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Cf Industries Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $379k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $355k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$15,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONE ACRE FUND$500,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$125,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF GREATER (NEW ORLEANS)$80,000
NATIONAL AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
RIVER ROAD AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND GALLERY$50,000
UNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND$50,000
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$48,000
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM$42,800
GREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK$30,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES$25,000
CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY$25,000
CHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$25,000
MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER$25,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA$20,000
RIVER PARISHES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$18,800
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $48k → 24%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $5k → 13%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Siouxland Community Foundation

The siouxland community foundation is a trusted organization that connects people who care with causes that matter by providing a means to receive gifts and distribute grants in response to community needs.

Philanthropy
2
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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3
Sioux City Public School Foundation

This foundation develops resources that enhance the quality of educaion for students following the mission of the sioux city community school disrict

Education
4
Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine

The community foundation of greater muscatine's mission is to actively work to improve the quality of life in muscatine county through philanthropy.

Philanthropy
5
University of New Orleans Foundation

The University of New Orleans Foundation's mission is to promote the well-being and advancement of the University of New Orleans and all the colleges, schools, departments, and divisions comprising it, and to develop, expand, and improve…

Education
6
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
7
State University of Iowa Foundation

The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…

Education
8
The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District

The foundation for the iowa city community school district connects the community with our schools to ensure every student has extraordinary learning experiences. together we empower teachers and district staff and inspire students to…

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9
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…

Philanthropy
10
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation

The siue foundation exists to support the mission, vision, and values of southern illinois university edwardsville. on behalf of the university, the foundation provides fundraising coordination and implementation, serves as the steward for…

Education
11
Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

To assist in providing agricultural related education to all persons and developing agricultural leaders for the future.

Youth Development
12
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc

In partnership with donors, sioux falls area community foundation (sfacf) provides philanthropic leadership that assures the quality of life in our area, for good, for ever.the community foundation cultivates philanthropy by inspiring new…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of St Charles; the most unlike its peers is Rogers County Literacy Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
11/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ONE ACRE FUND: $500,000 · InternationalONE ACRE FUNDDUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $125,000 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF GREATER (NEW ORLEANS): $80,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF GREATER …FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: $50,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL F…NATIONAL AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50,000 · OtherNATIONAL AMERICAN RED CROSSGREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK: $30,000 · OtherGREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANKBIXBY OUTREACH CENTER: $15,000 · Other+13 more: $83,072 · Other+13 moreUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FD…CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL AREA…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…Owasso Community Resources Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyOwasso Commu…United Way of St Charles: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way o…SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $42,800 · EducationCHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationRIVER PARISHES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $18,800 · EducationCLAREMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationRIVER ROAD AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND GALLERY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $48,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $5,000 · Human ServicesMARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER: $25,000 · Health
International$500,000Other$433,072Philanthropy$145,000Education$96,600Arts & Culture$65,000Human Services$63,000Health$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cf Industries Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cf Industries Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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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.

    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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