Illinois · Public charity
Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp
Aua transforms food access, local economies, community wellness, and climate resiliency in chicagoland, through policy advocacy, education and resources to safely grow medicine and food.
- $204k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $183k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $183k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $76k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $122k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $108k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborspace | $87,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Getting Grown Collective Incorporated Nfp | $39,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Fresher Together | $31,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Juan Carlos Cedillo-Perez | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Run a Way Buckers Club Inc | $26,667 | 2 | 6% |
| Obodo Farms Cocj Okeke | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wood St Collective | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Sabina Church | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mama Moore Regeneration Center Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborspace | $87,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Getting Grown Collective Incorporated Nfp | $39,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Fresher Together | $31,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Juan Carlos Cedillo-Perez | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Run a Way Buckers Club Inc | $26,667 | 2 | 6% |
| Obodo Farms Cocj Okeke | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wood St Collective | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Sabina Church | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mama Moore Regeneration Center Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cicero Community Farm Co Natalia Carreno | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Un Nuevo Despertar a New Awakening Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Bread Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resilience Partners NFP | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sistas in the Village | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Julie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central American Martyrs Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Limes Smiles for Miles Inc | $5,556 | 1 | n/a |
| Multiple Harvest LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Forefront · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Lumpkin Family Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp with peer funders
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About Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp
- How much does Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp give?
- Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp reported 12 itemized grants totaling $183,056, out of $204,056 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (95%), Health (4%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Neighborspace ($87k), Little Village Environmental Justice Org ($40k), Getting Grown Collective Incorporated Nfp ($39k).
- Does Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Forefront, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp based?
- Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp is based in IL.
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