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Pennsylvania Certified Organic at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Public charity

Pennsylvania Certified Organic

To uphold and advance organic principles and practices through certification, advocacy, and technical support.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$235k
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 2024.

Food & Nutrition$2.1MArts & Culture$255kEnvironment$223kScience & Tech$15kYouth Development$12kEducation$8k
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $1,564,460, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,765,413 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $200,953 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $214k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.3M
$37,226
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOFA - NEW YORK$234,958
NOFA - MASS$154,101
NOFA - VT$143,838
NOFA - NH$133,688
BLACK FARMERS INDEX$118,740
MOFGA CERTIFICATION SERVICES LLC$103,722
WEST VIRGINIA FOOD & FARM COALITION$87,589
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGICAL$80,658
NOFA - NJ$79,673
NOFA - CT$61,587
GLYNWOOD CENTER INC$60,145
THE RODALE INSTITUTE$54,824
FOODSHED ALLIANCE$39,534
MAINE GRAIN ALLIANCE$37,226
GROW PITTSBURGH$21,287
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY SWETTE CT: $20k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS- AMHERS: $10k → 11%NOFA - MASS: $154k → 12%THE RODALE INSTITUTE: $57k → 11%GROW PITTSBURGH: $21k → 11%GLYNWOOD CENTER INC: $60k → 6%EAST END FOOD INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%NEW CT FARMER ALLIANCE: $15k → 11%NOFA - NEW YORK: $235k → 20%AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $17k → 14%NOFA - CT: $88k → 12%WEST VIRGINIA FARMERS MARKET ASSOC: $17k → 18%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%NOFA - NJ: $100k → 4%FOODSHED ALLIANCE: $40k → 7%RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW: $12k → 8%VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGICAL: $100k → 14%NORTHERN GRAIN GROWERS COLLABORATIV: $18k → 9%VERMONT WAY FOODS: $8k → 10%LOT 49 LLC: $9k → 11%STANNARD FARM VERMONT PURE MAPLE SY: $6k → 14%BLACK FARMERS INDEX: $119k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $8k → 11%ORGANIC INDEPENDENTS LLP: $6k → 7%NOFA - NH: $134k → 7%MOFGA CERTIFICATION SERVICES LLC: $104k → 13%MAINE GRAIN ALLIANCE: $37k → 15%NOFA - MASS: $109k → 12%THE RODALE INSTITUTE: $55k → 11%GROW PITTSBURGH: $14k → 11%NOFA - NEW YORK: $100k → 20%NOFA - CT: $62k → 12%WEST VIRGINIA FARMERS MARKET ASSOC: $7k → 18%NOFA - NJ: $80k → 4%FOODSHED ALLIANCE: $13k → 7%VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGICAL: $81k → 14%NORTHERN GRAIN GROWERS COLLABORATIV: $10k → 9%VERMONT WAY FOODS: $6k → 10%BLACK FARMERS INDEX: $27k → 17%NOFA - NH: $105k → 7%MOFGA CERTIFICATION SERVICES LLC: $100k → 13%WEST VIRGINIA FOOD & FARM COALITION: $100k → 18%VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR MAKERS' ASSOCIA: $12k → 9%NOFA - VT: $144k → 10%WEST VIRGINIA FOOD & FARM COALITION: $88k → 18%VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR MAKERS' ASSOCIA: $5k → 9%NOFA - VT: $111k → 10%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
NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
WV
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 17 repeat orgs$222k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
2

Total granted

$2.4M
$26k

Still filing today

94%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Food & NutritionEducationArts & CultureEmploymentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • NO
    NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY I
    2× · 2023–2024 · $335k · revenue +2%
  • NO
    NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $239k · revenue +17% · 33% of their budget
  • WV
    West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $188k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • AS
    ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • OI
    ORGANIC INDEPENDENTS LLP
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
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
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
2
Sustainable Growers
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3
Agricultural Health Benefits Alliance Educational Foundation Llc
Education
4
Sustainable Food Alliance Inc

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

Environment
5
Black Urban Farmers Association
Food & Nutrition
6
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
7
Alliance for Food and Farming Inc

The Alliance for Food and Farming delivers credible information to consumers about the safety of fruits and vegetables.

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8
The Food Alliance

Food alliance works at the juncture of science, business and values to define and promote sustainability in agriculture and the food industry, and to ensure safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and careful…

Arts & Culture
9
Organic Association of Kentucky

To improve the health of the environment and communities by advancing organic regenerative agriculture to grow ecological resilience, economic viability and socially just futures for kentucky farmers through educational, technical and…

Food & Nutrition
10
Vermont Grass Farmers Association

To promote, manage, and oversee grazing outreach and education programs in Vermont.

Environment
11
Adams County Farmers Market Association Inc

The adams county farmers market association is committed to building vibrant farmers' markets which support small-scale producers, enhance the communities we serve, assist families with access to fresh nutritious food and educate the…

Food & Nutrition
12
Northeast Organic Farming Association Inc

Education regarding organic agriculture

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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 West Virginia University Research Corporation. 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

23 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. 23 of the 30 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY I: $334,958 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY INORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INC: $262,917 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INCNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $238,918 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIREMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $203,722 · Food & NutritionMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATIONWest Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc: $187,589 · Food & NutritionWest Virginia Food & Farm Coalition IncVIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGICAL FARMING INC: $180,658 · Food & NutritionVIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR BIOLOGICAL FARMING INCNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF CONNECTICUT INC: $149,087 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF CONNECTICUT INCBLACK FARMERS INDEX: $145,780 · Food & NutritionBLACK FARMERS INDEXRodale Institute: $111,519 · Food & NutritionRodale Institute+6 more: $148,879 · Food & Nutrition+6 moreNortheast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc: $179,673 · OtherNortheast Or…NORTHERN GRAIN GROWERS COLLABORATIV: $28,262 · OtherNORTHERN GRA…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherARIZONA STAT…VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR MAKERS ASSOC INC: $17,199 · OtherVERMONT MAPL…RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $11,946 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $10,015 · Other+3 more: $21,081 · Other+3 moreNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: $254,603 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST …MAINE GRAIN ALLIANCE: $37,226 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $15,400 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $8,460 · EducationGLYNWOOD CENTER INC: $60,145 · Public BenefitINTERVALE CENTER INC: $13,949 · Employment
Food & Nutrition$1,964,027Other$288,176Arts & Culture$254,603Education$61,086Public Benefit$60,145Employment$13,949

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

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
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.

Farm Aid IncPennsylvania Associat…Earth Island Institut…American Farmland Tru…PatagoniaorgImpactassetsincTides FoundationJewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: 31% of income from government
  • Intervale Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Assoc Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Connecticut Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report 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 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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