Colorado · Nonprofit
AG & FOOD LAB
AG & FOOD LAB (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,600 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $246k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $271k
- Net assets
- $92k
What Ag & Food Lab does
Mission
To provide equitably resource producers and other food organizations focused on food security opportunities programs and services aimed at effective stewardship of resilient food ecosystems and related charitable programs and services thereby promoting the well-being of all who rely on such charitable programs and services;
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Farm advances regenerative agriculture through hands-on production demonstration and conservation projects that support producers applied learning and land stewardship. Initiated Councils focused on agricultural operations conservation and education to guide development and operations on the Farm by involving partners community members farmers and staff. Developed a 6-acre irrigation plan to support incubator farmers. Created a plan to upgrade the existing well and add a second well ensuring water resilience for future production. Provided technical assistance to two farm businesses strengthening planning production and market access.
$62,809 spentof which $9,500 as grants$10,290 earned by the program36% of program spendingThe Market increases equitable access to local food by strengthening market pathways that connect regenerative producers to consumers through community-centered distribution models. Partnered with Kaizen Food Rescue to distribute 1,080 food boxes over an 18-week period. Developed an expansion plan for a Farmers Market in Bennett CO building on the success of a summertime pilot popup market. Created a plan to distribute affordable food boxes through small independent retailers with SNAP authorization supporting both food access and local business stability.
$32,071 spent19% of program spendingThe Hub strengthens mid-chain local food businesses by advancing collaboration coordination and technical support for middle-ofthe-supply-chain partners. Co-founded the Colorado Circular Food System Collaborative bringing partners together to create a regenerative closed-loop food economy focused on reducing waste reusing materials and sharing resources. Partnered with CU Denver Geospatial Analysis and Mapping Laboratory GAMLab to design a GIS mapping system enabling route optimization resource tracking and deeper analytics to support local farms and small independent retailers in the Northeast region of Colorado.
$44,415 spent$36,500 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe School Advances understanding knowledge and hands-on experience across the food ecosystem by integrating education demonstration and community engagement. Contracted with a Research & Education Specialist to explore a new integrated program areaThe School connecting education and service learning across all programs. Partnered with DUs Center for a Regenerative Future to launch a student internship set to begin Fall 2026.Collaborated with St. Mary s K12 to begin developing a local food system curriculum paired with monthly local food featured in student meals.
$33,000 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $172,295.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $95k to $92k (−3%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 0% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of AG & FOOD LAB’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Eileen O'Rourke
Executive Director and Secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AG & FOOD LAB’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AG & FOOD LAB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AG & FOOD LAB.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
93% of AG & FOOD LAB's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Colorado funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $251k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AG & FOOD LAB has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding AG & FOOD LAB receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$100k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AG & FOOD LAB
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AG & FOOD LAB: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AG & FOOD LAB?
- AG & FOOD LAB (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,600 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AG & FOOD LAB have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $270,600 in grants to AG & FOOD LAB, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AG & FOOD LAB?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AG & FOOD LAB find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing