New York · Public charity
Black Farmer Fund Inc
This mission of black farmer fund is to build community wealth & health by investing in black agricultural businesses of the northeast.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $650,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Black Farmer Fund Inc 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; $15k 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 | 6 | $2.3M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $180k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $172k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $496k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edenesque | $650,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paradise Express Ferry | $625,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweetwater Holdings | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nourrir Drinks | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Village Foods | $187,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust Inc | $170,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Brooklyn Packers | $147,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Farm | $96,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Big Dream Farm | $81,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Black Yard Collective | $63,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edenesque | $650,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paradise Express Ferry | $625,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweetwater Holdings | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nourrir Drinks | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Village Foods | $187,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust Inc | $170,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Brooklyn Packers | $147,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Farm | $96,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Big Dream Farm | $81,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Black Yard Collective | $63,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Rocky Acres Community Farm | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Farm Fresh Caribbean | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 716 Cbd | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rootwork Herbals | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | $48,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Corbin Hill Food Project Inc | $48,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Farm School NYC | $48,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberation Farm LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweet Freedom Farm | $13,780 | 1 | n/a |
| Root Life LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | $7,491 | 1 | 0% |
| Veggiehouse Farm LLC | $6,079 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Black Farmer Fund Inc
- How much does Black Farmer Fund Inc give?
- Black Farmer Fund Inc reported 6 grants totaling $2,259,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Black Farmer Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (46%), Food & Nutrition (24%), Health (10%).
- Who are Black Farmer Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Edenesque ($650k), Paradise Express Ferry ($625k), Sweetwater Holdings ($400k).
- Does Black Farmer Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Black Farmer Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Resist Inc.
- Where is Black Farmer Fund Inc based?
- Black Farmer Fund Inc is based in NY.
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