Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $461,675 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($300,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $462k
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture does
Mission
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture strives to build awareness, understanding, and a positive perception of agriculture through education. The foundation offers a varierty of fun and engaging standards-based programs and activities for students at all grade levels, and for educators interested in learning more about where food comes from.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ag literacy - the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is answering the call to help americans understand how their food is grown. The foundation increases awareness of agriculture by: creating fact-based educational resources and programs for students in grades k-12; offering professional development and other science-based learning opportunities for teachers and other educators; and building relationships between educational institutions and their communities. Our resources and programs are used in classrooms throughout the country.
$1,364,769 spentof which $30,647 as grants$26,169 earned by the program97% of program spendingWhite-reinhardt fund for education - this fund provides grants and scholarships to boost agricultural literacy among kids, teachers and volunteers focused on agriculture education. The white-reinhardt project grant program invites county and state farm bureaus to apply for grants to initiate new ag literacy programs or expand existing programs for grades k-12. The white-reinhardt fund for education scholarship program enables eligible full-time educators and/or volunteers who actively participate in classroom ag literacy programs to attend the national agriculture in the classroom conference. They agree to use knowledge gained to expand their outreach to students on topics related to food, fiber, and fuel. The christina sue lilja teacher resource grant program provides educators with grants to purchase American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture fact-based resources to use in their classrooms.
$27,474 spentof which $27,420 as grants2% of program spendingFeeding minds press - we engage young learners by publishing accurate books about agriculture that address their curiosity about where food comes from. These books bring agriculture to life by connecting readers with age-appropriate content showcasing the people and modern practices producing food today, including how farmers and ranchers care for livestock and the land.
$20,968 spent$141,973 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,413,211.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.4M to $5.9M (+9%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Vincent Duvall
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $200k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Farm Bureau Federation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR 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
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 53% · 2022 60% · 2023 60% — 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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 32 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- American Farm Bureau Federation · exempt
- American Farm Bureau Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE?
- AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $461,675 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($300,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $461,675 in grants to AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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