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Future Farmers of America

Ffa makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
99
Grants FY2025still arriving
43
States reached
$80k
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 2023.

Food & Nutrition$1.4MYouth Development$323kEducation$300kRecreation & Sports$132kEmployment$98kScience & Tech$79kCommunity Improvement$29kHuman Services$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 99 grants below total $1,229,104, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,010,621 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,781,517 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k48 grants · $368k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $727k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $134k
$10,000
Median grant
43
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INCOMM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LLC$80,349
FCAE$54,106
INDIANA FFA FOUNDATION$36,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
MISSOURI FFA ASSOCIATION$29,300
Individual grant recipient$24,400
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FFA$21,100
MINNESOTA FFA ASSOCIATION$20,900
NORTH CAROLINA FFA ASSOCIATION$20,000
SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC$19,800
KANSAS FFA ASSOCIATION$19,300
UTAH STATE FFA ASSOCIATION$19,300
VIRGINIA FFA ASSOCIATION$16,800
NORTH DAKOTA FFA ASSOCIATION$16,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DELAWARE FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 11%MASSACHUSETTS FFA ASSOCIATION: $16k → 11%IDAHO FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 8%MINNESOTA FFA ASSOCIATION: $21k → 9%PENNSYLVANIA FFA FOUNDATION: $16k → 9%GALT HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT: $31k → 12%NEW YORK FFA LEADERSHIP TRAINING FDN INC: $16k → 14%NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF FFA: $15k → 16%OKLAHOMA FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 19%JASON WETZLER: $15k → 8%FLORIDA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 19%KANSAS FFA ASSOCIATION: $19k → 20%WISCONSIN FFA ALUMNI AND SUPPORTERS: $14k → 9%OREGON FFA ASSOCIATION: $16k → 18%NORTH CAROLINA FFA ASSOCIATION: $20k → 8%UTAH STATE FFA ASSOCIATION: $19k → 12%INCOMM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LLC: $80k → 13%EASTERN HANCOCK FFA: $24k → 5%NORTH DECATUR FFA: $30k → 11%WASHINGTON STATE FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 14%WEST VIRGINIA STATE FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 18%ALASKA FFA ASSOCIATION: $21k → 10%FCAE: $54k → 7%GALESBURG FFA: $30k → 15%NORTH DAKOTA FFA ASSOCIATION: $16k → 10%VIRGINIA FFA ASSOCIATION: $17k → 21%SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 11%LOUISIANA FFA ASSOCIATION: $16k → 19%CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FFA: $21k → 12%OKLAHOMA FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 19%NORTH CAROLINA FFA ASSOCIATION: $20k → 8%UTAH STATE FFA ASSOCIATION: $19k → 12%INDIANA FFA FOUNDATION: $36k → 8%WEST VIRGINIA STATE FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 18%NORTH DAKOTA FFA ASSOCIATION: $19k → 10%VIRGINIA FFA ASSOCIATION: $17k → 21%LOUISIANA FFA ASSOCIATION: $16k → 19%OKLAHOMA FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 19%UTAH STATE FFA ASSOCIATION: $19k → 12%INDIANA FFA FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%VIRGINIA FFA ASSOCIATION: $16k → 21%LOUISIANA FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 19%ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FFA: $16k → 11%OKLAHOMA FFA ASSOCIATION: $14k → 19%WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF FFA: $17k → 13%IDAHO FFA FOUNDATION INC: $14k → 8%ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $31k → 12%RIO LINDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: $31k → 12%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

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OR
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HI
OK
LA
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GA
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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.
$2.6M · 73 repeat orgs$966k to everyone else

73 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 49 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
35

Total granted

$2.6M
$358k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+126%

Still filing today

51%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $609k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’25
Youth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WF
    WISCONSIN FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +83%
  • IF
    INDIANA FFA FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $77k · revenue +62%
  • FF
    FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - VIRGINIA
    5× · 2019–2025 · $67k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • GH
    GALT HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $31k
  • RL
    RIO LINDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $31k
  • EG
    ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $31k
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
Future Farmers of America Association North Dakota

Promotion of agricultural activities for high school students

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2
Future Farmers of America (Ffa) State

The indiana ffa association is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

Youth Development
3
Future Farmers of America and Its State Associations & Local Chapter

To make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

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4
Future Farmers of America

Alumni organization supporting our local ffa chapter and providing agricultural education.

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5
Future Farmers of America 419 Ohio Ffa Association

Ffa makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. the ohio ffa association provides personal development and…

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6
Future Farmers of America - Michigan Ffa

Development of leadership skills for students enrolled in agriculture, food and natural resource education.

Youth Development
7
Future Farmers of America State Associations & Local Chapter

To promote premier leadership personal growth and career success of Idaho FFA members and agricultural education students by providing strategic financial resources for the Idaho FFA Association. To grow the next generation of leaders who…

Youth Development
8
Future Farmers of America and Its

National and state conventions, conferences and career development events are conducted to provide agricultural leadership training activities and conduct association business. registration and travel fees are collected and disbursed by…

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9
Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America

FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success, developing a competent and assertive agricultural leadership, increasing the awareness of…

Youth Development
10
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America

Txffa makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

Youth Development
11
Future Farmers of America Missouri Association

The missouri ffa association is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of young people by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

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12
Delaware Ffa Foundation

Educational Activities

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Future Farmers of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Huntington University. 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

49 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. 49 of the 157 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
39/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+127 more: $2,751,695 · Other+127 moreINDIANA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $77,000 · Youth DevelopmentINDIANA FFA FOUNDA…OREGON FFA ASSOCIATION: $51,600 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON FFA ASSOCIA…New York Association of FFA: $42,400 · Youth DevelopmentNew York Associati…Idaho FFA Foundation Inc: $42,300 · Youth DevelopmentIdaho FFA Foundati…UTAH FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ASSO: $38,600 · Youth DevelopmentUTAH FUTURE FARMER…THE WISCONSIN FFA FOUNDATION INC: $38,400 · Youth DevelopmentTHE WISCONSIN FFA …MONTANA FFA ASSOCIATION: $34,600 · Youth DevelopmentMONTANA FFA ASSOCI…Future Farmers of America - MN Minnesota: $33,800 · Youth DevelopmentFuture Farmers of …AL FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $33,200 · Youth DevelopmentAL FUTURE FARMERS …SOUTH CAROLINA FFA ASSOCIATION: $32,400 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTH CAROLINA FFA…ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 · Youth DevelopmentWEST VIRGINIA FFA ASSOCIATION: $27,200 · Youth DevelopmentGEORGIA FFA ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 · Youth Development+8 more: $85,329 · Youth Development+8 moreFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - VIRGINIA: $67,200 · EducationMAINE FFA ASSOCIATION: $24,000 · EducationHuntington University: $20,000 · EducationIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationMINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE FFA FOUNDATION: $6,400 · EducationIllinois FFA Alumni Association: $54,736 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: $16,000 · Food & NutritionWASHINGTON FFA ASSOCIATION: $28,800 · Community Improvement
Other$2,751,695Youth Development$588,429Education$135,600Food & Nutrition$70,736Community Improvement$28,800

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWISCONSIN FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $85,658 over 7y, 12% of budgetINDIANA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $77,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - VIRGINIA: $67,200 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetGEORGIA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $61,600 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetIllinois FFA Alumni Association: $54,736 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetCOLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA: $52,800 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetIOWA FFA ASSOCIATION: $52,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetOREGON FFA ASSOCIATION: $51,600 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetNEBRASKA FFA ASSOCIATION: $51,200 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetDELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF FFA: $48,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC: $46,600 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetFLORIDA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA INC: $44,400 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $43,800 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetNew York Association of FFA: $42,400 over 4y, 13% of budgetIdaho FFA Foundation Inc: $42,300 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetUTAH FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ASSO: $38,600 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE WISCONSIN FFA FOUNDATION INC: $38,400 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMONTANA FFA ASSOCIATION: $34,600 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetFuture Farmers of America - MN Minnesota: $33,800 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAL FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $33,200 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA FFA ASSOCIATION: $32,400 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWASHINGTON FFA ASSOCIATION: $28,800 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA FFA ASSOCIATION: $27,200 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA: $24,900 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetGEORGIA FFA ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA FOUNDATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA INC: $24,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetMAINE FFA ASSOCIATION: $24,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE FARM: $24,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION: $22,250 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHuntington University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA INC: $17,400 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ALA ASSOC: $17,200 over 2y, 12% of budgetNEW JERSEY FFA FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMONTANA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: $16,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetIllinois Foundation Future Farmers of America: $13,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWISCONSIN FFA CENTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI FFA FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNEBRASKA FFA FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA STATE ASSOCIATIONS AND LOCAL CHAPTERS: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

  • Who funds WISCONSIN FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Illinois FFA Alumni Association ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds IOWA FFA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FFA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA FFA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF FFA ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds New York Association of FFA ↗
  • Who funds Idaho FFA Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ASSO ↗
  • Who funds THE WISCONSIN FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA FFA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Future Farmers of America - MN Minnesota ↗

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.

Land O'Lakes Foundati…The Growmark Foundati…Share Our StrengthThe Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Land O'Lakes FoundationMN17.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Growmark Foundation · Share Our Strength · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · 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 Future Farmers of America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Future Farmers of America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 157 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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