Washington, D.C. · Public charity
American Farmland Trust
Saves the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.
- $5.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 154
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $157,760
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 68
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 37
- Total assets, FY2024
- $101M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 69% of the organizations American Farmland Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $656k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 153 | $3.0M | 70% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $1.0M | 69% |
| FY2022 | 68 | $1.1M | 79% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $273k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $252k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $441k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $110k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Food & Nutrition$3.8MEnvironment$1.8MCommunity Improvement$148kAnimals$122kEducation$103kYouth Development$50kHuman Services$48kHealth$34kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
NM
TN
NC
SC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dry Farming Institute | $185,150 | 2 | 90% |
| Black Family Land Trust Inc | $184,492 | 3 | 21% |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York | $162,013 | 2 | n/a |
| California Certified Organic Farmers Inc | $155,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York | $145,395 | 2 | n/a |
| Kent County | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $135,000 | 2 | 1% |
| East Stanislous Resource Conservation District | $128,356 | 3 | n/a |
| Columbia Land Conservancy Inc | $126,300 | 6 | 1% |
| The Freshwater Trust | $121,600 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dry Farming Institute | $185,150 | 2 | 90% |
| Black Family Land Trust Inc | $184,492 | 3 | 21% |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York | $162,013 | 2 | n/a |
| California Certified Organic Farmers Inc | $155,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York | $145,395 | 2 | n/a |
| Kent County | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $135,000 | 2 | 1% |
| East Stanislous Resource Conservation District | $128,356 | 3 | n/a |
| Columbia Land Conservancy Inc | $126,300 | 6 | 1% |
| The Freshwater Trust | $121,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Ccof Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Council on the Environment Inc | $97,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced) | $97,282 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington State Dept of Veterans Affairs | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Growsmart Maine | $80,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Glynwood Center Inc | $72,354 | 5 | 0% |
| Agricultural Stewardship Assn Inc | $66,904 | 6 | 1% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $65,456 | 1 | 0% |
| Hudson Valley Agri-Business Development Corp | $60,750 | 5 | 3% |
| Rappu Inc | $59,600 | 2 | 16% |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y | $58,163 | 2 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $57,746 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $57,601 | 1 | n/a |
| Khuba International | $56,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Inc | $52,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Acadia Center | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Genesee Land Trust Inc | $48,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Regrow Agriculture Inc | $47,934 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State Department of Veteran Affairs | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pace University | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wyoming County Soil and Water Cons Dist | $44,998 | 2 | n/a |
| Westchester Land Trust Inc | $44,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Women Food & Agriculture Network | $41,666 | 3 | 5% |
| Sierra Resource Conservation District | $41,037 | 2 | n/a |
| Teton Regional Land Trust Inc | $41,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation | $41,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Triangle Land Conservancy Inc | $41,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pines and Prairies Land Trust | $41,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc | $41,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming Inc | $39,465 | 3 | 5% |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc | $38,011 | 3 | 2% |
| County of Merced | $37,960 | 2 | n/a |
| Athens Land Trust Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catawba Lands Conservancy | $37,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pwm Farm Properties Inc | $36,959 | 2 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $36,014 | 3 | 0% |
| Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc | $34,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Tecumseh Land Preservation Association | $32,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Farmstart LLP | $31,007 | 1 | n/a |
| Yolo Land Trust | $31,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Colorado Open Lands | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Land Conservancy | $31,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Beaufort County Open Land Trust | $31,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Groundswell Conservancy Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sierra Rcd | $30,031 | 1 | n/a |
| Saratoga Plan Inc | $29,280 | 3 | 0% |
| Pcc Farmland Trust | $29,157 | 3 | 1% |
| Rogue Farm Corps | $28,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Springhill Family Farm LLC | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Peconic Land Trust Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asian Business Institute & Resource Center | $25,656 | 2 | 1% |
| Jackson Hole Land Trust | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| NJ Dept of Environmental Protection | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kane County Clerk | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| African Heritage Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Skagit County Public Health Dept | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rhode Island | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Valley Land Trust Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alachua County Board of County Commissioners | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vote Solar | $24,975 | 2 | 0% |
| Mason Lane LLC | $23,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Farm Credit East | $22,728 | 2 | n/a |
| Potlikker Capital | $20,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Toxic Free North Carolina Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monte Azul Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Multiplier | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Diannes Call | $20,500 | 1 | 20% |
| Croatan Institute | $20,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Feast Down East Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Southern Farmers Collaborative Group | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Black Farmers Association Corp | $20,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Black Gold Resourcing LLC | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| California Center for Cooperation Development | $20,500 | 1 | 2% |
| National Young Farmers Coalition Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bitter Root Land Trust | $18,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Eco-Family Farms | $18,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Newmont Farm LLC | $18,106 | 1 | n/a |
| Robie Farm LLC | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y | $16,983 | 2 | n/a |
| Reharvest Partners II LLC | $16,374 | 1 | n/a |
| Foodshed Capital | $16,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Africulture | $16,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Okanogan Land Trust | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Wood River Land Trust Co | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwest Ga Project for Community Education Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Nebraska Land Trust Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northern California Regional Land Trust | $16,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Central State University | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Utah Open Lands Conservation Association Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Merced County Department of Public Health | $15,829 | 1 | n/a |
| California Farmlink | $15,448 | 1 | 0% |
| Groundswell Center for Local | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pleasure View Farm | $14,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmer Veteran Coalition | $14,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Drbce Langley Farm | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Rootbound Farm LLC | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Mims Inc | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Arnold & Arnold Inc | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Polo Run Management LLC (Walter Schott) | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Direct Refreshments | $13,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Commissioners of Carroll County | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Walnut Grove Farms | $11,964 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $11,612 | 1 | 0% |
| University of the State of New York Regents Research Fund | $10,520 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock Creek Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moonlight Run Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dane County Department of Human Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The 4 Five Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tellman Hill Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Dunn | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Shore Land Trust Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jefferson County Elderly Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tall Pines Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Driftless Area Land Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bunker Farm Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana State Park Inns | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Alliance Housing Corporation III | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Transformative Action | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Legacy Land Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Farmers Inc | $9,984 | 1 | 1% |
| Manning Hill Farm | $9,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Agriculture and Land Based Training Association | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Farmland Trust | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunterdon Land Trust | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canaan View Dairy LLC | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Go Green Inc | $8,584 | 1 | 0% |
| Farmer Veteran Coalition of Washington | $8,144 | 1 | n/a |
| Har-Go Farms LLC | $8,073 | 1 | n/a |
| Six Goats LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Snug Valley Farm | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bree-Z-Knoll Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baldwin Brook Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sub Edge Farm | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cote Cattle Company | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Lawn Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Morse Brook Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Radical Roots Farm LLP | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chickering Farm Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edelweiss Dairy LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flag Hill | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cato Corner Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bending Branch Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm at Woods Hill LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knoxland Farm Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meadowsweet Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birdsong Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massaro Community Farm Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Lambs Farm Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merrimac Farms Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lila's Mountain Farm LLC | $7,986 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Hill Farm LLC | $7,558 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence Farm Collective Corp | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seneca Trail RC&D Council Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 22% |
| Regenerative Design Group Cooperative | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Integrated Food and Farming Systems Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kiss the Cow Farm | $7,441 | 1 | n/a |
| Glynwood Center for Regional | $7,423 | 1 | n/a |
| Mtfolly Farm LLC | $7,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Land Conservancy of Adams County Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Westmoreland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cardinal Land Conservancy | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Madison Soil&Water Conservation District | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of York | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Valley Conservation Trust | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cecil Land Trust Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| County of Lancaster | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northampton County Conservation District | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Centre | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lancaster Farmland Trust | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mt Washington Police Department | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Cricket Creek Farm | $6,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Minority and Veteran Farmers of the Piedmont Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Progressive Growers Inc | $6,343 | 1 | n/a |
| Putnam Farms Inc | $6,294 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenfield Farmers Cooperative Exchange | $6,257 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Credit East Cares | $6,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Viva Farms | $6,091 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Prairies Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Rangeland Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kinnickinnic River Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Kingstown Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scott County Rural Land Management Board Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ozark Greenways Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consu | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Sierra Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oconee Soil & Water Conservation District | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| William J Palmer Parks Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| King County Department of Community & Human Services | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Methow Conservancy | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forterra Nw | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State of Connecticut | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia-Alabama Land Trust Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jefferson Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Taos Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Five Valleys Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodhill LLC | $5,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Hardin Swcd | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont | $5,149 | 1 | 0% |
| Russellville Urban Gardening Project | $5,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Erickson Webb Scolton & Hajdu | $5,006 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
American Farmland Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 123.
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.
Land Trust Alliance IncDC73.7× affinity37 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Land Trust Alliance Inc · The Nature Conservancy · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Farm Aid Inc · UNFI Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Clif Family Foundation · Community Foundation for San Benito County · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Earth Island Institute Inc · Resources Legacy Fund
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About American Farmland Trust
- How much does American Farmland Trust give?
- American Farmland Trust reported 154 itemized grants totaling $2,975,447, out of $5,576,867 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 68 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does American Farmland Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (62%), Environment (29%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are American Farmland Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Dry Farming Institute ($185k), Black Family Land Trust Inc ($184k), Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York ($162k).
- Does American Farmland Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Farmland Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Land Trust Alliance Inc, The Nature Conservancy, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is American Farmland Trust based?
- American Farmland Trust is based in DC.
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