Arkansas · Public charity
Heifer Project International
The organization's mission is to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. Working worldwide with marginalized small-scale farmers, heifer provides livestock, seeds and training in sustainable crop production and animal management practices (see schedule o)to increase income and improve nutrition. Focusing also on women's…
- $81M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,884,509
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,125,404
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $313M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Heifer Project International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $6.5M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $3.3M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $3.2M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $3.7M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $5.9M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $4.0M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $2.0M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Sustainable Livestock Cooperative (C-Corp) | $25,553,211 | 9 | n/a |
| Cypress Valley Meat Company 1 LLC | $5,343,304 | 6 | n/a |
| Arkansas Foodshed Cooperative | $1,222,665 | 2 | n/a |
| Foodshed Farms Csa | $536,122 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture | $188,000 | 3 | 27% |
| Root Capital Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Natural State Processing LLC | $86,376 | 1 | n/a |
| Maricarmen Powell-Arnudts | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rodale Institute | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Sustainable Livestock Cooperative (C-Corp) | $25,553,211 | 9 | n/a |
| Cypress Valley Meat Company 1 LLC | $5,343,304 | 6 | n/a |
| Arkansas Foodshed Cooperative | $1,222,665 | 2 | n/a |
| Foodshed Farms Csa | $536,122 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture | $188,000 | 3 | 27% |
| Root Capital Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Natural State Processing LLC | $86,376 | 1 | n/a |
| Maricarmen Powell-Arnudts | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rodale Institute | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midsouth Foodshed LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robinson Pasture Pigs | $9,098 | 1 | n/a |
About Heifer Project International
- How much does Heifer Project International give?
- Heifer Project International reported 4 itemized grants totaling $6,544,011, out of $81,319,658 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Heifer Project International fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%).
- Who are Heifer Project International's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arkansas Sustainable Livestock Cooperative (C-Corp) ($26M), Cypress Valley Meat Company 1 LLC ($5.3M), Arkansas Foodshed Cooperative ($1.2M).
- Does Heifer Project International fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Heifer Project International based?
- Heifer Project International is based in AR.
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