Arizona · Nonprofit
AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (Arizona) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,919 to it, the largest being Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ($250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $665k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $881k
- Net assets
- $201k
What Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture does
Mission
Our mission is to support the development of a sustainable and just local food system in ajo, arizona and the tohono o'odham nation longer. We are a native american governed 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides agricultural education, reduces barriers to healthy and culturallyappropriate foods, preserves and revitalizes agricultural traditions, fosters local, food-based economic development and establishes valuable partnerships.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture is a native american governed 501 (c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to support the development of a sustainable and just local food system in ajo, arizona and the tohono oodham nation. We do that by providing agricultural education, reducing barriers to healthy and culturally-appropriate foods, preserving and revitalizing agricultural traditions, fostering local, food-based economic development and establishing valuable partnerships.
$526,502 spentof which $9,409 as grants$115,170 earned by the program100% of program spendingN/a
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The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $526,502.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $155k to $230k (+48%).
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: 2017 34% · 2018 15% · 2019 6% · 2021 64% · 2022 83% · 2023 65% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Pati Martinson
Executive director
Board chair
Jesse Garcia
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $55k → $203k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE’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
AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
86% 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 AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 73% · 2020 52% · 2021 24% · 2022 67% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $413k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.1M
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 AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: 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 AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE?
- AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (Arizona) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,919 to it, the largest being Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ($250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $880,919 in grants to AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE?
- Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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