Wyoming · Nonprofit
EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT
EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT (Wyoming) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $239,319 to it, the largest being SOCRATES FOUNDATION ($40,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $376k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $239k
- Net assets
- $464k
What Edible Prairie Project does
Mission
Bridging the food insecurity gap through sustainable food production, equitable distribution, and cultivating community connections.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Epp is developing a nonprofit farm in campbell county that will serve as the foundation for its food access programs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Local veggie baskets epp provides fresh, locally grown food to campbell county families during the spring, and fall growing seasons. Baskets include fresh vegetables, herbs, locally raised meat, farm-fresh eggs, and wyoming honey. Over 90% of produce is grown by epp in campbell county; the remainder is sourced from local producers, keeping the dollars within the state. Baskets are distributed through three tiers: free for families enrolled in snap or wic, discounted for households below campbell county's self sufficient standard who do not qualify for federal assistance, and available for retail purchase by the general public. In 2025, epp provided 357 free baskets to 23 unique snap and wic eligible families.
$65,254 spent$7,916 earned by the program45% of program spendingSummer weekend meals for kids when school ends for the summer, many children face uncertainty about their next meal. Each week for ten weeks, epp provides 200+ children with nutritious, kid-friendly food bags. Each bag includes weekend meal equivalents, enough for two breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners, and two snacks, and features fresh fruits and vegetables alongside shelf-stable favorites. The program culminates with a bag that covers two full weekends of meals. Bags are distributed through 8 local partner sites. In 2025, epp distributed 2,570 weekend food bags, serving approximately 425 different children.
$48,971 spent34% of program spendingNonprofit farm epp is developing a nonprofit farm in campbell county that will serve as the foundation for its food access programs. The farm is on track to begin growing in 2026. Once operational, the farm will supply fresh produce for epp's local veggie basket, summer weekend meals for kids, and gleaning programs, directly increasing the volume of nutritious, locally grown food available to low-income families. By investing in its own production capacity, epp is building a more resilient, mission-driven food system for campbell county.
$17,154 spent12% of program spendingLittle free pantry network epp operates a network of 8 little pantries located across campbell county, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no applications required. Each pantry is stocked with food and personal care products and operates on a take-what-you-need, leave-what-you-can model, providing immediate relief to community members experiencing unexpected hardship. In 2025, more than 5,000 food items were shared through the network. Gleaning project at the close of each growing season, epp harvests surplus produce and donates it to local food banks and pantries. In 2025, epp donated 682 pounds of produce to the council of community services and the salvation army. Garden kits epp distributes free garden kits each spring to families enrolled in snap and wic to support home food production and increase access to fresh vegetables. Each kit includes seeds, starter plants, and basic gardening tools. In 2025, 20 families received garden kits.
$12,410 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $143,789.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $295k to $469k (+59%).
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: 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT’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. 1 of the last 6 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
Michelle Otten
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $29k → $37k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT’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
EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% 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
59% 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 EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 34% · 2021 22% · 2022 44% · 2023 30% — 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
57% of EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
75% of EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT's grant income comes from Wyoming funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68k 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
EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT
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 Wyoming
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT: 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 EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT?
- EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT (Wyoming) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $239,319 to it, the largest being SOCRATES FOUNDATION ($40,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $239,319 in grants to EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT?
- SOCRATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wyoming. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 14 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