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Croplife America

CROPLIFE AMERICA realizes its vision by advocating for and promoting the responsible use of innovative, safe and environmentally sound crop protection technologies that protect public health and are essential to the global production of safe, affordable and sustainable food, fiber and renewable energy.

$199k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$689kFood & Nutrition$584kPublic Benefit$405kCivil Rights$50kHealth$15kEducation$10kScience & Tech$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$6k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $180,150, the rows itemized in this filing. The $198,805 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,655 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $155k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE$36,500
CALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION$25,000
CONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$21,000
AGRI-PULSE COMMUNICATIONS INC$17,000
NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES$15,000
O'BRIEN LANDSCAPE AGRONOMY$10,000
CONGRESSIONAL SPORTMEN'S FOUNDATION$10,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
LEADERS OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE LLC$10,000
STATE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LEADERS INC$7,500
NATIONAL FARMER'S UNION$7,500
DUCKS UNLIMITED$5,500
SOUTHWESTERN FERTILZER CONFERENCE$5,150
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NUFFER SMITH TUCKER INC: $15k → 11%WESTERN PLANT HEALTH ASSOC: $10k → 12%AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCATION: $15k → 11%AGRI-PULSE COMMUNICATIONS INC: $17k → 13%CONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $21k → 12%THE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 8%FARMERS ALLIANCE FOR INTEGRATED RESOURCES: $25k → 9%NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $15k → 12%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $41k → 7%AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCATION: $15k → 11%AGRI-PULSE COMMUNICATIONS INC: $15k → 13%FARMERS ALLIANCE FOR INTEGRATED RESOURCES: $25k → 9%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE: $37k → 7%CALIFORNIA ASSOCATION OF PEST CONTROL: $70k → 12%NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE: $30k → 7%CALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%NASDA: $29k → 7%CALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION: $75k → 12%CROPLIFE FOUNDATION: $190k → 14%NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $28k → 7%CALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $31k → 14%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $21k → 7%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $28k → 14%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $19k → 14%CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $17k → 14%DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: $15k → 14%DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN: $15k → 14%DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN: $15k → 14%DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: $15k → 14%AG AMERICA: $15k → 14%DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: $15k → 14%AG AMERICA: $15k → 14%DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: $12k → 14%AGRICULTURE NUTRIENT POLICY COUNCIL: $20k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE INC: $25k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE INC: $25k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE INC: $20k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE: $17k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE INC: $15k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE: $15k → 14%REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE INC: $15k → 14%NATIONAL ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS: $15k → 14%NATIONAL ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS: $15k → 14%NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL: $15k → 14%NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL: $15k → 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

ME
WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
NC
SC
DC
HI
AL
TX
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 27 repeat orgs$471k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
20

Total granted

$1.3M
$436k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+15%

Still filing today

70%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementFood & NutritionEnvironmentPublic BenefitHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $106k · revenue +66%
  • CE
    CONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +68%
  • CS
    CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • CF
    CROPLIFE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $190k · revenue -93% · 45% of their budget
  • CA
    CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PEST CONTROL ADVISERS
    one grant, 2021 · $70k · revenue +3%
  • AN
    AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENT POLICY COUNCIL
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -1%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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.

1
Organic Farmers Association

The mission of the Organic Farmers Association is to provide a strong and unified national voice for domestic certified organic producers so that organic agriculture will become the basis of a viable United States food and agricultural…

Food & Nutrition
2
Us Farmers and Ranchers Alliance

MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the…

Community Improvement
3
Agribusiness Association of Iowa

The agribusiness association of iowa exists to advocate communicate and educate on behalf of a professional agribusiness industry.

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4
Missouri Corn Growers Association

The Missouri Corn Growers Association is a grassroots organization directed by its members dedicated to increasing the profitability of corn production by developing and expanding corn markets; collecting and distributing information;…

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5
American Farm Bureau Federation

The american farm bureau federation is the voice of agriculture (r). we are farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world.

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6
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

To advance the business and policy interests of america's cooperatives and other farmer-owned enterprises.

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7
Illinois Agricultural Association

To improve the economic well-being of agriculture and enrich the quality of farm family life by educating and disseminating agricultural information to members and others in such areas as finance, economics and governmental policy.

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8
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
9
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc

NOFA-NJ is an Association of consumers, farmers and gardeners, creating a regionally based organic agricultural system which is economically viable. The corporation's goals are the following:- Increase the number of certified organic farms…

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10
Ohio Agribusiness Association

To promote the interest of the ohio agribusiness industry and those engaged in the agribusiness industry through education, legislative activities public relations, and research.

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11
South Dakota Corn Growers Association

Promote corn and corn products and improve corn profitability. influence public policy and increase corn usage through livestock feeding and new domestic products.

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12
Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Inc

The mission of the minnesota agri-growth council is to advocate for minnesota's food and agriculture industry by serving as a unified voice and promoting relationships with allied industries.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Association of Wheat Growers; the most unlike its peers is Farmers Alliance for Integrated Resources. 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

35 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. 35 of the 51 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROPLIFE FOUNDATION: $190,000 · OtherCROPLIFE FOUNDATIONCROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $184,776 · OtherCROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEERepublican State Leadership: $132,000 · OtherRepublican State LeadershipNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE: $105,850 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTUREDEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: $86,500 · OtherDEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PEST CONTROL ADVISERS: $70,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $61,000 · OtherFARMERS ALLIANCE FOR INTEGRATED RESOURCES: $50,000 · Other+29 more: $476,852 · Other+29 moreCALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EnvironmentCALIFORNIA BOU…Friends of the National Arboretum: $15,500 · EnvironmentFriends of the…Ducks Unlimited Inc: $11,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSTATE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LEADERSINC: $27,500 · Food & NutritionUS FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTHERN CROP PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · Food & NutritionAGRICULTURAL NUTRIENT POLICY COUNCIL: $20,000 · Community ImprovementEDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE INC: $13,000 · Community ImprovementHAWAII CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementMID AMERICA CROP LIFE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementAMERIPEN: $6,500 · Community ImprovementNCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $32,500 · Public BenefitTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Health
Other$1,356,978Environment$226,500Food & Nutrition$75,500Community Improvement$59,500Public Benefit$32,500Health$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetCROPLIFE FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE: $105,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PEST CONTROL ADVISERS: $70,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $61,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $32,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Friends of Farms and Forests: $30,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCotton Council International: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LEADERSINC: $27,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetAGRICULTURAL NUTRIENT POLICY COUNCIL: $20,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetNORTHEAST AGRIBUSINESS & FEED ALLIANCE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS DBA NJ GREEN INDUSTRY COUNCIL: $17,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetWESTERN PLANT HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $16,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $15,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN AGRI-BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUS FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CROP PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMERIPEN: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PLANT FOOD OFFICIALS: $6,202 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKANSAS GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN FERTILIZER CONFERENCE: $5,150 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Biotechnology Innovat…American Gas Associat…Nuclear Energy Instit…Edison Electric Insti…Environmental Defense…Pharmaceutical Resear…American Fuel and Pet…Walton Family Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationDC23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Biotechnology Innovation Organization · American Gas Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · Edison Electric Institute Inc · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Croplife America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Croplife America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 51 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 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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