Oregon · Nonprofit
FARM FORWARD INC
FARM FORWARD INC (Oregon) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,356,961 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,231,991). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $871k
What Farm Forward Inc does
Mission
To develop and implement strategies to promote more humane, sustainable, community-friendly food choices and advance animal agriculture with special attention to animal protection issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Jewish initiative for animals a fiscally sponsored program of farm forward, the jewish initiative for animals (jifa) promotes ethical eating that aligns with jewish values by providing consultations and resources to communities and institutions regarding food policy and jewish ethics and principles.
$456,984 spent47% of program spendingPublic education public education spreads awareness to the public about factory farming practices and what communities and individuals can do to lessen their support of those damaging systems and make a greater impact for a more humane and sustainable future.
$112,764 spent12% of program spendingHumanewashing humanewashing tackles the deceptive labeling tactics used by companies to give a false sense of safety or sustainability on wasteful or harmful products.
$163,269 spent17% of program spendingPolicy through the policy program, farm forward, inc. Works directly with companies, organizations, educational, city and state institutions to adjust their current food sourcing and providing systems to ease carbon footprints through supporting more plant-based and sustainable farming practices, and to support local and higher welfare animal harvesting systems. India the organization supports higher welfare, old-style or traditional, heritage and "country birds" poultry farming in india to reinforce the native systems against the influx of commercialized, industrial agriculture upon the rural farmers, as well as animal welfare initiatives and urgent care provided by those same farmers in india. Other the organization engages in and supports smaller scale initiatives that align with its mission but are not included under other major program direction. Examples include faith in food (which supports religious communities who want to contribute less to the farm factory industry), poultry welfare research, and university food studies course curriculum support.
$243,264 spentof which $112,948 as grants25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $976,281.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.7M to $931k (−45%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 10% · 2023 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FARM FORWARD INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Aaron Gross
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $720k → $711k.
11 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 FARM FORWARD 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
FARM FORWARD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 FARM FORWARD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 66% · 2019 78% · 2020 59% · 2021 40% · 2022 51% · 2023 39% — 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
43% of FARM FORWARD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
FARM FORWARD INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FARM FORWARD INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FARM FORWARD 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FARM FORWARD 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 FARM FORWARD INC?
- FARM FORWARD INC (Oregon) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,356,961 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,231,991). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FARM FORWARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $4,356,961 in grants to FARM FORWARD INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FARM FORWARD INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,231,991 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FARM FORWARD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 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