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Fresh Produce and Floral Council at a glance

· Public charity

Fresh Produce and Floral Council

To stimulate the promotion and sale of fresh fruit, vegetables and floral products; to improve communications between all segments of the fresh produce and floral industries; and to exchange ideas on better and more economical handling of fresh fruit, vegetables and floral products from the farm to the table.

$5k
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$5k
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 2020.

Education$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kFood & Nutrition$22kHealth$3kCommunity Improvement$3k
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$460k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAL FIRE BENEVOLENT$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAL FIRE BENEVOLENT: $5k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 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.
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29k · 3 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
8

Total granted

$29k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+46%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR FRESH PRODUCE BY IFPA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +192%
  • CP
    CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue -4%
  • CT
    COMMON THREADS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +66%
  • CP
    CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +60%
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
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
2
California Bountiful Foundation

To advance public awareness, education, and understanding of california agriculture.

Environment
3
California Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation

Promote ag education with university scholarships.

Education
4
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation

To actively promote, pursue and steward private support for the advancement of california state university, fullerton.

Philanthropy
5
The Agricultural Foundation of California State University Fresno

Agricultural education at california state university, fresno.

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6
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
7
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
8
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
9
California Farm Bureau Federation

To implement policies and develop work programs that will improve the financial well-being and quality of life of california farmers and ranchers.

—
10
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
11
California Faculty Association (Seiu Local 1983)

California Faculty Association (the "CFA") was established to strengthen the cause of higher education for the public good; to promote and maintain the standards and ideals of the profession; to provide a democratic voice for academic…

—
12
California Agricultural Leadership Found

To enhance the long-term viability of california agriculture through leadership development, which in turn benefits the people and communities that agriculture serves. we grow leaders who make a difference.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Co…CAL FIRE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesCAL FIRE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATIONCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERS…THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCAG ONE: $5,000 · EducationAG ONEFOUNDATION FOR FRESH PRODUCE BY IFPA INC: $10,800 · Food & NutritionFOUNDATION FOR …COMMON THREADS: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMON THRE…LOS ANGELES REINVESTMENT FOUNDATIONPALMS CARE: $2,500 · OtherPRODUCE FOR BETTER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: $1,500 · OtherAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · Health
Human Services$25,000Education$25,000Food & Nutrition$10,800Arts & Culture$8,000Other$6,000Health$2,500

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FRESH PRODUCE BY IFPA INC: $10,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON THREADS: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAG ONE: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCAL FIRE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRODUCE FOR BETTER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Fresh Produce and Floral Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fresh Produce and Floral Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Foundation for Fresh Produce By Ifpa Inc: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 12 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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