· Public charity
Kentucky Corn Growers Association Inc
To be an innovative organization that provides benefits and services that meet the needs of our producers and members in a changing industry.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION | $419,500 |
| US GRAIN COUNCIL | $356,000 |
| UK RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $306,630 |
| US MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION | $120,000 |
| CLEMSON UNIVERISTY | $50,000 |
| US POULTRY & EGG EXPORT COUNCIL | $30,000 |
| ILLINOIS CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| KENTUCKY EXPOSITION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| KENTUCKY 4-H FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| KENTUCKY FFA FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 80% of Kentucky Corn Growers Association Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION8× · 2017–2025 · $3.3M · revenue +2%
- UOUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation8× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +66%
- USUNITED STATES MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION INC8× · 2017–2025 · $840k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- WCWATERWAYS COUNCIL INCone grant, 2023 · $32k · revenue -14%
- IAINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBSone grant, 2017 · $6k
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.
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.
Facilitate agricultural and rural business development in kentucky by 1) providing leadership, educational, technical and financial resources and 2) improving the economic conditions of rural kentucky through promoting development of new…
To promote and improve the profitability of kansas corn farmers by developing and maintaining domestic and international markets to utilize kansas and us corn production.
To advance and protect the common interest of its members through effective communication and education to its members, the public and government
Everything we do is market-focused and proactively promotes and protects the interests of the southeast dairy farm families.
Kentucky farm bureau is a grassroots organization dedicated to serving our membership family and their communities. as the voice of agriculture, we identify problems, develop solutions, promote economic success, and enhance the quality of…
Our purpose is to educate, advocate and connect with our members on issues that are important to the economic development in the commonwealth of kentucky.
To promote the use of forages as profitable, economical and environmentally sound agriculture through education, communication, and professional development of producers, scientists, educators and commercial representatives and through…
To promote and expand the horticultural enterprises in the state of kentucky, and to increase farmer profitability, improve infrastructure and provide technical assistance.
To provide effective advocacy for the financial services industry both in kentucky and on a national level; to serve as a reliable and responsive source of information and education about areas of interest to the industry; and to provide a…
The u.s. grains council is dedicated to developing markets, enabling trade, and improving lives by fostering an inclusive organization of grain producers, agribusiness organizations, and international customers, while promoting free, fair,…
Provide financial grants for higher education and promote agricultural education in ky elementary and secondary schools.
To administer and operate foreign market development and market access program activities as authorized by the united states department of agriculture, foreign agriculture service and commodity credit corporation.
How this is measured
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 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds University of Kentucky Research Foundation ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds USA POULTRY & EGG EXPORT COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WATERWAYS COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE CLASSROOM INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY EXPOSITION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA AND ITS STATE ASSOCIATIONS & LOCAL CHAPTER ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kentucky Corn Growers Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kentucky Corn Growers Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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