Indiana · Public charity
Future Farmers of America
Ffa makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 99
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 65
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,349
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 65
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 43
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Future Farmers of America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $366k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 98 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 65 | $713k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $400k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $442k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $322k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $296k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $173k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin FFA Alumni Association | $85,658 | 7 | 12% |
| Incomm Incentives | $80,349 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana FFA Foundation Inc | $77,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Future Farmers of America - Virginia | $67,200 | 5 | 9% |
| Georgia FFA Foundation Inc | $61,600 | 5 | 2% |
| Illinois FFA Alumni Association | $54,736 | 6 | 10% |
| Colorado Future Farmers of America | $52,800 | 6 | 4% |
| Iowa FFA Association | $52,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Oregon FFA Association | $51,600 | 5 | 3% |
| Nebraska FFA Association | $51,200 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 69 grantees
Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Future Farmers of America supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Growmark Foundation · Share Our Strength · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Future Farmers of America
- How much does Future Farmers of America give?
- Future Farmers of America reported 99 itemized grants totaling $1,229,104, out of $3,010,621 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 65 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Future Farmers of America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (58%), Youth Development (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are Future Farmers of America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wisconsin FFA Alumni Association ($86k), Incomm Incentives ($80k), Indiana FFA Foundation Inc ($77k).
- Does Future Farmers of America fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Future Farmers of America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Land O'Lakes Foundation, The Growmark Foundation, Share Our Strength.
- Where is Future Farmers of America based?
- Future Farmers of America is based in IN.
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