Kubota Awards $500,000 in Hometown Grants

Kubota Tractor Corporation has selected 10 nonprofit organizations to receive grants through its 2026 Kubota Hometown Proud program. Each organization will receive $25,000 in cash and $25,000 toward the purchase of Kubota equipment, for a total award of $50,000 per organization.

The 10 awards represent a combined $500,000 in funding and equipment. The program is in its sixth year and has distributed more than $2.9 million in total funding and equipment since it began.

This year's projects include community-supported agriculture, agricultural education, food production, land stewardship, workforce development, and environmental initiatives. The program received more than 1,100 applications before the 10 winners were selected.

Among the recipients are Galloway Family Farm & Education Center in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, which will use a Kubota sub-compact tractor for its Adopt-a-Row sustainable agricultural education project. Winding Branch Ranch in Bulverde, Texas, will receive a Kubota utility vehicle and hands-on curriculum materials for agricultural education and experiences in south-central Texas.

Helpful Harvest Food Bank Inc. in Athens, West Virginia, will use its grant to purchase a Kubota M4 utility tractor and implements to expand food production and access to fresh food for families experiencing food insecurity.

The Armored Church in Salisbury, North Carolina, will use a Kubota compact tractor to develop and maintain a 20-acre community garden and gathering space honoring veterans. Moncus Park in Lafayette, Louisiana, will use a compact tractor for its Back 50: Community + Nature project, which focuses on enhancing the park and providing community access to native habitats.

Other 2026 recipients include Friends of Greenfield Recreation in Greenfield, Massachusetts; HALTER – Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships in Spartanburg, South Carolina; Impact Activity Center in Boonville, Missouri; Osseo Community Foundation in Osseo, Wisconsin; and REACH Inc. in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

REACH Inc. will use new Kubota mowers for its Ready Set Mow: Jobs & Mobility program, which provides landscape training and employment opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities. Impact Activity Center will use a compact tractor and zero-turn mower to maintain the garden and green space associated with its Reviving Sumner School project.

HALTER will use a Kubota RTV to maintain equine-assisted service facilities and expand access to its healing and wellness services. Friends of Greenfield Recreation will use a Kubota RTV as part of its Greenfield Grow and Go project, while Osseo Community Foundation will use a Kubota utility vehicle for work associated with the Stoddard Park project.

Each recipient is partnered with a local Kubota dealer. The dealers involved include Sink Farm Equipment, M.B. Tractor & Equipment, Lee Tractor Company, Blue Water Equipment Group, State Equipment Inc., Farm Power Lawn & Leisure, Sammy Broussard Equipment Center, Johnson Tractor, Pelican Tractor, and Ewald Kubota.

“The Kubota Hometown Proud grant program reflects our deep commitment to supporting communities where our customers and dealers live and work,” said Alex Woods, president of Kubota Tractor Corporation. “Our dealers are the heart of this program, and we believe in investing in programs that matter to their communities. With their support, we’re able to deliver more than funding but also equipment and a long-term trusted partnership for ongoing success.”