Massachusetts · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC
COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,948,909 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($891,874). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc does
Mission
We believe that local, prosperous, and diverse farms are essential to the economic health and environmental quality of the region; that an informed and engaged community is essential to the long-term sustainability of our local farms; and that all members of the community should have access to locally-grown food. Our mission is to strengthen farms and engage the community to build the local food economy. Our programs work to bring that mission to reality.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cisa's local hero program educates the community about the many benefits of local agriculture. The local hero program markets local farm products through social media, cisa's website, and press outlets. In 2023, members in cisa's local hero program included 285 farms and 116 retailers, restaurants, institutions, and specialty producers. In 2023, cisa's highlights of local farms were featured in articles, radio, and tv news stories; in over 400 radio, tv, and print ads and psa's; and over 1 million impressions via online advertising. Nearly 20,000 people receive monthly email or social media updates. Cisa's website played a critical role in connecting people to local farms and had 80,000 users and 301,000 page views.
$442,126 spent$63,100 earned by the program24% of program spendingCisa provides farmers with essential support and technical assistance on nearly all aspects of running their businesses. In 2023, cisa had specific funding to support beginning farmers, farmers who sell direct to consumers, and farmers markets. We continue to provide assistance on climate change adaptation as well as business, finanical, and market planning and decision making. A total of 402 farms, businesses, farmers' markets and service providers attended 322 workshops and technical assistance consultations.
$1,064,052 spent$3,886 earned by the program57% of program spendingThrough our food access program, cisa expands access to local food for consumers with limited spending power. Cisa provided 700 low-income seniors with a summer farm share and educated them and service providers about the benefits of fresh, local food. We support mobile markets in accepting ebt/snap and hip (a state-run incentive program for local fruits and vegetables) and in outreach and communications to potential customers.
$280,955 spent$4,534 earned by the program15% of program spendingGrowing the local food system: cisa researches food system gaps and creates opportunities to build the local food economy. In 2023, we helped develop and support farmers in accessing climate and disaster recovery resources.
$75,902 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,863,035.
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 $3.1M to $4.0M (+27%).
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 44% · 2018 38% · 2019 50% · 2020 36% · 2021 51% · 2022 45% · 2023 38% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $303k → $620k.
17 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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
COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
72% 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 COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 28% · 2019 53% · 2020 25% · 2021 21% · 2022 25% · 2023 27% — broadly stable.
“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
57% of COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
52% of COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC'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. Of the $1.9M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$3.6M
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 COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- Cisa Emergency Farm Fund LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE 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 COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC?
- COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,948,909 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($891,874). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $3,948,909 in grants to COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $891,874 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 57 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing