Tennessee · Public charity
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
To develop, foster, promote and protect programs for the general welfare, including economic, social, educational and political well-being of farm people of the great state of tennessee.
- $206k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $142k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,067
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,232
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $168M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $142k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $143k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $167k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $284k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $199k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $76k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $91k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom | $236,418 | 5 | 13% |
| Tennessee 4-H Foundation Inc | $217,273 | 9 | 1% |
| Tennessee FFA Foundation | $189,072 | 9 | 5% |
| The University of Tennessee | $186,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Farm Animal Care Coalition of TN | $125,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Wilson County Promotions Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sullivan County Cattleman's Association | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee State Fair Association | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Tennessee Farm Bureau Foundation | $10,077 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom | $236,418 | 5 | 13% |
| Tennessee 4-H Foundation Inc | $217,273 | 9 | 1% |
| Tennessee FFA Foundation | $189,072 | 9 | 5% |
| The University of Tennessee | $186,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Farm Animal Care Coalition of TN | $125,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Wilson County Promotions Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sullivan County Cattleman's Association | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee State Fair Association | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Tennessee Farm Bureau Foundation | $10,077 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Technological University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
- How much does Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation give?
- Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $141,809, out of $205,912 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (53%), Education (13%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom ($236k), Tennessee 4-H Foundation Inc ($217k), Tennessee FFA Foundation ($189k).
- Does Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation based?
- Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation is based in TN.
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