Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION
COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,641,257 to it, the largest being NOEL BARRETT SHULER FOUNDATION ($1,652,525). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Colorado Future Farmers of America Foundation does
Mission
The colorado ffa foundation seeks resources - human, financial and in-kind - to support agricultural education in colorado, including students )ffa, ata and cyfea), teachers (cvata) and alumni.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ffa provides an awards and scholorships program to recognize ffa members who demonstrate exceptional progress in their agricultural enterprises and studies in areas ranging from agricultural sales to wildlife management. Cash and travel awards and scholorships are given to top winners. Approximately 250 students participated in the awards and scholorship program last year.
$454,631 spent62% of program spendingThe Agricultural for All Grant Program is used to assist students (FFA Members) enrolled in agricultural education courses in Colorado start or enhance an enterprise within their supervised agriculture experience program (SAE)a work based learning program. Those receiving a grant are paired with their donor or a mentor to provide advice, offer an outside perspective, assist with SAE/business development, and foster the development of a business relationship. Grants are typically between $1000-$2000 for individuals depending on the size and scope of the SAE. School based applicants are usually higher based on the number of students being served through the program.
$253,845 spent35% of program spendingCareer development awards - the colorado ffa association, in association with csu, offers 18 different competitive events that challenge ffa members to use their specific agricultural knowledge as well as a wide range of expertise from communication skills to analytical and critical thinking skills. The events are designed to help prepare students for carees in agriculture. Funding provides plaques, medals and cash awards to the top three, and one travel scholorship to the winner that will represent colorado at the national competition. Approximately 1,275 students particpate annually.
$23,970 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $732,446.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.1M to $9.8M (+141%).
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: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
John Stahley
Executive director
Board chair
Dale Mccall
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $30k → $337k.
10 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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
COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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: 2017 43% · 2018 31% · 2019 24% · 2020 68% · 2021 76% · 2022 64% · 2023 59% — 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
53% of COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $297k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION?
- COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,641,257 to it, the largest being NOEL BARRETT SHULER FOUNDATION ($1,652,525). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,641,257 in grants to COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION?
- NOEL BARRETT SHULER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,652,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 31 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