Virginia · Public charity
The Good Food Institute Inc
To harness the power of food innovation and markets to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals by supporting efforts to make alternative proteins accessible, affordable, and delicious.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $246,178
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $62M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Good Food Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $945k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $1.0M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.5M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.5M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $2.6M | 69% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $2.2M | 91% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $754k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts | $1,096,432 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $566,346 | 4 | n/a |
| Meridian Institute | $544,900 | 1 | 2% |
| Climate Advisers Inc | $520,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $518,020 | 2 | 1% |
| Washington State University | $499,824 | 2 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $479,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Charity Navigator | $350,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Regents Univ of California | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 36 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts | $1,096,432 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $566,346 | 4 | n/a |
| Meridian Institute | $544,900 | 1 | 2% |
| Climate Advisers Inc | $520,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $518,020 | 2 | 1% |
| Washington State University | $499,824 | 2 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $479,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Charity Navigator | $350,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Regents Univ of California | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deco Labs | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trophic LLC | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Idaho | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Defined Bioscience Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lehigh University | $249,998 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $249,976 | 1 | n/a |
| Clemson University | $247,942 | 1 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $246,178 | 1 | n/a |
| Biocellion Cultivated Meat Modeling Consortium | $240,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $236,425 | 1 | n/a |
| Dprotein Inc | $218,296 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $203,784 | 1 | 0% |
| Cytonest Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $144,776 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California | $95,397 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation X Labs Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Terasaki Inst for Biomedical Innovation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Paragon Pure | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $24,957 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Central Florida | $6,210 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Good Food Institute Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About The Good Food Institute Inc
- How much does The Good Food Institute Inc give?
- The Good Food Institute Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,019,935, out of $4,573,258 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Good Food Institute Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (39%), Science & Tech (28%), Environment (8%).
- Who are The Good Food Institute Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Massachusetts ($1.1M), University of California Davis ($566k), Meridian Institute ($545k).
- Does The Good Food Institute Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is The Good Food Institute Inc based?
- The Good Food Institute Inc is based in VA.
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