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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 interdependent relationship among all our stakeholders: certified clients and members, employees…

$1.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Itemized grants FY2024
19
Organizations funded FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.6M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$37,226
Largest grant, FY2024
$234,958
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$2.1M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$2.1MArts & Culture$255kEnvironment$223kScience & Tech$15kYouth Development$12kEducation$8k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
WV
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 30 grantees
All grantees of Pennsylvania Certified Organic by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I$334,95828%
Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc$262,917210%
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont$254,60323%
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire$238,918233%
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association$203,72222%
West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc$187,58928%
Virginia Association for Biological Farming Inc$180,658242%
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc$179,673231%
Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Connecticut Inc$149,087219%
Black Farmers Index$145,780238%
Rodale Institute$111,51920%
Glynwood Center Inc$60,14511%
Foodshed Alliance a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$52,79623%
Maine Grain Alliance$37,226115%
Grow Pittsburgh$35,00721%
Northern Grain Growers Collaborativ$28,2622n/a
West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc$23,83026%
Arizona State University$20,0001n/a
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Assoc Inc$17,19924%
American Farmland Trust$16,82010%
West Virginia University Research Corporation$15,40010%
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$15,07310%
Intervale Center Inc$13,94920%
Rutgers the State University$11,9461n/a
University of Massachusetts$10,0151n/a
Lot 49 LLC$9,0001n/a
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$8,46010%
Organic Independents LLP$6,0811n/a
Stannard VT Pure Maple Syrup$6,0001n/a
East End Food Institute$5,35311%

Where it is load-bearing

Pennsylvania Certified Organic supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNortheast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I: $334,958 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc: $262,917 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: $254,603 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire: $238,918 over 2y, 33% of budgetMaine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association: $203,722 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWest Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc: $187,589 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetVirginia Association for Biological Farming Inc: $180,658 over 2y, 42% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc: $179,673 over 2y, 31% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Assoc of Connecticut Inc: $149,087 over 2y, 19% of budgetBlack Farmers Index: $145,780 over 2y, 38% of budgetRodale Institute: $111,519 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGlynwood Center Inc: $60,145 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFoodshed Alliance a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $52,796 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMaine Grain Alliance: $37,226 over 1y, 15% of budgetGrow Pittsburgh: $35,007 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWest Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc: $23,830 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetVermont Maple Sugar Makers Assoc Inc: $17,199 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $16,820 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Virginia University Research Corporation: $15,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Young Farmers Coalition Inc: $15,073 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIntervale Center Inc: $13,949 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc: $8,460 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Food Institute: $5,353 over 1y, 0.5% 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 23.

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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 IncMA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farm Aid Inc · Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture · Earth Island Institute Inc · American Farmland Trust · Patagoniaorg · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Pennsylvania Certified Organic

How much does Pennsylvania Certified Organic give?
Pennsylvania Certified Organic reported 28 itemized grants totaling $1,564,460, out of $1,765,413 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Pennsylvania Certified Organic fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (81%), Arts & Culture (10%), Environment (8%).
Who are Pennsylvania Certified Organic's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I ($335k), Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc ($263k), Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont ($255k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Pennsylvania Certified Organic?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farm Aid Inc, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Earth Island Institute Inc.
Where is Pennsylvania Certified Organic based?
Pennsylvania Certified Organic is based in PA.

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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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