New York · Nonprofit
CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC
CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,368,713 to it, the largest being THE RALPH E OGDEN FOUNDATION INC ($2,764,736). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $278k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Chester Agricultural Center Inc does
Mission
To help grow and provide an equitable and inclusive regional food system where land and housing is affordable to diverse, aspiring farmers and farm workers, low income communities and marginalized constituencies, where food is accessible to all and where unique soils and the ecosystem are stewarded and respected.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Chester Agricultural Center Inc assists beginning-level and minority farmers by providing them low cost leases of agricultural real estate through a program sponsored by the organization. During the year, 12 farm businesses were assisted by the organization. In addition, the organization undertook a feasibility study to build affordable housing to assist the current farm business owners and their employees. The center also conducted various educational events and received nominal rent for use of space.
$184,553 spent$-196,724 earned by the program36% of program spendingThe organization operates two retail farm grocery stores. Both sell crops and other produce produced by its own tenant farmers as well as other local farms. Sales are made using a multi-tier price model in order to assist low income families by offering them produce at lower prices. Both stores aim to promote racial and economic justice in the food system as well as address food insecurity and help build food sovereignity. During the year, over 1,000 individuals/families were served of which more than 50% were either severely income constrained or facing substantial financial hardship.
$173,974 spent$-224,276 earned by the program34% of program spendingEngage in workshops and a mentorship program to historically underserved and socially disadvantaged communities to have improved access to natural resources conservation services programs and career opportunities in conservation.
$96,064 spent19% of program spending1) community garden plot rentals2) the organization is a fiscal sponsor for ima-the institute of mindful agriculture, whose mission is to connect food, farming and communities to a healthy future. The program includes collaborative efforts that encourage and promote regenerative agriculture, food sovereignty, and spiritual ecology.
$61,508 spent$63,640 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $516,099.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $249k to $2.9M (+1051%).
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: 2022 1% · 2023 9% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
229% of CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $75k → $2.2M.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER 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
CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 81%; 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: 2019 67% · 2020 55% · 2021 61% · 2022 49% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“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 CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
90% of CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER 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. $632k 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
CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.3M
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 CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER 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
72% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Chester Agricultural Center LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC?
- CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,368,713 to it, the largest being THE RALPH E OGDEN FOUNDATION INC ($2,764,736). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $5,368,713 in grants to CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC?
- THE RALPH E OGDEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,764,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 17 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