Kansas · Public charity
The Land Institute
When people, land, and community are as one, all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three are exploited. By consulting nature as the source and measure of that membership, The Land Institute seeks to develop an agriculture that will save soil from being lost or poisoned, while promoting…
- $355k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $189k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $52,075
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $83,814
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Land Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 4 | $189k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $237k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $499k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $226k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $304k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $107k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $139k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $179k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | $297,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $179,214 | 7 | n/a |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $172,719 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $127,655 | 4 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $99,091 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $91,690 | 3 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $83,814 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Georgia | $53,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | $297,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $179,214 | 7 | n/a |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $172,719 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $127,655 | 4 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $99,091 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $91,690 | 3 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $83,814 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Georgia | $53,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Berry Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| WSU Foundation | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $38,571 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $38,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| McPherson College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa State University | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Xavier University | $15,477 | 1 | 0% |
| The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clemson University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $8,750 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($355k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Land Institute 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.
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How this is measured
About The Land Institute
- How much does The Land Institute give?
- The Land Institute reported 4 itemized grants totaling $188,793, out of $354,684 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Land Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (35%), Education (28%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
- Who are The Land Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Colorado State University ($298k), Kansas State University ($179k), Colorado State University Foundation ($173k).
- Does The Land Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Land Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Land Institute based?
- The Land Institute is based in KS.
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