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Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Pasa is a community of farmers and supporters, focused on education and evidence-based research, for the purpose of building a more economiclly- just, environmentally-regenerative, and community-focused food system.

$15M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$153k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$2.1MEnvironment$219kScience & Tech$142kCrime & Legal$16k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $1,270,502, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,261,051 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $13,990,549 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $91k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.2M
$103,707
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING VT$153,433
NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING MA$144,394
COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINABLE$125,004
NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING NY$113,775
RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUND$109,971
MAINE FARMLAND TRUST$104,889
OUR SCI$103,707
HAND IN HAND$97,868
CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASS$80,917
FUTURE HARVEST$75,485
NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING NJ$70,360
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS & GARDENERS$38,454
OPENTEAM CO WOLFE'S NECK FARM$30,045
MAD AGRICULTURE$22,200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $209k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUND: $110k → 6%RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUND: $99k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CO
MD
NC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 15 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
4

Total granted

$2.4M
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+37%

Still filing today

93%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Food & NutritionEducationCrime & LegalEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HI
    Hand in Hand Mano en Mano
    3× · 2023–2025 · $279k · revenue +6%
  • MF
    Maine Farmland Trust
    2× · 2024–2025 · $178k · revenue +61%
  • MA
    MAD AGRICULTURE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $44k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • PF
    PITTSBURGH FOOD POLICY COUNCILgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $51k · revenue +37%
  • SR
    STROUD RESEARCH CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire

NOFA-NH actively promotes organic, regenerative, ecologically sound farming, gardening, eating, and land care practices for healthy communities. NOFA-NH helps people build local, just, and sustainable food systems.

Food & Nutrition
2
Organic Farmers Association

The mission of the Organic Farmers Association is to provide a strong and unified national voice for domestic certified organic producers so that organic agriculture will become the basis of a viable United States food and agricultural…

Food & Nutrition
3
Maine Federation of Farmers Markets

MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to…

Food & Nutrition
4
Sustainable Growers
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5
Pennsylvania Certified Organic

To uphold and advance organic principles and practices through certification, advocacy, and technical support. we envision a world where agriculture systems prioritize health, ecological balance, fairness and care. our values recognize the…

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Action

Our mission is to educate, organize and advocate for food and farming systems to become economically prosperous, ecologically sound and socially equitable.

—
7
Maine Farm Bureau Association

An agricultural organization that promotes agriculture, farm research and foster cooperative buying for basic farm supplies for the mutual benefit of its members.

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8
A Greener World

A Greener World empowers sustainable solutions in agriculture, promoting and supporting real-life farming models to the public and offering farmers and ranchers practical guidance, resources and support on achieving truly sustainable…

Food & Nutrition
9
Us Farmers and Ranchers Alliance

MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the…

Community Improvement
10
Organic Growers Research and Information Sharing N

To facilitate the developement of sustainable food systems by helping groweres to increase their knowledge of agro-ecosystems management and utilization of local and regional marketing strategies.

Food & Nutrition
11
Sustainable Food Alliance Inc

To educate the public about the positive health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming.

Environment
12
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance

Supports independent family farmers & protects a healthy & productive food supply for american consumers. promotes common-sense policies for local, diversified agricultural systems. through advocacy & education, works to make farmers both…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I; the most unlike its peers is Hand in Hand Mano en Mano. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
6/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INC: $276,918 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INCCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC: $216,076 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INCNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY I: $204,594 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY IMaine Farmland Trust: $178,341 · Food & NutritionMaine Farmland TrustFUTURE HARVEST INC: $164,731 · Food & NutritionFUTURE HARVEST INCMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $114,773 · Food & NutritionMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATIONPITTSBURGH FOOD POLICY COUNCIL: $50,548 · Food & NutritionMAD AGRICULTURE: $43,900 · Food & NutritionCAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION: $163,870 · OtherCAROLINA FARM STEWA…Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc: $135,592 · OtherNortheast Organic F…OUR SCI: $119,268 · OtherOUR SCI+2 more: $22,573 · OtherHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $278,766 · EducationHand in Hand…NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: $233,949 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST …RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $208,954 · Human ServicesRAMAPOUGH…Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation: $84,168 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF FARMWORKERS INC: $16,335 · Crime & LegalWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · Environment
Food & Nutrition$1,249,881Other$441,303Education$278,766Arts & Culture$233,949Human Services$208,954Philanthropy$84,168Crime & Legal$16,335Environment$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $278,766 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INC: $276,918 over 2y, 12% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: $233,949 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC: $216,076 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetRAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $208,954 over 2y, 31% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY I: $204,594 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $178,341 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFUTURE HARVEST INC: $164,731 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION: $163,870 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc: $135,592 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $114,773 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWolfe's Neck Farm Foundation: $84,168 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH FOOD POLICY COUNCIL: $50,548 over 1y, 10% of budgetMAD AGRICULTURE: $43,900 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF FARMWORKERS INC: $16,335 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Pennsylvania Certifie…Farm Aid IncMaine Community Found…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Pennsylvania Certified OrganicPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pennsylvania Certified Organic · Farm Aid Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Future Harvest Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: 31% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 19 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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