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New York Farm Viability Institute Inc

The new york farm viability institute is a farmer-led non-profit organization that provides grant funding to applied research and outreach education projects that help farms increase profit and provide models for other farms.the institute is dedicated to working with farms of different sizes, sectors, production practices and locations…

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$47,184
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,346,491
Organizations funded a year
7 to 15
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$4.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations New York Farm Viability Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $184k 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
EducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving14$1.9M29%
FY202412$2.0M42%
FY20237$489k43%
FY202214$1.8M21%
FY20218$1.1M25%
FY202010$2.0M0%
FY201915$2.6M33%
FY201814$2.7M36%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$16MEducation$418kHealth$281kEnvironment$207kCommunity Improvement$124kAnimals$96kScience & Tech$81kEmployment$5k

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
Cornell University$12,959,63690%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$466,46460%
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y$368,5096n/a
Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I$320,42785%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$292,28060%
New York State Berry Growers Association$290,296778%
Advanced Ag Systems LLC$225,4074n/a
Council on the Environment Inc$204,11740%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$146,34620%
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y$134,1203n/a
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of New York Farm Viability Institute Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$12,959,63690%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$466,46460%
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y$368,5096n/a
Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I$320,42785%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$292,28060%
New York State Berry Growers Association$290,296778%
Advanced Ag Systems LLC$225,4074n/a
Council on the Environment Inc$204,11740%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$146,34620%
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y$134,1203n/a
Advanced Ag Alliance Inc$122,080379%
American Farmland Trust$101,09540%
The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital$87,28340%
New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association$84,41626%
Christmas Tree Farmers Association of New York Inc$80,523231%
Rochester Institute of Technology$75,74110%
Oak Tree Capital LLC Persistent Biocontrol$75,7322n/a
Evidin LLC$72,0492n/a
Zymtronix Catalytic System$70,8812n/a
Dairy Health & Mgmt Services$64,6392n/a
Glynwood Center Inc$60,11020%
Perry Veterinary Clinic$58,0082n/a
Newtrient$50,0811n/a
Countryside Veterinary Clinic LLP$49,4633n/a
Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York$49,1442n/a
High Falls Foundation Inc$38,5281n/a
Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Inc$28,67432%
Waterville Economic Development Corporation$27,8661n/a
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York$27,3852n/a
Scoped Inc$21,7961n/a
Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York$21,0001n/a
State University of New York at Binghamton$18,1471n/a
Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York$17,8971n/a
Palmer Veterinary Clinic$12,5001n/a
The William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute$11,7711n/a
Farmers' Market Federation of New York Inc$10,57613%
Northeast Hop Alliance Inc$9,3901n/a
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York$8,7771n/a
Midstate Veterinary Services Pllc$7,5001n/a
Jefferson Community College$6,2801n/a
Vansridge Dairy$3,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

New York Farm Viability Institute Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $12,959,636 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $466,464 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I: $320,427 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $292,280 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York State Berry Growers Association: $290,296 over 7y, 78% of budgetCouncil on the Environment Inc: $204,117 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $146,346 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdvanced Ag Alliance Inc: $122,080 over 3y, 79% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $101,095 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital: $87,283 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Corn and Soybean Growers Association: $84,416 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetChristmas Tree Farmers Association of New York Inc: $80,523 over 2y, 31% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $75,741 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlynwood Center Inc: $60,110 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Inc: $28,674 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFarmers' Market Federation of New York Inc: $10,576 over 1y, 3.5% 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 16.

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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.

Cornell UniversityAmerican Farmland Tru…The Community Foundat…Central New York Comm…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Cornell UniversityNY23.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cornell University · American Farmland Trust · The Community Foundation for South Central New York Inc · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 New York Farm Viability Institute Inc

How much does New York Farm Viability Institute Inc give?
New York Farm Viability Institute Inc reported 14 grants totaling $1,861,403 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does New York Farm Viability Institute Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (93%), Education (2%), Health (2%).
Who are New York Farm Viability Institute Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cornell University ($13M), The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ($466k), Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y ($369k).
Does New York Farm Viability Institute Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as New York Farm Viability Institute Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cornell University, American Farmland Trust, The Community Foundation for South Central New York Inc.
Where is New York Farm Viability Institute Inc based?
New York Farm Viability Institute Inc is based in NY.

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 41 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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