Washington, D.C. · Public charity
American Farm Bureau Federation
The AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION is the voice of agriculture (r). We are farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world.
- $349k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $259k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $165,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $126M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations American Farm Bureau Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $259k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $241k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $299k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $248k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $439k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $514k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $203k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $303k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture | $1,320,000 | 8 | 12% |
| US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance | $350,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Agri-Pulse | $139,790 | 6 | n/a |
| National FFA Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National 4-H Congress Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 66% |
| Farmers for Free Trade | $60,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Future Farmers of America (Ffa) State | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Western Governors' Association | $35,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congressional Sports for Charity | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 39 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
American Farm Bureau Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: American Petroleum Institute · The Business Roundtable Inc · Chs Foundation · Edison Electric Institute Inc · Land O'Lakes Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About American Farm Bureau Federation
- How much does American Farm Bureau Federation give?
- American Farm Bureau Federation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $259,250, out of $348,583 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Farm Bureau Federation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (85%), Youth Development (5%), Crime & Legal (3%).
- Who are American Farm Bureau Federation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture ($1.3M), US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance ($350k), Agri-Pulse ($140k).
- Does American Farm Bureau Federation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Farm Bureau Federation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Petroleum Institute, The Business Roundtable Inc, Chs Foundation.
- Where is American Farm Bureau Federation based?
- American Farm Bureau Federation is based in DC.
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