How much does Extension Foundation give?

Extension Foundation reported 51 itemized grants totaling $4,032,918, out of $4,692,461 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Extension Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (45%), Education (28%), Environment (15%).

Who are Extension Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington State University ($1.0M), University of Georgia ($777k), Mississippi State University ($730k).

Does Extension Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Extension Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National 4-H Council, American Chemical Society, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.

Where is Extension Foundation based?

Extension Foundation is based in MO.

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Missouri · Public charity

Extension Foundation

The specific purpose for which the corporation is organized is to help cooperative extension professionals make a viable and measurable impact on local issues.

$4.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 51
Itemized grants FY2024: 37
Organizations funded FY2023: 14%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $4.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $69,553
Largest grant, FY2024: $507,481
Organizations funded a year: 11 to 56; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 49
Total assets, FY2024: $4.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Extension Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationInternationalOther

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
FY2024still arriving	51	$4.0M	2%
FY2023	37	$1.6M	14%
FY2021	56	$6.9M	14%
FY2019	50	$1.0M	10%
FY2018	47	$1.3M	77%
FY2017	11	$201k	n/a

99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$6.8MEducation$4.3MEnvironment$2.3MPhilanthropy$689kYouth Development$600kFood & Nutrition$154kInternational$132kAnimals$29kOther$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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Washington State University	$1,032,035	7	n/a
University of Georgia	$776,556	7	n/a
Mississippi State University	$730,449	6	n/a
Cornell University	$560,229	6	0%
Pennsylvania State University	$536,128	6	n/a
The University of Tennessee	$451,467	6	n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	$448,239	7	n/a
University of Florida	$446,380	6	n/a
Auburn University	$426,453	6	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$421,116	6	n/a

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All grantees of Extension Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Washington State University	$1,032,035	7	n/a
University of Georgia	$776,556	7	n/a
Mississippi State University	$730,449	6	n/a
Cornell University	$560,229	6	0%
Pennsylvania State University	$536,128	6	n/a
The University of Tennessee	$451,467	6	n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	$448,239	7	n/a
University of Florida	$446,380	6	n/a
Auburn University	$426,453	6	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$421,116	6	n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri	$419,564	6	n/a
Utah State University	$387,539	7	n/a
New Mexico State University	$376,438	5	n/a
University of Maryland	$374,615	2	n/a
Nc State University	$374,328	5	n/a
Colorado State University	$365,524	7	n/a
State of West Virginia	$347,411	6	n/a
University of Delaware	$341,245	7	0%
Rutgers the State University	$335,713	6	n/a
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	$334,074	6	n/a
The Ohio State University	$333,800	7	n/a
University System of New Hampshire	$319,157	6	n/a
University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture	$316,396	5	n/a
University of Minnesota	$299,931	6	n/a
Oregon State University	$276,765	5	n/a
University of California Davis	$270,659	6	n/a
Eduworks	$249,857	1	n/a
Univeristy of Puerto Rico	$235,986	4	n/a
Trustees of Purdue University	$233,322	4	n/a
Clemson University	$206,287	6	n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation	$194,977	5	0%
Regents of the University of Idaho	$167,178	6	n/a
University of Arizona	$163,865	5	n/a
Iowa State University	$162,243	6	n/a
Texas A&M Agrilife Research	$157,723	7	n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$148,959	7	n/a
1890 Universities Foundation	$132,489	1	3%
University of Rhode Island	$132,060	5	n/a
Kansas State University	$125,715	5	n/a
Michigan State University	$99,685	4	n/a
North Dakota State University	$98,756	6	n/a
Lincoln University	$91,015	2	n/a
University of Wyoming	$88,889	5	n/a
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$88,031	6	n/a
Montana State University	$85,340	5	n/a
University of Maine System Inc	$84,197	5	n/a
Louisiana State University	$75,990	5	n/a
University of Connecticut	$74,187	4	n/a
University of Massachusetts	$67,863	5	n/a
The University of the Virgin Islands	$57,874	4	0%
Oklahoma State University	$56,589	3	n/a
American Samoa Community College	$54,355	3	n/a
University of Hawaii	$51,100	2	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$47,350	2	n/a
The University of Guam	$42,091	4	n/a
University of Alaska	$40,907	4	n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$38,190	2	n/a
University of Hawaii System	$32,664	2	n/a
South Dakota State University	$29,780	2	n/a
North Carolina a & T State University	$26,794	1	n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison	$17,795	1	n/a
Northern Marianas College	$16,625	2	n/a
DC Public Schools	$10,000	1	n/a
Navajo Technical University	$10,000	1	0%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.

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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.

National 4-H CouncilDC19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National 4-H Council · American Chemical Society · Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research · Cornell University · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Folds of Honor Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Americaview · Tulsa Community Foundation · West Virginia University Research Corporation · Ascendium Education Solutions 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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About Extension Foundation

How much does Extension Foundation give?: Extension Foundation reported 51 itemized grants totaling $4,032,918, out of $4,692,461 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Extension Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (45%), Education (28%), Environment (15%).
Who are Extension Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington State University ($1.0M), University of Georgia ($777k), Mississippi State University ($730k).
Does Extension Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Extension Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National 4-H Council, American Chemical Society, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.
Where is Extension Foundation based?: Extension Foundation is based in MO.

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