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Meshewa Farm Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$729k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 46
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$10M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Meshewa Farm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHealthPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving31$729k10%
FY202332$840k6%
FY202236$829k3%
FY202144$1.3M18%
FY202046$944k15%
FY201939$689k23%
FY201839$738k15%
FY201738$728kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.9MFood & Nutrition$1.8MHealth$873kRecreation & Sports$834kCommunity Improvement$497kEducation$338kHuman Services$292kPhilanthropy$205kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
NE
KY
VA
MD
DC
HI
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Meshewa Farm Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Association of Skateboarders in Hawaii$575,000867%
Real Organic Project Inc$425,000613%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$345,00080%
Turner Farm Inc$310,000231%
Bad Girl Ventures Inc Dba Aviatra Accelerators$300,000523%
Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc$295,00056%
The Cornucopia Institute Inc$245,00088%
Cardinal Land Conservancy$235,000828%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$175,00020%
La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc$150,000615%
Farm-To-Consumer Foundation$120,000658%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$120,00050%
Ritter Center$120,00060%
Center for Rural Affairs$98,00080%
Sonoma Land Trust$85,00080%
The Ohio Environmental Council$70,00080%
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$70,00070%
Permaganic Co Ebner$60,000438%
Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space$60,00081%
Organiceye Inc$50,00026%
Culinary Institute of America$50,00010%
Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated$50,00050%
Groundwork Ohio River Valley Inc$50,00053%
Gabriel's Place$40,000217%
The Hillside Trust$40,00082%
American Farmland Trust$30,00060%
Hawaii Public Radio$30,00060%
Josh Cares Inc$30,000214%
Slide Ranch$30,00060%
Families Forward$29,5006n/a
Equity Trust Inc$25,00051%
Granny's Garden School Inc Granny's Garden School Inc$25,0003n/a
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$23,95030%
Institute for Food and Development Policy Inc$20,00024%
Incubator Kitchen Collective$20,00017%
The Northside Community Council$19,00036%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$17,50050%
Envision Children$17,40032%
Scrap2home$16,0002n/a
The Brewhaus Bakery Co$15,000220%
Xavier University$15,00020%
Cincinnati Permaculture Institute$5,00017%
Imago$5,00051%
Sam Hubbard Foundation$5,00011%
Harbor Fund Inc$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Meshewa Farm Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssociation of Skateboarders in Hawaii: $575,000 over 8y, 67% of budgetReal Organic Project Inc: $425,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $345,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTurner Farm Inc: $310,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetBad Girl Ventures Inc Dba Aviatra Accelerators: $300,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetTeaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc: $295,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetThe Cornucopia Institute Inc: $245,000 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetCardinal Land Conservancy: $235,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLa Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetFarm-To-Consumer Foundation: $120,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetHawaii Foodbank Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRitter Center: $120,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Rural Affairs: $98,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSonoma Land Trust: $85,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $70,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMarin Agricultural Land Trust: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPermaganic Co Ebner: $60,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetGreenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space: $60,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOrganiceye Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetCulinary Institute of America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Cincinnati Incorporated: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGroundwork Ohio River Valley Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetGabriel's Place: $40,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetThe Hillside Trust: $40,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHawaii Public Radio: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJosh Cares Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSlide Ranch: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetEquity Trust Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $23,950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute for Food and Development Policy Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetIncubator Kitchen Collective: $20,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetThe Northside Community Council: $19,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetSanta Maria Community Services Inc: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEnvision Children: $17,400 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetThe Brewhaus Bakery Co: $15,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetXavier University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Permaculture Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetImago: $5,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSam Hubbard Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHarbor Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 42.

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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 Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH24.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · William P Anderson Foundation Central Trust · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Patagoniaorg · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Sec Charitable Corporation · Gaia Fund · Josephine S Russell Charitable · The Thomas J Emery Memorial

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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Find your warmest path to Meshewa Farm Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Meshewa Farm Foundation

How much does Meshewa Farm Foundation give?
Meshewa Farm Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $729,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Meshewa Farm Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (27%), Food & Nutrition (26%), Health (12%).
Who are Meshewa Farm Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Association of Skateboarders in Hawaii ($575k), Real Organic Project Inc ($425k), Freestore Foodbank Inc ($345k).
Does Meshewa Farm Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Meshewa Farm Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Meshewa Farm Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, William P Anderson Foundation Central Trust, Sutphin Family Foundation Ica.
Where is Meshewa Farm Foundation based?
Meshewa Farm Foundation is based in OH.

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 77 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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