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FARM SANCTUARY INC

FARM SANCTUARY INC (New York) receives grants from 338 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,446,904 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,572,853). 204 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$17M
Funders on record
338
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$28M
204/338 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Farm Sanctuary Inc does

Mission

We pursue bold solutions to end animal agriculture and foster just and compassionate vegan living through education and policy advocacy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Rescue, care, and sanctuary: provide rescue, rehabilitation, and care for abused and neglected farm animals as well as offering services involving adoptions, animal placement assistance, animal care information, and sanctuary support.

    $6,807,969 spentof which $4,521 as grants
    62% of program spending
  2. Education, experience, and engagement: virtual and in-person programs include guided tours, farm stays, community events and outreach, volunteer and internship opportunities, and in-classroom humane education offerings. Each program aims to provide audiences with the opportunity to experience the sanctuaries, to learn about issues related to animal welfare and the food system, and to take action in support of farm sanctuary's mission.

    $2,366,718 spentof which $170,620 as grants$412,592 earned by the program
    21% of program spending
  3. Advocacy and action: empowers individuals and communities to get involved in grassroots and broader efforts related to our food system in order to build healthy, humane, and sustainable practices that benefit animals, people, and the planet.

    $1,886,234 spentof which $289,380 as grants
    17% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,060,921.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($12M) Expenses 100 ($12M) Net assets 100 ($31M)2018 Revenue 99 ($12M) Expenses 109 ($13M) Net assets 88 ($27M)2019 Revenue 115 ($14M) Expenses 106 ($12M) Net assets 102 ($32M)2020 Revenue 106 ($13M) Expenses 117 ($14M) Net assets 107 ($33M)2021 Revenue 134 ($16M) Expenses 135 ($16M) Net assets 110 ($34M)2022 Revenue 117 ($14M) Expenses 142 ($17M) Net assets 86 ($27M)2023 Revenue 118 ($15M) Expenses 134 ($16M) Net assets 87 ($27M)2024 Revenue 125 ($15M) Expenses 135 ($16M) Net assets 87 ($27M)2025 Revenue 137 ($17M) Expenses 141 ($16M) Net assets 91 ($28M)
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Revenue (137)Expenses (141)Net assets (91)Peer revenue range

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 $35M to $29M (−17%).

$32M
$29M
$33M
$34M
$35M
$29M
$31M
$31M
$31M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

88% of FARM SANCTUARY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 238 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$697k
’17
−$486k
’18
$1.9M
’19
−$523k
’20
$726k
’21
−$2.1M
’22
−$1.1M
’23
−$225k
’24
$571k
’25
1.8
months of
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

Gene Baur

Co-founder/CEO

Board chair

Rob Procaccianti

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed181917202022141415
Joined·+3+5+8+6+13+7+5+7
No longer listed·2756111556
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 80 funders to 133 funders, grant income rose $775k → $2.4M.

38 of 338 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 SANCTUARY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 338 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

FARM SANCTUARY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 13 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 13 funders to its left

47% 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 SANCTUARY INC.

17%
largest funder
27%
top three
~23
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 18% · 2019 21% · 2020 18% · 2021 14% · 2022 12% · 2023 15% — 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

42% of FARM SANCTUARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 SANCTUARY INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 39 states in all.

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ID
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IL
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MI
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MA
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FARM SANCTUARY INC's funding base is broadening — from 80 funders to 133 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve1.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like FARM SANCTUARY INC

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In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 13%Fundraising 19%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 26 states

NH
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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
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NM
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HI
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Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Farm Sanctuary LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC?
FARM SANCTUARY INC (New York) receives grants from 338 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,446,904 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,572,853). 204 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FARM SANCTUARY INC have?
IRS filings report 338 organizations giving $15,446,904 in grants to FARM SANCTUARY INC, 204 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FARM SANCTUARY INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,572,853 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FARM SANCTUARY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 338 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