California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $308 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($308). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $308
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What California Association Future Farmers of America does
Mission
The mission of the california association ffa is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for previer leadership,personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conference dues (including greenhand, mfe, ala, sle, colc, and rolc): these are due collected several times throughout the year for various grade and age levels of students to further develop their leadership skills. Over 8,600 students participate.
$802,961 spent21% of program spendingState conference: this is a state level annual meeting, held in april, for the organization's members by the organization's youth officers. At the state meeting all business matters are conducted and voted on. More than 5600 students attend this conference.
$1,414,332 spent36% of program spendingNational convention: this is a national level meeting of the organization held annually in october in indianapolis. At this meeting, all national business is conducted.
$70,409 spent2% of program spendingRegional programs-made up of the 6 regions throughout california
$1,608,411 spent41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,896,113.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $6.0M to $3.1M (−49%).
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: 2018 12% · 2019 14% · 2020 15% · 2021 25% · 2022 11% · 2023 8% · 2024 9% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Kristann Mattes
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $118.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $808k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest California Future Farmers of America Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA raised.
From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $308 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA is better cushioned than half of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% 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 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA: 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 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA?
- CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $308 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($308). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $308 in grants to CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $308 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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