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Farm Aid Inc

Farm aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in america.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
126
Grants FY2024still arriving
40
States reached
$35k
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.

Food & Nutrition$5.8MEnvironment$665kCommunity Improvement$456kCrime & Legal$265kPublic Safety & Disaster$265kEducation$250kHuman Services$97kScience & Tech$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 126 grants below total $1,380,977, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,453,137 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $72,160 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 $10k15 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k111 grants · $1.3M
$10,000
Median grant
40
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES$35,000
APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR ECONOMIC NETWORKS$30,000
RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL-USA (RAFI)$30,000
FARMERS' LEGAL ACTION GROUP (FLAG)$30,000
NCABL LAND LOSS PREVENTION PROJECT (LLPP)$20,000
CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION$20,000
APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT$20,000
RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL-USA (RAFI)$20,000
INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL INC$20,000
GEORGIA ORGANICS$20,000
CENTER FOR THIRD WORLD ORGANIZING$20,000
NATIONAL FAMILY FARM COALITION$20,000
RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL-USA (RAFI)$20,000
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT$18,000
SOBREMESA FOUNDATION INC$15,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHEAST MA AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 8%FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $5k → 17%GOOD WORK INSTITUTE: $2k → 9%GOOD WORK INSTITUTE: $10k → 16%THE VETERAN'S FARM OF NORTH CAROLINA: $10k → 13%SOUTHEAST MA AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $6k → 10%THE VETERAN'S FARM OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $9k → 13%FAMILIES ANCHORED IN TOTAL HARMONY INC (FAITH CDC): $8k → 15%TIDES CENTER: $6k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%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
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 112 repeat orgs$541k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

112 repeat relationships: 81 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
30

Total granted

$7.3M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+28%

Still filing today

91%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $219k 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
Food & NutritionEnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • FO
    FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $418k · revenue +213%
  • RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $335k · revenue +199%
  • FL
    Farmers' Legal Action Group Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $265k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN FARMERS UNION EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $69k · revenue -9%
  • FC
    FLORIDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC GROWERS AND CONSUMERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $37k · revenue +144%
  • NO
    NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -22%
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
Sustainable Growers
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2
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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3
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
4
The Foundation for Agricultural Integrit
Philanthropy
5
Us Farming and Ranching Foundation

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…

Food & Nutrition
6
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

Support the development and enhancement of sustainable farming systems through farmer-to-farmer networking, innovation, demonstration, and education.

Food & Nutrition
7
A Greener World

A Greener World empowers sustainable solutions in agriculture, promoting and supporting real-life farming models to the public and offering farmers and ranchers practical guidance, resources and support on achieving truly sustainable…

Food & Nutrition
8
Organic Association of Kentucky

To improve the health of the environment and communities by advancing organic regenerative agriculture to grow ecological resilience, economic viability and socially just futures for kentucky farmers through educational, technical and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Black Urban Farmers Association
Food & Nutrition
10
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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11
The Food Alliance

Food alliance provides farmers, ranchers, and the food industry with sustainability standards, evaluation tools, and a voluntary, third-party certification program. food alliance is also a project partner supporting the implementation of…

Arts & Culture
12
Organic Growers Research and Information Sharing N

To facilitate the developement of sustainable food systems by helping groweres to increase their knowledge of agro-ecosystems management and utilization of local and regional marketing strategies.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holistic Manangement International. 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

150 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 150 of the 163 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)
66
Early backer (in before they grew)
147/150
Grantees still filing
106/150
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES: $417,836 · Food & NutritionFEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVESPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: $230,500 · Food & NutritionPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINA…ILLINOIS STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE: $99,000 · Food & NutritionSOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT INC: $91,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION: $87,500 · Food & Nutrition+48 more: $1,670,450 · Food & Nutrition+48 moreFarmers' Legal Action Group Inc: $265,000 · OtherFarmers' Legal Action Group IncINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: $232,000 · OtherINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCILCENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS: $200,500 · OtherCENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRSNational Save The Family Farm Coalition: $179,250 · OtherNational Save The Family Farm Coalit…North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec: $140,500 · OtherNorth Carolina Association of Black …COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS: $136,000 · OtherINTERCHURCH MINISTRIES OF NEBRASKA: $118,500 · Other+44 more: $1,295,545 · Other+44 moreTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $85,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTO…IOWA CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT: $84,500 · Community ImprovementIOWA CITIZE…APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR ECONOMIC NETWORKS INC: $84,000 · Community ImprovementAPPALACHIAN…COMMUNITY FARM ALLIANCE INC: $83,200 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY F…APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $81,000 · Community ImprovementAPPALACHIAN…FOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO INC: $74,500 · Community ImprovementFOUNDATION …KANSAS FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION INC: $68,200 · Community ImprovementKANSAS FARM…WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS EDUCATION PROJECT: $67,500 · Community ImprovementWESTERN ORG…Rural Coalition: $67,000 · Community ImprovementRural Coali…NORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL: $56,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHERN PL…WESTERN COLORADO ALLIANCE: $46,500 · Community ImprovementWESTERN COL…+3 more: $25,000 · Community ImprovementLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $133,850 · EnvironmentLAND STEWAR…LAND FOR GOOD INC: $60,500 · EnvironmentLAND FOR GO…Earth Island Institute Inc: $58,000 · EnvironmentEarth Islan…IDAHO ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUN: $56,500 · EnvironmentIDAHO ORGAN…DAKOTA RESOURCE COUNCIL: $55,500 · EnvironmentDAKOTA RESO…QUIVIRA COALITION INC: $53,500 · EnvironmentQUIVIRA COA…COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $52,500 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL ON …POWDER RIVER BASIN RESOURCE COUNCIL: $51,500 · EnvironmentPOWDER RIVE…MULTIPLIER: $51,500 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIERROGUE FARM CORPS: $51,500 · EnvironmentROGUE FARM …WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE INC: $46,500 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER…NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY: $45,500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL CE…+7 more: $72,500 · Environment+7 moreDakota Rural Action: $85,746 · EducationWISCONSIN FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION: $66,000 · EducationFAMILY FARM DEFENDERS INCORPORATED: $57,457 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $56,692 · EducationNEBRASKA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION INC: $55,350 · EducationRURAL EDUCATION ACTION PROJECT: $51,500 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $50,000 · EducationRed Tomato Inc: $46,000 · EducationIOWA FARMERS UNION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $43,350 · Education+8 more: $96,250 · EducationRURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $335,000 · InternationalAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $29,000 · InternationalCenter for Third World Organizing: $20,000 · InternationalTIDES CENTER: $62,500 · Human ServicesThe Veteran's Farm of North Carolina Inc: $19,000 · Human ServicesGood Work Institute Inc: $11,500 · Human ServicesSOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFamilies Anchored in Total Harmony: $7,500 · Human ServicesFAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Food & Nutrition$2,596,286Other$2,567,295Community Improvement$822,400Environment$789,350Education$608,345International$384,000Human Services$115,500

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 budgetFEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES: $417,836 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetRURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $335,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetFarmers' Legal Action Group Inc: $265,000 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: $232,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: $230,500 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetCENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS: $200,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetNational Save The Family Farm Coalition: $179,250 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetNorth Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec: $140,500 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS: $136,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $133,850 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetILLINOIS STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE: $99,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetSOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT INC: $91,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION: $87,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetDakota Rural Action: $85,746 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $85,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE & TRADE POLICY: $84,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetIOWA CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT: $84,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetAPPALACHIAN CENTER FOR ECONOMIC NETWORKS INC: $84,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FARM ALLIANCE INC: $83,200 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INC: $81,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAPPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $81,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMissouri Rural Crisis Center: $80,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetKNOX INC: $75,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO INC: $74,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Family Farmers: $73,300 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetNATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC: $72,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN FARMERS UNION EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $69,300 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetKANSAS FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION INC: $68,200 over 6y, 87% of budgetWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS EDUCATION PROJECT: $67,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRural Coalition: $67,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWISCONSIN FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION: $66,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $63,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFarmworker Association of Florida Inc: $63,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $62,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS: $61,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLAND FOR GOOD INC: $60,500 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetDREAMING OUT LOUD INC: $59,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $58,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Organic Farmers And Gardeners Association: $57,500 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetFAMILY FARM DEFENDERS INCORPORATED: $57,457 over 7y, 14% of budgetOhio Ecological Food and Farm Assoc: $57,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $56,692 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUN: $56,500 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetNORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL: $56,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDAKOTA RESOURCE COUNCIL: $55,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetWest Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc: $55,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetNEBRASKA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION INC: $55,350 over 5y, 13% of budgetALABAMA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $55,000 over 7y, 6.7% 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.

  • Who funds FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES ↗
  • Who funds RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION ↗
  • Who funds Farmers' Legal Action Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds National Save The Family Farm Coalition ↗
  • Who funds North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS ↗
  • Who funds LAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dakota Rural Action ↗
  • Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE & TRADE POLICY ↗
  • Who funds IOWA CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR ECONOMIC NETWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FARM ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds Missouri Rural Crisis Center ↗
  • Who funds KNOX INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Family Farmers ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN FARMERS UNION EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Rural Coalition ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Farmworker Association of Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS ↗
  • Who funds LAND FOR GOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds DREAMING OUT LOUD INC ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Texas Organic Farmers And Gardeners Association ↗

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.

Clif Family FoundationPatagoniaorgThe Schmidt Family Fo…Rsf Social Finance IncUNFI FoundationEarth Island Institut…Windward FundNatural Resources Def…National Farmers Unio…WK Kellogg FoundationThe New World Foundat…Greater Kansas City C…
Clif Family FoundationCA76.8× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clif Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · UNFI Foundation · Earth Island Institute Inc · Windward Fund · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · National Farmers Union Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · The New World Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project Inc: 97% of income from government
  • Rogue Farm Corps: 91% of income from government
  • City Seed Inc: 87% of income from government
  • Cooperative Development Institute Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Oregon Tilth Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: 31% of income from government
  • Nourish Bridgeport Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Green Village Initiative Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Friends of Family Farmers: 9% of income from government
  • Vermont Grass Farmers Association: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Knox Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 163 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home