How much does Chs Foundation give?

Chs Foundation reported 92 grants totaling $5,738,995 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 70 and 91 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.

What does Chs Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (49%), Education (38%), Youth Development (8%).

Who are Chs Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: National FFA Foundation Inc ($5.6M), National 4-H Council ($2.2M), Agriculture Future of America ($2.0M).

Does Chs Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Chs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Chs Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Land O'Lakes Foundation, The Growmark Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.

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Minnesota · Private foundation

Chs Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 92
Grants FY2025: 91
Organizations funded FY2024: 36%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $14,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,430,000
Organizations funded a year: 70 to 91; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 26
Total assets, FY2025: $66M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Chs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHealthFood & NutritionPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther

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
FY2025still arriving	72	$5.5M	17%
FY2024	91	$3.9M	36%
FY2023	74	$4.6M	24%
FY2022	84	$5.2M	25%
FY2021	75	$3.1M	25%
FY2020	70	$4.3M	30%
FY2019	78	$1.8M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$14MEducation$11MYouth Development$2.2MHealth$621kCommunity Improvement$356kScience & Tech$284kPhilanthropy$68kHuman Services$54kOther$0

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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National FFA Foundation Inc	$5,625,000	5	7%
National 4-H Council	$2,200,000	6	6%
Agriculture Future of America	$1,985,000	7	12%
Feeding America	$1,000,000	1	0%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc	$953,812	7	0%
North Dakota Farmers Union Educational Foundation	$800,000	6	44%
National Farmers Union Foundation	$715,000	7	11%
Montana State University Foundation Inc	$694,580	7	1%
University of Minnesota Foundation	$692,500	7	0%
North Dakota State University Foundation	$471,499	7	0%

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All grantees of Chs Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National FFA Foundation Inc	$5,625,000	5	7%
National 4-H Council	$2,200,000	6	6%
Agriculture Future of America	$1,985,000	7	12%
Feeding America	$1,000,000	1	0%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc	$953,812	7	0%
North Dakota Farmers Union Educational Foundation	$800,000	6	44%
National Farmers Union Foundation	$715,000	7	11%
Montana State University Foundation Inc	$694,580	7	1%
University of Minnesota Foundation	$692,500	7	0%
North Dakota State University Foundation	$471,499	7	0%
Iowa State University Foundation	$434,000	7	0%
West Texas A&M Univ Foundation	$429,000	7	2%
Colorado State University Foundation	$428,566	7	0%
National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization	$424,025	5	8%
Agrisafe Network Inc	$415,700	2	15%
Northeast Community College Foundation	$414,231	7	5%
Northwest Foundation Inc	$362,634	1	2%
University of Illinois Foundation	$333,697	6	0%
Mitchell Technical College Foundation	$324,000	7	9%
Progressive Agriculture Foundation	$320,000	2	19%
Kansas State University	$278,870	2	n/a
University of Nebraska Foundation	$263,807	4	0%
Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation	$253,543	7	11%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$249,000	7	n/a
Bismarck State College Foundation	$237,141	7	2%
Association of Cooperative Educators	$223,500	7	20%
Lake Region Community College Foundation of Devils Lake	$221,875	7	6%
Cooperative Education Corporation	$204,420	7	68%
Marshfield Clinic Inc	$200,000	1	0%
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc	$182,227	7	3%
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Science	$170,000	3	3%
Kansas State University Foundation	$169,325	6	0%
South Dakota State University Foundation	$169,000	7	0%
Farmers Union Foundation	$150,000	6	7%
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc	$147,000	6	1%
Oklahoma State University Foundation	$147,000	6	0%
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundati	$145,880	7	35%
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture	$114,000	6	1%
Kansas Cooperative Council	$102,269	7	5%
Montana Cooperative Development Center Inc	$94,250	7	5%
Missouri State University Foundation	$89,679	1	0%
Fox Valley Technical College Foundation Inc	$79,000	7	1%
Ridgewater College Foundation	$79,000	7	1%
Animal Agriculture Alliance	$76,000	7	1%
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation Inc	$75,000	1	0%
Miles Community College Foundation	$75,000	7	8%
Black Hawk East College Foundation	$75,000	7	3%
Casper College Foundation	$75,000	7	0%
Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership Inc	$74,000	7	2%
South Dakota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Foundation	$74,000	6	4%
Agriinstitute Inc	$74,000	7	4%
Northwest Agricultural Cooperative Council	$67,000	7	4%
Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation	$64,000	6	0%
Agriculture and Forestry Education Found Dba Agforestry Leadership	$62,000	6	2%
Farm Foundation	$54,000	5	0%
Holstein Foundation Inc	$52,000	5	3%
Oregon State University Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Cooperative Development Foundation	$50,000	7	1%
Friends of Bassett Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Iowa Corn Grower's Association	$44,000	4	0%
Big Bend Community College Foundation	$44,000	4	1%
Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program	$44,000	4	3%
National Agri-Marketing Association Nama Foundation	$35,000	7	11%
Ralph K Morris Foundation	$35,000	7	21%
Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation	$34,000	3	3%
Farm Rescue	$33,334	1	1%
Walla Walla Community College Foundation	$33,000	3	1%
Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc	$32,000	2	1%
The Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation	$29,225	6	30%
Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation	$25,000	1	3%
Northwest Washington Fair Association	$25,000	1	0%
Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership Montana Foundation	$24,000	2	6%
Cooperative Development Fund of Cds	$20,000	1	27%
Osseo-Fairchild School District	$20,000	1	n/a
American Royal Association Inc	$16,000	5	0%
Cooperationworks	$15,000	3	3%
Madison Consolidated Schools	$15,000	1	n/a
Leadership Idaho Agriculture	$10,000	1	4%
American Agri-Women Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Sioux Falls School District #49-5	$10,000	1	n/a
Jamestown Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Illinois Foundation Future Farmers of America	$5,000	1	n/a
Richland Wilkin Emergency Food Pantry	$2,500	1	1%
Feeding Our Communities Partners	$2,500	1	0%
Grant Regional Health Center Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Lil Chompers Child Care Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Portage Community School District No 1 Trust	$2,500	1	7%
Farmer Veteran Coalition	$2,500	1	0%
Cutting Fences Foundation	$2,500	1	4%
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd	$2,500	1	n/a
Woodbine Community School District	$2,500	1	n/a
Republic R-III	$2,500	1	n/a
Silver Falls School District	$2,500	1	n/a
West Central Area Schools	$2,500	1	n/a
Harrisburg School District 41-2	$1,000	1	n/a
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	$1,000	1	n/a
Saint Paul Public Schools	$1,000	1	n/a
Selah School District	$1,000	1	n/a
Isd 256	$1,000	1	n/a
Jay County School Corp	$500	1	n/a
Missoula County Public Schools	$500	1	n/a
School District of Manawa	$500	1	n/a
Iowa Cooperative Foundation	$350	1	1%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 99 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Chs Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 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 81.

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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.

Land O'Lakes FoundationMN32.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Growmark Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Minnesota Community Foundation · Farm Aid Inc · Otter Tail Power Company Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Project Lead the Way Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Sanford Group Return · South Dakota Community Foundation · American Farm Bureau Federation

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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About Chs Foundation

How much does Chs Foundation give?: Chs Foundation reported 92 grants totaling $5,738,995 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 70 and 91 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Chs Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (49%), Education (38%), Youth Development (8%).
Who are Chs Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: National FFA Foundation Inc ($5.6M), National 4-H Council ($2.2M), Agriculture Future of America ($2.0M).
Does Chs Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Chs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chs Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Land O'Lakes Foundation, The Growmark Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
Where is Chs Foundation based?: Chs Foundation is based in MN.