2025 Farmer and Rancher Disaster Resilience Grant Application
This form will be used for all components of your grant application. Please reference the Grant Guidelines document and website to find the budget template, review rubric and other materials. Do your best to describe your project’s on-farm disaster resilience improvement. This detail will help reviewers understand the impact of your project. We recommend applicants answer the below questions in a separate document (questions provided on the website) and then copy them into the form to avoid potential complications or loss of answers before submitting.
Contact Information
Please provide us your contact information
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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example@example.com
Address
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number
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Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Farm Name
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Farm website (if applicable)
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Farm Demographics
Your responses to the following questions will not be used to evaluate your application. We will use this information to report on the characteristics of the applicant pool as well as the characteristics of the farms and ranches that receive funding.
Farm or Ranch Size - Number of Cultivated or Ranched Acres:
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Region:
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Central Oregon
Columbia Plateau
Mid Columbia
North Coast
Northeast Oregon
Portland Metro
South Coast
Southeast Oregon
Southern Oregon
Willamette Valley
Other
Years in Operation:
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2 Years or Less
3-6 Years
7-10 Years
11 Years or More
Please describe your farm operation. What do you grow/produce, what are your sales outlets, where do you sell your product, anything else of importance?
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Preferences
This grant program gives preference points to historically underserved farmers and ranchers in Oregon. See definitions in the Guidelines document and ensure you have read the definitions before marking YES for any of the questions below.
Do you identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC)?
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Yes
No
Do you identify as an immigrant or refugee?
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Yes
No
Do you identify as trans and/or gender-nonconforming?
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Yes
No
Are you a single caregiver?
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Yes
No
Are you a Military Veteran farmer or rancher?
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Yes
No
Does your farm produce and deliver culturally significant food (food that is keeping with an individual and/or communities cultural beliefs, practices and customs) for Oregon’s BIPOC, immigrant and refugee communities?
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Yes
No
If yes, how does your farm produce and distribute culturally significant food? Which BIPOC or immigrant and/or refugee community are you a part of or work with to produce and deliver culturally significant food? How do you produce this food in keeping with cultural beliefs, practices and customs?If none, write none.
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Do you identify as being part of an Environmental Justice community? For this grant we use the Oregon State Statute definition - Environmental Justice communities include communities of color, communities experiencing lower incomes, communities experiencing health inequities, tribal communities, rural communities, remote communities, coastal communities, communities with limited infrastructure and other communities traditionally underrepresented in public processes and adversely harmed by environmental and health hazards, including seniors, youth and persons with disabilities.
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Yes
No
Which Environmental Justice Community(s) are you a part of. If none, then write none.
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What county is your farm located in?
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Eligibility
Is your farm located in the state of Oregon?
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Yes
No
Do you derive a portion of your income from your farm business?
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Yes
No
Are you involved in the day-to-day operation of your farm?
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Yes
No
Does your farm prioritize food and/or seed production and distribution over other types of activities such as education?
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Yes
No
Were the sales of livestock, produce, grains, and other products that you raised in 2023 equal to or less than $350,000?
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Yes
No
Which documents do you have to prove your farm income.
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Schedule F
Schedule C and other sales documents
S corp or C corp filings
No income documentation
Other
Project
Which resilience strategies/activities from the List of Potential Allowable On-Farm Resilience Strategies/Activities are you applying for funding to implement? Please use the wording in our list and include all strategies/activities you are applying for, separated by a comma. If not on our list, write OTHER.
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If you wrote OTHER, please describe your resilience strategies/activities here in detail.
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Please describe the project you are proposing to implement with these grant funds in detail.
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Project Justification
How will this project help your farm be more disaster resilient? If you are requesting funding for equipment, explain how the equipment improves on-farm disaster resilience.
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All projects must be fully implemented and reported on by March 30, 2026. With this in mind, please share your timeline for completing your project and any key milestones.
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Please describe steps you have taken to prepare for your project. For example, describe any research you have done and/or resources you have identified that will contribute to the success of your project.
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Project Budget - please use this template provide on the grant program website (https://ocfsn.org/disaster-resilience-grant) to complete your budget
If asking for multiple projects, on your budget spreadsheet list out the projects and which components go for each project and the total cost for that project.
What is the total amount you're requesting for your full proposal? $ amount
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What are your total projected material costs for your full proposal? $ amount
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What are your total projected equipment costs for your full proposal? $ amount
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What is the total projected cost of professional services for your full proposal? $ amount
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What are your total projected labor costs for your full proposal? $ amount
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If you anticipate having any other costs for your full proposal: a.) Please enter the total amount of any additional anticipated costs. $ amount b.) Please describe these additional anticipated costs.
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Upload Project Budget (using the provided template)
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Other Project Information – Not Related To Eligibility
If you are requesting funding for multiple projects, please rank your projects in order of importance. If we are unable to fund your entire request, we would like to know which projects are a priority for you for a partial award.
Where did you hear about this grant program?
Do you plan to use these funds for federal or other funding match or cost share?
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Yes
No
If yes, which program or funding source?
Would you like to provide a public testimonial on how this funding would impact the disaster resilience of your farm or ranch?
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Yes
No
If yes, add your testimonial here.
Do you have any feedback for us on this application process? Your response will not affect your chances of being awarded a grant.
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