Kubota Announces Its 2025 Hometown Proud Grant Program Recipients
For five years now, Kubota has awarded cash and equipment to community-based nonprofits through its Hometown Proud grant program. The company recently announced this year’s recipients who are being awarded with $25,000 in cash and $25,000 in Kubota equipment.
Kubota said these 10 organizations are making a difference at the local level through projects that serve and strengthen their communities. These projects range in scope from community equestrian therapy centers to grassroots landscaping support for the elderly. This year’s program brings Kubota’s total community support to more than $2.4 million since the program’s inception. The 2025 program drew in 1,088 applications and 10 grant winners were selected — one in each of Kubota’s 10 operating districts.
“The Kubota Hometown Proud grant program is a reflection of our ongoing commitment to supporting the communities where our customers and dealers live and work,” said Alex Woods, president of Kubota Tractor Corporation. “Each year, we are inspired by the dedication and impact of local nonprofits, and we are honored to help empower their important work. Congratulations to this year’s grant recipients and thank you to our dealers for supporting these projects and for continuing to make a difference in their hometowns.”
Kubota shared a list of this year’s Hometown Proud Grant Recipients:
- 6 Stones (Euless, Texas) and its Community Powered Revitalization project is supported by Kubota of Dallas.
- Coping Together (Frankfort, Ill.) and its Ranch Therapy Town project is supported by McCullough Equipment Group.
- Crawford County Parks Board (Marengo, Ind.) and its Playground & Heart of Our Community project is supported by Jacobi Sales Inc.
- Fruitdale High School Alumni Organization (Vinegar Bend, Ala.) and its Rebuilding Ag Building and Greenhouse project is supported by Circle C Tractor.
- Hands and Hearts for Horses (Thomasville, Ga.) and its Arena Maintenance Equipment project is supported by Linder Turf & Tractor.
- I Want to Mow Your Lawn Inc., (Wayne, N.J.) and its Lawn Care for Our Heroes & Neighbors project is supported by Marshall Machinery.
- Lynchburg Grows (Lynchburg, Va.) and its Urban Farm & Greenhouse Restoration project is supported by Kubota of Lynchburg.
- Northern Colorado Foodshed Project (Fort Collins, Colo.) and its New Farm Business Accelerator project is supported by Wickham Tractor Co.
- Northland Arboretum (Brainerd, Minn.) and its Northland Arboretum Bike Park project is supported by Quality Equipment.
- University of Hawai’i Foundation (Honolulu, Hawaii) and its GoFarm Hawai’i Cultivating Future Farmers project is supported by Bacon Universal.
Hometown Proud Win & Give Sweepstakes
Kubota also invited consumers nationwide to participate in the 2025 Hometown Proud Win & Give Sweepstakes. The winner received a BX sub-compact tractor, plus the chance to nominate a nonprofit in their hometown. Ken W. from Roberts, Wis., was the big sweepstakes winner. Coco’s Heart Dog Rescue was chosen for $1,000 mini-grant.
Pam Kleineke is managing editor of Compact Equipment.
