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The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems at a glance

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The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$452k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$6.5MPhilanthropy$3.4MReligion$2.6MInternational$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.8MEducation$1.5MAnimals$1.3MHuman Services$591kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$160,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
S M Sehgal Foundation$452,000
Mosaic Institute$375,000
American Online Giving Foundation Inc$335,612
Canadian Online Giving Foundation$200,425
American Farmland Trust$200,000
Ducks Unlimited Inc$200,000
National Audubon Society$166,000
Mosaic Institute$160,000
Tampa Bay Watch$120,000
Emergency Assistance Fund$100,000
Nutrient Stewardship Council$100,000
The UK Online Giving Foundation (CAN)$71,069
Emergency Assistance Fund$50,000
University of Minnesota Foundation$50,000
Florida Farm Bureau Women's Fund$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 70% of grant dollars ($15M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 30% that went abroad ($6.5M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $550k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Scott-Carver-Dakota Cap Agency Inc: $10k → 5%DARTS: $10k → 6%Emergency Assistance Foundation: $205k → 11%Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc: $50k → 14%Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc: $185k → 11%Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc: $20k → 14%Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc: $50k → 11%Southeast NM Community Action Corporation: $10k → 13%American Red Cross of Central Florida: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 30% of all-years giving ($6.5M)

4 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$2.6M · 8 grants
Brazil$2.3M · 8 grants
Canada$1.5M · 5 grants
United Kingdom$173k · 5 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 29% of The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systemslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 31% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 43 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
55

Total granted

$14M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+15%

Still filing today

77%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AF
    AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +384%
  • UW
    United Way of Central Florida Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $828k · revenue +24%
  • TB
    TAMPA BAY WATCH INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $810k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • MT
    Mother Teresa Middle School Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +14%
  • MO
    Meals on Wheels of Tampa Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue +51%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
2
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

—
3
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

—
4
United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties

United way works to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. united way is a funder, a mobilizer, a convener and a fundraiser. united way is a community builder, connecting people through philanthropy,…

—
5
United Way of North Central Florida Inc

United Way North Central Florida seeks to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around North Central Florida to advance the common good.

Philanthropy
6
United Way of Charlotte County Inc

Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Central Iowa

To improve lives by uniting the caring power of our community

—
8
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Etowah County Inc

United way brings together people and resources and collaborates with over 27 local non-profit agencies to advance the common good in etowah county.

—
10
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc

Our vision is a community where every child receives a high-quality education from birth to career, every adult has the opportunity to thrive financailly and in the workplace, and every older person can retire and age with dignity and…

Philanthropy
11
United Way of Comal County

To engage the community and focus resources for those in need in comal county

Philanthropy
12
United Way of Florida Inc

To enhance the local florida united ways' efforts to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Louisiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

85 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 85 of the 107 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/85
Grantees still filing
53/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

S M Sehgal Foundation: $2,557,081 · OtherS M Sehgal FoundationTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,217,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $1,403,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,350,000 · OtherDucks Unlimited IncMother Teresa Middle School Inc: $1,021,889 · OtherMother Teresa Middle School IncMosaic Institute: $900,000 · OtherMosaic InstituteAudubon Florida: $500,000 · OtherCanadian Online Giving Foundation: $493,943 · Other+50 more: $1,126,822 · Other+50 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $888,238 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE …United Way of Central Florida Inc: $828,252 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Ce…UNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $428,826 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY SUNCO…ARCADIA ALL-FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO ASSOCIATION INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyARCADIA ALL-FLOR…United Way of Eddy County: $212,672 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Ed…CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $204,597 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL AREA UNI…+21 more: $223,473 · Philanthropy+21 moreTAMPA BAY WATCH INC: $810,000 · EnvironmentTAMPA BAY WAT…NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $800,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDU…NUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: $655,800 · EnvironmentNUTRIENT STEW…Ducks Unlimited Inc: $400,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimit…AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $1,378,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FARM…FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $500,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERI…Meals on Wheels of Tampa Inc: $500,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Whee…SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $265,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVES…+2 more: $20,000 · Food & NutritionEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $510,314 · Human Services+4 more: $40,000 · Human ServicesHillsborough Education Foundation Inc: $304,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationSENDMEMISSIONS INC: $34,000 · EducationNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $25,000 · EducationHELPS INTERNATIONAL: $400,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50,000 · InternationalINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $50,000 · International
Other$11,569,835Philanthropy$3,186,058Environment$2,665,800Food & Nutrition$2,663,000Human Services$550,314Education$513,800International$500,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,217,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $1,378,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $888,238 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $828,252 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTAMPA BAY WATCH INC: $810,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $800,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: $655,800 over 7y, 82% of budgetEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $510,314 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Tampa Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $428,826 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetARCADIA ALL-FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO ASSOCIATION INC: $400,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetHELPS INTERNATIONAL: $400,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHillsborough Education Foundation Inc: $304,800 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $265,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Eddy County: $212,672 over 4y, 13% of budgetCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $204,597 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $101,996 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTAMPA BAY THRIVES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA FARM BUREAU WOMENS FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PASCO COUNTY INC: $39,897 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMANATEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDESOTO COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetSENDMEMISSIONS INC: $34,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FATHER BRADLEY SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SPRING OF TAMPA BAY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMinnesota Council on Foundations: $14,675 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Henderson County: $11,510 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PEKIN: $10,408 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE OF CHARITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDAWNING FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAKELAND VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSCOTT CARVER DAKOTA CAP AGENCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds TAMPA BAY WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Tampa Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCADIA ALL-FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hillsborough Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Eddy County ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds TAMPA BAY THRIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA FARM BUREAU WOMENS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF PASCO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MANATEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Publix Super Markets …Lumen Clarke M Willia…United Way WorldwideVinik Family Foundati…AT&T FoundationRays Baseball Foundat…Suncoast Credit Union…Debartolo Family Foun…The Spurlino Foundati…Truist Foundation IncDuke Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …
Publix Super Markets Charities IncFL33.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Vinik Family Foundation · AT&T Foundation · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · The Spurlino Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc: 33% of income from government
  • United Way of Pasco County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Champions for Children Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Northeast Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way of Hernando County: 1% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way of St Johns County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sendmemissions Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems?

Find your warmest path to The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 107 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home