New York · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,165,755 to it, the largest being THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION ($515,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $446k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $218k
What Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Inc does
Mission
Cade's mission is to create a vibrant, regenerative, and equitable food system in which locally owned agricultural businesses thrive and communities are nourished by healthy, sustainably produced food. Cade's mission is to increase the number and diversity of viable farm enterprises and related businesses across the supply chain in new york through technical assistance, education, mentoring, network-weaving, partnerships, advocacy, and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cade's business development work helps farmers and food entrepreneurs build strong, successful enterprises from the ground up. This includes support for beginning farmers, creating solid business plans, navigating funding and finance, and developing new products. Through courses, 1:1 assistance, workshops, and planning tools, cade helps clients refine their business structure, understand financials, and make informed decisions that lead to sustainable growth.
$301,608 spent88% of program spendingLand access cade's land access efforts focus on connecting farmers with land and helping them manage it well. Resources and guidance are provided for finding farmland, understanding lease agreements, and building relationships with land owners. This helps beginning and expanding farmers secure the space they need to operate, while also supporting landowners with options for productive land use. Cade works in partnership with american farmland trust and several county/regional land trust organizations. Currently cade is working with pace university to research four low-/no-cost land access models for scaleability across the lower hudson valley, nyc, and long island with aspirations to scale statewide.
$33,721 spent10% of program spendingMarketing & buyer relations cade's marketing & buyer relations services support farms and food businesses in expanding sales and reaching new markets. This includes marketing strategy tools (brand building, customer/buyer outreach), sales readiness, certifications, and access to institutional and wholesale markets. Cade's resources help producers understand consumer trends, strengthen their brand presence, and connect with buyers that fit their business goals. Cade offers guidance in the direct-to-consumer channel (farmers markets, csa, on-farm), wholesale and industrial channels. Fiscal sponosorship cade's fiscal sponsorship pogram allows farm and food businesses to apply for grants normally reserved for non-profit organizations. As a fiscal sponosr, cade bears the legal and financial responsibility for ensuring that any award funds are spent according to agreed-upon purpose. Fiscal sponsorship does not automatically provide funding. It is a contractual agreement where cade receives a fee (typically 10% of the project income) in exchange for administering the award. While there is no minimum funding requirement, we aim to work with clients seeking at least 4,000.
$6,223 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $341,552.
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 2020 to 2021, from $171k to $392k (+129%).
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 48% · 2018 61% · 2019 52% · 2020 69% · 2021 44% · 2022 62% · 2023 42% · 2024 57% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Erin Summerlee
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $149k → $174k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC’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
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 64% · 2021 76% · 2022 49% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
83% of CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $411k 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
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.7M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$3.4M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$250k
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 CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% 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 CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: 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 CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC?
- CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,165,755 to it, the largest being THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION ($515,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,165,755 in grants to CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC?
- THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $515,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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