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Cf Industries Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$20M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

International$500kFood & Nutrition$190kEducation$167kPhilanthropy$145kEnvironment$135kArts & Culture$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kHealth$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IA
IN
TN
DC
OK
LA
MS

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
One Acre Fund$500,00010%
United Way of Siouxland Inc$50,00011%
River Road African American Museum and Gallery$50,000111%
Friends of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences$50,0001n/a
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$48,00010%
Southern Univerty System$42,80010%
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank$30,00010%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$25,00010%
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center$25,00010%
Capital Area United Way$25,00010%
Show all 30 grantees
All grantees of Cf Industries Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
One Acre Fund$500,00010%
United Way of Siouxland Inc$50,00011%
River Road African American Museum and Gallery$50,000111%
Friends of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences$50,0001n/a
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$48,00010%
Southern Univerty System$42,80010%
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank$30,00010%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$25,00010%
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center$25,00010%
Capital Area United Way$25,00010%
United Way of Southeast Louisiana$20,00010%
River Parishes Community College Foundat$18,80011%
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra$15,00011%
Owasso Community Resources Inc$15,00011%
Holmes Community College Development Foundation Inc$13,80011%
Iowa FFA Foundation Inc$10,27511%
United Way of St Charles$10,00010%
Claremore Public Schools Foundation$10,00013%
Sarah's Circle$10,00010%
The Morton Arboretum$10,00010%
Council for Jewish Elderly$10,00010%
Sanford Center$7,50011%
Center for Siouxland$5,00011%
Illinois Foundation Future Farmers of America$5,00010%
one-five Foundation$4,999120%
Casa of Northeast Oklahoma Inc$4,99911%
Indiana FFA Foundation Inc$4,50010%
Rogers County Literacy Council$4,0001n/a
Broken Arrow Leadership Foundation Inc$2,00013%
Just the Beginning$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cf Industries Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOne Acre Fund: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Siouxland Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRiver Road African American Museum and Gallery: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $48,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Univerty System: $42,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Baton Rouge Food Bank: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMary Bird Perkins Cancer Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area United Way: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Southeast Louisiana: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRiver Parishes Community College Foundat: $18,800 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSioux City Symphony Orchestra: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOwasso Community Resources Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHolmes Community College Development Foundation Inc: $13,800 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIowa FFA Foundation Inc: $10,275 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of St Charles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetClaremore Public Schools Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSarah's Circle: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Morton Arboretum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil for Jewish Elderly: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanford Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Siouxland: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIllinois Foundation Future Farmers of America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetone-five Foundation: $4,999 over 1y, 20% of budgetCasa of Northeast Oklahoma Inc: $4,999 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetIndiana FFA Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBroken Arrow Leadership Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetJust the Beginning: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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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 28.

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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.

Air Products Foundati…Missouri River Histor…Land O'Lakes Foundati…Shell USA Company Fou…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Enterprise Holdings F…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Air Products FoundationPA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Air Products Foundation · Missouri River Historical Development Inc · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

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How do I get to Cf Industries Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cf Industries Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Cf Industries Foundation

How much does Cf Industries Foundation give?
Cf Industries Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $1,277,672 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Cf Industries Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (38%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Education (13%).
Who are Cf Industries Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: One Acre Fund ($500k), United Way of Siouxland Inc ($50k), River Road African American Museum and Gallery ($50k).
Does Cf Industries Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cf Industries Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Air Products Foundation, Missouri River Historical Development Inc, Land O'Lakes Foundation.
Where is Cf Industries Foundation based?
Cf Industries Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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