Nonprofit
AGRA
AGRA receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being Visa Foundation ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $127M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $114M
What Agra does
Mission
Agra's mission is to catalyze the growth of sustainable food systems across africa by influencing and leveraging partners to build a robust enabling environment where private sector thrives and smallholder farmers are empowered to produce sufficient, healthy food.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
"piata-the piata partners include the gates foundation, fcdo, kfw, mastercard foundation, and the rockefeller foundation and usaid. The description could read: the purpose is to drive an inclusive transformation of agricultural and food systems across africa, aimed at reducing hunger, improving nutrition, and enhancing resilience to climate change. By unlocking the value of both private and public sector investments, piata seeks to create a sustainable agricultural revolution in africa that addresses the region's most pressing challenges. Through close collaboration with the african union and regional economic communities (recs), piata strives to build the necessary capacities and capabilities to lay a strong, enduring foundation for this transformation, ensuring long-term food security and prosperity for african communities."
$70,100,354 spentof which $24,534,055 as grants$173,411 earned by the program71% of program spendingAfrican enterprise challenge fund- aecf supports businesses working in agribusiness, rural financial services,renewable energy and technologies the aecf is essentially about stimulating pro-poor growth in the following ways;-increasing the pace of economic growth by stimulating private sector investment in agribusiness,financial services,renewable energy;improving the pattern of growth by enabling the rural poor to participate in growth as agents and beneficiaries,ensuring that the cross-cutting dimensions of poverty and environment are tackled in mutually reinforcing ways empowering the poor by improving their voice and role in the economy as well as their income.
$18,051,471 spentof which $11,873,798 as grants18% of program spendingAfrica food systems forum (afs forum) (formerly the agrf) is the world's premier forum for african agriculture and food systems, bringing together stakeholders to take practical action and share lessons that will move african food systems forward. Africa food systems forum's mission is to inform, influence and catalyze the transition to sustainable, resilient and inclusive food systems.
$3,366,252 spent3% of program spendingNon piata/others the purpose is to drive inclusive, sustainable food systems transformation in africa by strengthening smallholder farmers' resilience, productivity, and market access; fostering youth and women's participation; enhancing seed systems and climate-smart agriculture; and supporting governments to build enabling policies and institutional capacities for long-term agricultural growth.
$7,070,571 spentof which $3,743,412 as grants7% of program spendingAfrican seed investment fund (asif) was incorporated on august 18, 2010 in the republic of mauritius as private company limited by shares, with limited life. The fund has a life span of 10 years with an option to extend it for 2 additional years. Agra holds 99.99% of class a shares equity interest in asif with the remaining 0.01% held by pearl capital partners and abax nominees limited who hold class b and class c shares respectively
$63,487 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,652,135.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $105M to $154M (+47%).
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: 2020 30% · 2021 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of AGRA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (98% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
He Hailemariam Dessalegn
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of AGRA’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.
Against its field
AGRA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 97 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 97 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding AGRA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $468k on record.
- OK$463k
- NJ$6k
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 AGRA
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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund · disregarded
- African Seed Investment Fund · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AGRA: 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 AGRA?
- AGRA receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being Visa Foundation ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AGRA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500,000 in grants to AGRA.
- Who is the largest funder of AGRA?
- Visa Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AGRA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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