· Private foundation
Whole Foods Market Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k65 grants · $581k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $510k
- $50k–250k50 grants · $5.0M
- $250k+7 grants · $3.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chef Ann Foundation | $1,510,906 |
| Rwanda G6 | $400,000 |
| Myanmar G6 | $300,000 |
| Wellness in the Schools | $273,409 |
| School Food Matters | $259,705 |
| Mali G2, Senegal G10, Cote d'Ivoire G3 | $250,000 |
| Burundi G7 | $250,000 |
| The Bee Cause Project | $225,000 |
| Bangladesh G4 | $200,000 |
| Senegal G8 | $200,000 |
| El Salvador G3 | $200,000 |
| BOMA Chad, Ethiopia G8, Burkina Faso G8 | $199,500 |
| Farm to Cafeteria Canada | $167,652 |
| CEO | $150,000 |
| Sierra Leone G6 | $150,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 139 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SGSenegal G8 - CAURIE2× · 2022–2023 · $700k
- ESEl Salvador G3 - ASEI2× · 2022–2023 · $500k
- BGBolivia G4 - Sembrar Sartawi2× · 2022–2023 · $400k
Funded once
- VVARIOUSone grant, 2021 · $5.9M
- MGMyanmar G4 - BRAC Myanmarone grant, 2022 · $500k
- TGTonga G2 - SPBD Tongaone grant, 2022 · $500k
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.
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.
Sprout city farms collaborates with communities to pursue food justice by cultivating innovative, restorative, and educational farms. sprout city farms envisions a thriving and equitable food system supported by a network of farms and…
Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.
Brooklyn Heights Community Garden cultivates healthy community through growing food, intergenerational learning and creative play.
Farmshare Austin's mission is to grow a healthy, just and equitable local food system by increasing community food access and cultivating new farmers.
Urban Harvest is transforming food accessibility in Greater Houston through partnerships with local farmers and gardeners, vibrant Farmers Markets and mobile markets, and comprehensive garden education. Our goal is not just to improve, but…
Foodwise grows thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. We envision a world that nourishes all people, local economies, and the living earth.
Common Good City Farm is an urban farm in Washington, DC, where community members source fresh food, see sustainable urban agriculture in action, and learn healthy skills. Our mission is to sustain and support a more equitable community…
Our mission is to educate, organize and advocate for food and farming systems to become economically prosperous, ecologically sound and socially equitable.
prove asset to organic food
We work to expand access to local food for more people in the community through the purchase, aggregation, storage, marketing and delivery of fresh, safe, local food in partnership with local growers.
How this is measured
59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 226 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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.
Open a dossier: Whole Cities Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Levitt Foundation Inc · North Star Fund Inc · The Kroger Co Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Whole Kids Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · UNFI Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
How this is measured
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