North Carolina · Public charity
Rural Advancement Foundation Internation
Rafi challenges the root causes of unjust food systems, supporting and advocating for economically, racially and ecologically just farm communities.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $820k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $245,085
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 48
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations Rural Advancement Foundation Internation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $358k 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 | 41 | $776k | 85% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $530k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $261k | 85% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $349k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $449k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $191k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $116k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $137k | 93% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Agriculture Corp | $450,400 | 4 | 36% |
| Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition | $207,931 | 2 | 12% |
| Carrboro Farmers Market | $152,948 | 4 | n/a |
| Durham Farmers Market | $147,020 | 6 | n/a |
| Fountain Heights Cooperative LLC | $78,170 | 4 | n/a |
| Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development | $66,923 | 2 | 0% |
| Durham Central Market Inc | $56,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Farmers of Orange | $45,589 | 3 | n/a |
| National Association of Real Estate Brokers Inc | $38,203 | 1 | 1% |
| County of Nash | $36,060 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Agriculture Corp | $450,400 | 4 | 36% |
| Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition | $207,931 | 2 | 12% |
| Carrboro Farmers Market | $152,948 | 4 | n/a |
| Durham Farmers Market | $147,020 | 6 | n/a |
| Fountain Heights Cooperative LLC | $78,170 | 4 | n/a |
| Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development | $66,923 | 2 | 0% |
| Durham Central Market Inc | $56,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Farmers of Orange | $45,589 | 3 | n/a |
| National Association of Real Estate Brokers Inc | $38,203 | 1 | 1% |
| County of Nash | $36,060 | 3 | n/a |
| La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture | $32,456 | 1 | n/a |
| National Center for Appropriate Technology | $28,609 | 1 | 0% |
| Fideicomiso de Tierras Comunitarias Para la Agricultura Sostenible | $26,558 | 1 | n/a |
| Muse 3 Farm LLC | $26,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | $25,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Heffa Farms Inc | $25,248 | 2 | n/a |
| Eno River Farmers Market | $24,761 | 3 | n/a |
| Farmers Organization of Durham Market Corporation | $24,712 | 2 | n/a |
| North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec | $24,533 | 1 | 2% |
| Historic Morganton Festival Inc | $24,292 | 3 | 11% |
| Farmer Veteran Coalition | $23,178 | 1 | n/a |
| Fundacion Bucarabon Inc | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Faithfull Farms LLC | $21,882 | 3 | n/a |
| Stanly County | $19,919 | 2 | n/a |
| Sankofa Farms | $19,451 | 2 | n/a |
| Communities In Partnership | $15,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Feast Down East Inc | $15,269 | 2 | 3% |
| Washburn Community Outreach Center | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oxford United Methodist Church | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wilmington Farmers Market Inc | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Reidsville | $12,230 | 2 | n/a |
| First Fruits Farms Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Summers Farms | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Wake Farmers Market Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear Fiber Inc | $10,955 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers Inc | $10,768 | 1 | 0% |
| Farmworkers Self-Help Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Anders Family Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodland Harvest Mountain Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Caribe United Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballew Estates LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Farmers Collaborative Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Connect Group Nc LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Henson's Chapel United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ivy Creek Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Color Fields Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Triple B's LLC Dba Against The | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural and Local LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natramedics LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Fork Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wenceslaus Provost Jr Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spruce Pine Umc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gullah Farmers Cooperative Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Piedmont Progressive Farmers Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young's Family Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pinebrook Farms LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leicester Community Welcome Table | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cove Creek Nursery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Part Harmony Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tar River Poultry Initiative LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Secret Garden Bees | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Round Mountain Creamery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moore Cattle Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ridgeville Okra Co | $9,581 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Pitt | $9,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Slakmarket Farm | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Porte'Lu Farms | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kidd Farms LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Farmhouse Dairy LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Razin Cane Farms | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Ridge Farm | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Broken Spoke Farm | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hts Farm LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homestead Asili | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boxcarr Farms LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deep Roots Community Planning Solutions | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benevolence Farm | $9,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Somerset Farm | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fireside Farm LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Copeland Springs Farm LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edens Meats LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Pigs Farm | $8,997 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Homeplace Farm LLC | $8,988 | 1 | n/a |
| Saudade Grove | $8,872 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Spring Farmers | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecoblossoms Farm | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Tierra Fertil Coop LLC | $8,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Off Grid in Color | $8,545 | 1 | n/a |
| Executive Center for Economic & Educational Development Inc | $8,531 | 1 | n/a |
| Huewitt Farms | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sc Black Farmers Coalition Foundation | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grain Bin Farms | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Poppa Breeze Peanuts & Produce | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunlight Farm LLC | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Tail Grains LLC | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmer Foodshare Inc | $8,327 | 1 | 0% |
| Muse 3 Farm | $8,210 | 1 | n/a |
| Pueblos Farm Produce | $8,134 | 1 | n/a |
| Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market | $8,068 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern North Carolina Farmer Collaborative | $8,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Wares Chapel Umc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benjamin Vineyards | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sejah Farm of the Virgin Islands | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Common Enterprise | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Camellia Forest LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Garden Doctors | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Seeder Wellness Farm | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Atlanta Urban Farm | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Pine Grove United Methodist Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverbirch Farm LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Rutherfordton | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Rooster Farm | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McQueen Chapel United Methodist Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whymss Farm | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Otl Farms | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Botanical Bites and Provisions | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Door Farm | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Ga Project for Community Education Inc | $7,950 | 1 | 1% |
| Elodie Farms LLC | $7,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Cobles Landing Health and Wellness Inc | $7,865 | 1 | n/a |
| Tallawah Farms | $7,650 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Farmers | $7,650 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arrows Farm | $7,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Windy Bottoms Farm | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Oak United Methodist Church (Bladen Faith Coalition) | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chirandu Farm LLC | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peculiar Pig Farm | $6,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Robinson Farms LLC | $6,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanguard Ranch | $6,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Lambert's Orchard LLC | $6,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Williams Produce | $6,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Steele's Town Creek Farm LLC | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Edenton Farmers Market | $6,300 | 1 | 6% |
| Yadkinville United Methodist Church Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vicks Estate Farm & Fishery | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| General Council on Fincance & Admns of the United Methodist Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colusa Farms LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Murfreesboro Umc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newsoil Vermiculture LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Briarwood Cattle Farm | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Coffeelady31 LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Axiom Farms Cooperative | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartstrong Farm LLC | $5,379 | 1 | n/a |
| G4 Farms LLC | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Straw Hat Farms | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Hardy Family Farm | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Moore Brothers Beef Inc | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Patchwork City Farms | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Pachamama Peru | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Mother's Finest Family Farm | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Marview Farms LLC | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Marion | $5,040 | 1 | n/a |
| Locs and Heritage Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolfriver Farms | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ribickie Farms | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garden Variety Harvests LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| King Cobra Apiary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Room Designs Dba Eco Sun Farms | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fast Feast Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Polychromatic Farm LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hacienda Luna Roja LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McGruder Farms | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agroempresas Atabey Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Street Skunks LLC Dba Happy Vibes Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Star United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Triple Ts Ranch | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asca Pro Services Llcthe Cardboard Garden | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kindred Micro Farms | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Water's Edge Farmstead | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendly Mushroom Farm | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kornecopia LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amasar | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Heritage | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amv Farm Group LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Suggah Shack Healing Farm & Market | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aaa Therapeutic Solutions | $4,250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rural Advancement Foundation Internation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Farmer Foodshare Inc · Inquiring Systems Inc · The Golden Leaf Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Nc Idea · Windward Fund · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
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About Rural Advancement Foundation Internation
- How much does Rural Advancement Foundation Internation give?
- Rural Advancement Foundation Internation reported 43 itemized grants totaling $820,065, out of $1,211,070 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rural Advancement Foundation Internation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (87%), Environment (7%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are Rural Advancement Foundation Internation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alliance for Agriculture Corp ($450k), Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition ($208k), Carrboro Farmers Market ($153k).
- Does Rural Advancement Foundation Internation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rural Advancement Foundation Internation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation, Farmer Foodshare Inc, Inquiring Systems Inc.
- Where is Rural Advancement Foundation Internation based?
- Rural Advancement Foundation Internation is based in NC.
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