California · Public charity
Community Alliance With Family Farmers
CAFF's mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities, and ecosystems. CAFF works with farmers, buyers and food advocates across the State of California.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 68
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 98%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $959k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,253
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 48
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 98% of the organizations Community Alliance With Family Farmers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 65 | $944k | 98% |
| FY2023 | 48 | $372k | 98% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $185k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Davis | $60,253 | 1 | n/a |
| Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno | $46,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | $37,945 | 1 | 0% |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MMC Organic Farms | $20,200 | 1 | n/a |
| West County Community Farm LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ferndale Farms LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alejandro Salazar Aldana | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seven Moons Farm LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 66 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Davis | $60,253 | 1 | n/a |
| Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno | $46,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | $37,945 | 1 | 0% |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MMC Organic Farms | $20,200 | 1 | n/a |
| West County Community Farm LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ferndale Farms LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alejandro Salazar Aldana | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seven Moons Farm LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miguel Cisneros-Garcia | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benise Management LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mei Huan Huang | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Laguna Farm CSA Ignacio Romero | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Papa Joe Farm | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Products from Paradise | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Springs Community Farm Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Burns Blossom Farm LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Avina Organic Farms | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tollgate Partners | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Royal Blue Farms LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherta Farms Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainwater Ranch LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lemonaid Farms | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abc Farms | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guan Huanlun | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vizcarra's Universities California Almonds Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| KB Farms LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jonathan Gonzales | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Apple Creek Vineyard Farm | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ag Family Farm LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Farm | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Rural Communities Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| R&R Family Farms LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ghuman Farm LLC Nirvair Singh Ghuman | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Derrick Keith Pearson Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley Basket Csa | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Farmer Ken LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metitlan AgriCultural Space | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seed - Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Transformations LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shift Our Ways Collective | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ecocenter Inc | $7,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Vision | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Donorschooseorg | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Solutions for Urban Agriculture | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Farm to Fight Hunger | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Eco Urban Gardens | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Renaissance Parents of Success | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Alma Backyard Farm | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| McGee Avenue Baptist Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Roots | $7,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pilz Produce at Hillcrest | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends Service Committee | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Service for Groups Inc | $5,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Coyo Organico Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unearthed Farm LLC dba Harvest Fields Organic Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roby Consulting Group dba Roby Ranch | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miguel Avendano Reyes | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kay Lee Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence International Enterprises | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pollinate Farm & Garden LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deep Roots Farm CA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peach Tree Lane LLC Miles Daniel Garrett | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($537k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Community Alliance With Family Farmers supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · The California Wellness Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Public Health Institute · Clif Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The James Irvine Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Community Alliance With Family Farmers
- How much does Community Alliance With Family Farmers give?
- Community Alliance With Family Farmers reported 68 itemized grants totaling $959,149, out of $1,892,899 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 48 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Community Alliance With Family Farmers fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (69%), Public Safety & Disaster (16%), Education (4%).
- Who are Community Alliance With Family Farmers's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: University of California Davis ($60k), Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno ($46k), Kitchen Table Advisors ($38k).
- Does Community Alliance With Family Farmers fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Alliance With Family Farmers?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, The California Wellness Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is Community Alliance With Family Farmers based?
- Community Alliance With Family Farmers is based in CA.
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