Grants for agricultural organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to agriculture nonprofits
Creator: Cause IQ
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692 agriculture nonprofits received at least $26.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 575 grants made from 422 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,000. Of these 422 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to agricultural orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more agricultural orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$26,085,478

Total grant dollars given to agricultural organizations

575

Number of grants made annually to agricultural organizations

422

Number of grantmakers funding agricultural organizations

$2,000

Median grant size to agricultural organizations

Foundations that support agriculture nonprofits

Out of all grants made to agricultural organizations, 69% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 95% of the dollar-value of grants to agricultural orgs. Foundations funding agricultural orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, colleges, scholarship organizations, and environmental education programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	293
Medium	68
Large	58

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	21
Private	335
Corporate	26
Other	40

Grants made

Grants made to agricultural orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	372
2-3	36
4-10	11
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting agriculture nonprofits

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to agricultural orgs	Number of grants made to agricultural orgs	Median grant size
Clif Bar Family Foundation	CA	National	3.4%	28	$4,000
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.4%	19	$1,000
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	14	$1,000
Farm Aid	MA	National	5.2%	10	$5,000
Leichtag Foundation	CA	State	0.3%	10	$2,200
Allstadt Hardin Foundation	NY	National	0.5%	8	$20
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.0%	6	$1,500
The O-I Charities Foundation	OH	State	0.5%	5	$1,580
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	5	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	5	$100

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Agriculture nonprofits grantees

Agricultural organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 65% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 10% of all agricultural orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	569
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	6

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,580
$100k-$500k	$2,300
$500k-$1M	$1,825
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$1,094

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	62
Massachusetts	56
New York	54
Ohio	35
Other	368

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Providence	30
San Francisco	28
New York City	27
Boston	22
Other	379

Top 25 grants made to agricultural organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture	$5,000,000	Research	Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation	$4,577,245	Scholarships, Faculty Support, Departmental Support and Facility Support	NC State Investment Fund
Agricultural Development Fund	$4,226,072	To Provide Means for Agricultural Youth To Further Educational / Vocational Opportunities.	Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin	$4,198,046	Advertising Program	Dairy Promotion
CCOF Certification Services LLC	$4,006,156	Contract	California Certified Organic FarmersInc
Carnation Farms	$2,732,598	General Support	Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation
Veterans To Farmers	$5,000	Program Support	Veterans Passport To Hope
Hope Farm	$5,000	General Support	Little Big Shot
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation	$5,000	Mobile Ag Classroom Supplies	The Agricultural and Environmental Research Foundation
Friends of Family Farmers	$5,000	Donation	The Friedman Family Charitable Trust
Franklinton Gardens	$5,000	Urban Affairs	The Columbus Foundation
Soul Fire Farm Institute	$5,000	Matching Gifts	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Stone BARNS Center FOR Food and Agriculture	$5,000	Donation	The Giammalva Family Foundation
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)	$5,000	Promoting and Supporting Conservation Issues: Preserving Marin's Farmland	Sunshine Polka-Dot Foundation
Taylor Farmers Market	$5,000	Community Transformation	DTE Energy Foundation
Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation (CAFF)	$5,000	For Core Operating Support for the Small Farm Tech Expo in December in Santa Rosa To Improve Access To Healthy Food in Underserved Communities.	California Wellness Foundation
One Montana	$5,000	General Support	David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Stem Connection	$5,000	Virtual Programming	Don Wood Foundation (DWF)
Snipes Farm and Education Center	$5,000	Various Charitable Purposes	Rostair Foundation
The Farm Collaborative	$5,000	General Purposes	Jane A Lehman and Alan G Lehman Foundation
Fibershed	$5,000	Donation	Sorci Family Foundation
Fair Food	$5,000	Charitable	LL Charitable Foundation
Organic Farm School	$5,000	Education	Ingram-White Castle Foundation
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)	$5,000	General Support	Chrysopolae Foundation
Sonshine Folk School Farm	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County (SLOCCF)

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Agricultural organizations" category for this page is determined by the "K20: Agricultural Programs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.