How much does National Farmers Union Foundation give?

National Farmers Union Foundation reported 17 itemized grants totaling $424,821, out of $445,869 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does National Farmers Union Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (97%), Education (3%), Community Improvement (1%).

Who are National Farmers Union Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Young Farmers Coalition Inc ($675k), Cornell University ($441k), The United Christian Community Ass0 ($408k).

Does National Farmers Union Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as National Farmers Union Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farm Aid Inc, Earth Island Institute Inc, Patagoniaorg.

Where is National Farmers Union Foundation based?

National Farmers Union Foundation is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

National Farmers Union Foundation

The NATIONAL FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION's (nfuf) mission is to empower people to educate our youth, neighbors, media and policymakers on the social, economic and cooperative contributions of family agriculture.

$446k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 17
Itemized grants FY2024: 13
Organizations funded FY2023: 15%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $425k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $17,961
Largest grant, FY2024: $64,809
Organizations funded a year: 7 to 22; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 16
Total assets, FY2024: $1.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations National Farmers Union Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	17	$425k	12%
FY2023	13	$247k	15%
FY2022	17	$465k	6%
FY2021	18	$641k	39%
FY2020	7	$82k	14%
FY2019	22	$1.0M	27%
FY2018	17	$641k	41%
FY2017	14	$569k	n/a

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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 2024.

Food & Nutrition$4.0MEducation$110kCommunity Improvement$32k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc	$674,685	4	9%
Cornell University	$441,079	7	0%
The United Christian Community Ass0	$408,403	8	65%
Center for Rural Affairs	$341,775	4	2%
New England Farmers Union	$155,710	3	n/a
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association	$148,244	5	2%
Pennsylvania Farmers Union	$142,184	6	60%
Iowa Farmers Union Education Foundation	$138,336	2	n/a
Iowa Farmers Union	$137,992	4	18%
Kentucky Horticulture Council Inc	$137,292	6	6%

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All grantees of National Farmers Union Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc	$674,685	4	9%
Cornell University	$441,079	7	0%
The United Christian Community Ass0	$408,403	8	65%
Center for Rural Affairs	$341,775	4	2%
New England Farmers Union	$155,710	3	n/a
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association	$148,244	5	2%
Pennsylvania Farmers Union	$142,184	6	60%
Iowa Farmers Union Education Foundation	$138,336	2	n/a
Iowa Farmers Union	$137,992	4	18%
Kentucky Horticulture Council Inc	$137,292	6	6%
Tilth Alliance	$123,984	6	1%
Kansas Farmers Union Foundation Inc	$107,069	4	77%
Community Alliance With Family Farmers	$98,633	5	3%
Minnesota Farmers Union	$84,542	5	2%
Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America Montana	$78,048	4	1%
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc	$72,493	3	2%
Farmers Educational & Co-Op Union of America - Wi Division	$68,003	4	2%
Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation	$66,142	3	5%
Missouri Farmers Union Inc	$64,719	4	n/a
Kansas Farmers Union Inc	$64,293	4	10%
Wisconsin Farmers Union	$53,758	2	n/a
Auburn University	$50,004	3	n/a
Lake County Community Development Corp	$47,474	2	2%
Indiana Farmers Union	$41,423	2	n/a
Michigan Farmers Union	$40,028	2	n/a
Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers Inc	$36,028	2	1%
Keep Growing Detroit	$34,920	2	1%
Michigan Farmers Union Foundation	$34,393	2	n/a
Indiana Farmers Union	$30,961	2	n/a
Marbleseed Inc	$30,264	2	1%
Auburn University	$29,706	2	n/a
Lake County Community Development Corporation	$26,601	1	n/a
Pennsylvania Farmers Union	$25,000	1	n/a
New England Farmers Union	$19,713	3	n/a
Nebraska Farmers Union Foundation Inc	$9,360	1	11%
Farmers Educational & Cooperative	$7,600	1	0%
Not Our Farm	$5,485	1	5%
Nebraska Farmers Union	$5,400	1	n/a
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundati	$5,300	1	1%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.

National Farmers Union Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 25.

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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.

Farm Aid IncMA28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farm Aid Inc · Earth Island Institute Inc · Patagoniaorg · The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America · UNFI Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Windward Fund · The McKnight Foundation · Tides Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 National Farmers Union Foundation

How much does National Farmers Union Foundation give?: National Farmers Union Foundation reported 17 itemized grants totaling $424,821, out of $445,869 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does National Farmers Union Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (97%), Education (3%), Community Improvement (1%).
Who are National Farmers Union Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Young Farmers Coalition Inc ($675k), Cornell University ($441k), The United Christian Community Ass0 ($408k).
Does National Farmers Union Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Farmers Union Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farm Aid Inc, Earth Island Institute Inc, Patagoniaorg.
Where is National Farmers Union Foundation based?: National Farmers Union Foundation is based in DC.