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Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc

The maryland grain producers utilization board was established in 1991. It's mission is to increase the profitability of maryland grain production and to improve public understanding of agriculture using checkoff investments to support promotion, education, and research resulting in greater utilization of grain.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
5%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$32,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$221,692
Organizations funded a year
12 to 20
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$1.1M0%
FY202420$1.1M5%
FY202320$1.1M20%
FY202218$942k11%
FY202114$824k7%
FY202012$734k0%
FY201914$741k7%
FY201816$805k19%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$4.4MScience & Tech$1.3MArts & Culture$1.3MEducation$816kEnvironment$437kCommunity Improvement$241kEmployment$17k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IA
PA
MO
VA
MD
DE
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Corn Growers Association$1,492,00091%
Mpt Foundation Inc$1,250,00094%
University of Maryland College Park$1,230,2939n/a
Maryland Grain Producers Association Incorporated$1,059,750979%
US Grains Council$813,53990%
US Wheat Associates Inc$465,00090%
US Farming and Ranching Foundation$292,50056%
University of Delaware$268,60290%
Sustainable Energy Strategies$267,4508n/a
Lead Maryland Foundation Inc$219,900917%
Show all 26 grantees
All grantees of Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Corn Growers Association$1,492,00091%
Mpt Foundation Inc$1,250,00094%
University of Maryland College Park$1,230,2939n/a
Maryland Grain Producers Association Incorporated$1,059,750979%
US Grains Council$813,53990%
US Wheat Associates Inc$465,00090%
US Farming and Ranching Foundation$292,50056%
University of Delaware$268,60290%
Sustainable Energy Strategies$267,4508n/a
Lead Maryland Foundation Inc$219,900917%
Maryland Soybean Board$152,58363%
Maryland FFA Foundation Inc$122,250911%
National Association of Wheat Growers$110,12591%
Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc$89,50041%
Oyster Recovery Partnership Inc$84,00080%
The Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts Incorporated$73,00063%
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Inc$50,00031%
Medius Ag LLC$38,2994n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$22,5003n/a
James Madison University$18,7131n/a
Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc$17,00021%
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation Inc$15,50021%
Montgomery County Extension Advisory Council Inc$13,50023%
Chester River Association Inc$12,50012%
Midatlantic Commonground$10,0001n/a
Wicomico County Farm Bureau$6,635122%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($222k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Corn Growers Association: $1,492,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetMpt Foundation Inc: $1,250,000 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetMaryland Grain Producers Association Incorporated: $1,059,750 over 9y, 79% of budgetUS Grains Council: $813,539 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUS Wheat Associates Inc: $465,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUS Farming and Ranching Foundation: $292,500 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $268,602 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLead Maryland Foundation Inc: $219,900 over 9y, 17% of budgetMaryland Soybean Board: $152,583 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetMaryland FFA Foundation Inc: $122,250 over 9y, 11% of budgetNational Association of Wheat Growers: $110,125 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc: $89,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetOyster Recovery Partnership Inc: $84,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts Incorporated: $73,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDelmarva Poultry Industry Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMaryland Agricultural Education Foundation Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMontgomery County Extension Advisory Council Inc: $13,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetChester River Association Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWicomico County Farm Bureau: $6,635 over 1y, 22% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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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.

The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment IncMD15.4× affinity5 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.

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About Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc

How much does Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc give?
Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc reported 21 grants totaling $1,104,022 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (52%), Science & Tech (15%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Corn Growers Association ($1.5M), Mpt Foundation Inc ($1.3M), University of Maryland College Park ($1.2M).
Does Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc based?
Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Inc is based in MD.

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 28 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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