey, and appraisal work that a closing requires.
Stewardship fund
Share: TBD
Held long-term so each protected acre has maintenance and monitoring money behind it for good.
Operations
Share: TBD
The work of running the organization: legal formation, insurance, accounting, and the people doing it.
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Donate501(c)(3) status is in formation. Tax deductibility of a gift is not confirmed yet, and we will not tell you otherwise until it is. If deductibility matters to your decision, wait for us to confirm it in writing.
Tell us what you have in mind
Write to us and we will answer with what the money would do and when. No amount is requested on this form.