Food and agriculture programs

Name: Top 20 Food and agriculture nonprofits
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There are 28,349 food and agriculture nonprofits in the United States. Combined, these food and agriculture nonprofits employ 95,734 people, earn more than $35 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $33 billion.

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Subcategories within food and agriculture programs:

Agricultural organizations (9,243)
Food distribution programs (14,643)
- Food banks (6,535)

Types of food and agriculture nonprofits

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Food distribution programs	14,643	56,886	$29,650,471,279	$17,592,065,196
Agriculture nonprofits	9,244	32,002	$4,218,049,387	$12,006,344,860
Food banks and pantries	6,535	31,949	$23,403,277,165	$12,210,681,155
Organizations supporting multiple food and agriculture nonprofits	606	73	$40,623,203	$87,759,290
Food and agriculture professional societies	471	948	$223,346,226	$377,851,741
Food and agriculture alliances and advocates	366	358	$77,199,842	$92,610,924
Organizations supporting a single food or agriculture nonprofit	186	155	$58,941,789	$512,176,908
Food and agriculture research and public policy institutes	131	2,307	$663,370,165	$1,607,110,372
Food and agriculture technical and management assistance providers	107	248	$51,942,005	$90,988,579

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Job trends for Food and agriculture nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	3,447
1-10	2,928
11-25	899
26-100	617
101 to 1,000	180
1,000+	3

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Food and agriculture nonprofits is driven by large organizations like National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service (GA FSIS), Rice Research Organization (IRRI), Chesed 247, and Ohio County & Independent Agricultural Societies - Mahoning Cnty Agricultural Soc.
The largest employers tend to be agricultural organizations, food banks, food distribution programs, food and agriculture nonprofits, and food and agriculture research institutes.

Sizes of food and agriculture nonprofits

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	7,573
$250k to $1M	2,735
$1M to $5M	1,482
$5M to $25M	538
$25M to $100M	176
$100M+	59

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Feeding America, Midwest Food Bank NFP, The Houston Food Bank, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and Second Harvest Heartland earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Food and agriculture nonprofits.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 5.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Food and agriculture nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 43.8% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be food banks, food distribution programs, agricultural organizations, food and agriculture research institutes, and food and agriculture nonprofits.

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1-20 of 28,349

Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's mission is to create a partnership between farmers and consumers that meets consumer needs and ensures agricultural prosperity in a global marketplace.

Revenue

$19.3m

Assets

$55.8m

Employees

EIN

31-4369470

IRS type

501(c)(5)

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)

The National Pork Producers Council, representing 42 affiliated state associations, works to ensure that the U.S. pork industry remains a consistent and responsible supplier of high-quality pork to domestic and international markets.

Revenue

$26.2m

Assets

$39.1m

Employees

EIN

42-0796455

IRS type

501(c)(5)

Freestore Foodbank

The Freestore Foodbank is the largest emergency food and services provider to children and families in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana.

Revenue

$94.2m

Assets

$72.6m

Employees

161

EIN

23-7122205

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The DC Central Kitchen

The DC Central Kitchen is a food distribution program in Washington, DC whose mission is: We use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities.

Revenue

$40.4m

Assets

$52.8m

Employees

315

EIN

52-1584936

IRS type

501(c)(3)

God's Love We Deliver

God's Love We Deliver is the New York City metropolitan area's leading provider of nutritious, individually-tailored meals to people who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves.

Revenue

$51.6m

Assets

$75.4m

Employees

242

EIN

13-3366846

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Meals on Wheels of San Francisco (MOWSF)

MOWSF is a local, independent non-profit organization. MOWSF exists to alleviate the food insecurity and loneliness experienced by seniors who want to stay in their own home but cannot shop or prepare meals for themselves.

Revenue

$26.2m

Assets

$80.0m

Employees

203

EIN

94-1741155

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Citymeals-On-Wheels

Citymeals-On-Wheels delivers nutritious food and human company to homebound elderly New Yorkers with 100% public donation use for meal preparation.

Revenue

$33.3m

Assets

$85.8m

Employees

EIN

13-3634381

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) exists to advance the science of food. Our long-range vision is to ensure a safe and abundant food supply contributing to healthier people everywhere.

Revenue

$27.3m

Assets

$58.4m

Employees

EIN

36-2136957

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) is the state's largest provider of food, distributing more than 44 million pounds among the hungry neighbors.

Revenue

$214.1m

Assets

$125.2m

Employees

379

EIN

22-2423882

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Arabian Horse Association (AHA)

Advocates and preservers of the most beautiful and oldest breed of horse on earth. To serve members and owners of purebred, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses through registration, events and activities, programs, products and customer service.

Revenue

$10.5m

Assets

$9.9m

Employees

EIN

01-0744024

IRS type

501(c)(5)

Meals on Wheels Association of America

To empower local community programs to improve the health and quality of life of the seniors they serve so that no one is left hungry or isolated.

Revenue

$25.5m

Assets

$44.4m

Employees

EIN

23-7447812

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Three Square

Three Square's mission is to provide wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community.

Revenue

$89.7m

Assets

$178.1m

Employees

182

EIN

30-0396918

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Forgotten Harvest

The mission of Forgotten Harvest is to relieve hunger in the Detroit metropolitan community and preventing nutritious food waste.

Revenue

$96.7m

Assets

$59.7m

Employees

139

EIN

38-2926476

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Fair Trade USA

Fair Trade USA certifies ethical sourcing through rigorous, independently audited standards that improve livelihoods, protect the environment, and strengthen transparent supply chains worldwide.

Revenue

$22.2m

Assets

$17.7m

Employees

EIN

41-1848081

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Feeding San Diego

Feeding San Diego rescues surplus food to nourish people facing hunger, delivering 26-31 million meals yearly through direct service and 350+ partners.

Revenue

$82.3m

Assets

$15.1m

Employees

117

EIN

26-0457477

IRS type

501(c)(3)

One Acre Fund

The One Acre Fund empowers smallholder farmers in Africa through supplies, training, and financing to increase yields, income, and improve community resilience.

Revenue

$248.2m

Assets

$287.0m

Employees

EIN

20-3668110

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Connecticut Foodshare (CFB)

Connecticut Food Bank, a private organization, works with corporations, community organizations, and individuals to solicit, transport, warehouse and distribute donated food.

Revenue

$128.7m

Assets

$55.2m

Employees

144

EIN

06-1063025

IRS type

501(c)(3)

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW)

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) promotes the reliability, quality and value of all six U.S. wheat classes to wheat buyers, millers, bakers, food processors and government officials in more than 100 countries around the world.

Revenue

$19.8m

Assets

$9.0m

Employees

EIN

48-0643776

IRS type

501(c)(6)

School Nutrition Association (SNA)

School Nutrition Association is the national organization of school nutrition professionals committed to advancing the quality of school meal programs through education and advocacy.

Revenue

$14.5m

Assets

$21.2m

Employees

EIN

84-0445578

IRS type

501(c)(4)

Mid-Ohio Foodbank Collective

Mid-Ohio Foodbank works in community to connect our hungry neighbors with nutritious food, stabilizing families today while helping them access resources for tomorrow so they can thrive for a lifetime.

Revenue

$133.6m

Assets

$61.9m

Employees

246

EIN

31-0865343

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "K00: Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Food and agriculture programs

Types of food and agriculture nonprofits

Job trends for Food and agriculture nonprofits

Sizes of food and agriculture nonprofits

Directory of food and agriculture nonprofits

Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)

Freestore Foodbank

The DC Central Kitchen

God's Love We Deliver

Meals on Wheels of San Francisco (MOWSF)

Citymeals-On-Wheels

Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)

Arabian Horse Association (AHA)

Meals on Wheels Association of America

Three Square

Forgotten Harvest

Fair Trade USA

Feeding San Diego

One Acre Fund

Connecticut Foodshare (CFB)

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW)

School Nutrition Association (SNA)

Mid-Ohio Foodbank Collective

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