California · Public charity
Western Growers Association
WESTERN GROWERS ASSOCIATION's mission is to enhance the competitiveness and profitability of our members and lead our members and the fresh produce industry toward a healthy, sustainable and profitable future.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $51k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $133M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Western Growers Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 5 | $51k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $126k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $157k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $139k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $296k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $92k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 Food and Farming Inc | $143,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Western Growers Association Issues PAC | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | $125,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American Future Fund | $120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Family Farmers Working for a Better California | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Agricultural Leadership Found | $72,000 | 2 | 2% |
| California Farm Bureau Federation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Governors Inaugural Fund 2019 | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Minor Crop Farmer Alliance | $40,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Agri-Pulse | $39,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Food and Farming Inc | $143,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Western Growers Association Issues PAC | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | $125,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American Future Fund | $120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Family Farmers Working for a Better California | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Agricultural Leadership Found | $72,000 | 2 | 2% |
| California Farm Bureau Federation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Governors Inaugural Fund 2019 | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Minor Crop Farmer Alliance | $40,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Agri-Pulse | $39,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform | $37,500 | 5 | 11% |
| Jobspac #911819 Co Ca Chamber of Commerce | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Public Policy Institute of California | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Produce for Better Health Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Organic Produce Network | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the California State Fair | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| California Farm Labor Contractor Association | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Water and Jobs for California | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Western Growers Association 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Western Growers Association
- How much does Western Growers Association give?
- Western Growers Association reported 5 itemized grants totaling $50,500, out of $74,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Western Growers Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (60%), Public Benefit (29%), Employment (5%).
- Who are Western Growers Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alliance for Food and Farming Inc ($143k), Western Growers Association Issues PAC ($125k), Community Alliance With Family Farmers ($125k).
- Does Western Growers Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western Growers Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Western Growers Association based?
- Western Growers Association is based in CA.
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