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FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE

FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,702,923 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($1,600,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$7.1M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$3.9M
4/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Farmers Conservation Alliance does

Mission

To develop resource solutions for rural communities

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fca develops irrigation modernization projects across the western united states and supports these projects through implementation and construction. In 2025, fca worked with more than 50 irrigation districts and communities in oregon, washington, idaho, montana, nevada, colorado, and california.

    $5,287,157 spentof which $38,229 as grants$4,266,583 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. The farmers screen is an innovative, horizontal fish screen technology that allows farmers to divert water from rivers without harming fish or trapping debris. Invented by farmers in the hood river basin, and sold by fca, the farmers screen has been installed throughout the western united states. Fca works with farmers, engineers, and agencies to support the design and installation of the farmers screen.

    $16,800 spent$121,868 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,303,957.

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 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets -54 ($-422324)2018 Revenue 232 ($3.4M) Expenses 227 ($3.1M) Net assets -16 ($-125370)2019 Revenue 774 ($11M) Expenses 764 ($10M) Net assets 100 ($785k)2020 Revenue 1482 ($22M) Expenses 1527 ($21M) Net assets 211 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 571 ($8.3M) Expenses 512 ($7.0M) Net assets 387 ($3.0M)2022 Revenue 353 ($5.2M) Expenses 390 ($5.3M) Net assets 370 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 648 ($9.4M) Expenses 654 ($8.9M) Net assets 442 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 654 ($9.5M) Expenses 686 ($9.3M) Net assets 469 ($3.7M)2025 Revenue 484 ($7.1M) Expenses 507 ($6.9M) Net assets 491 ($3.9M)
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Revenue (484)Expenses (507)Net assets (491)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 2018 to 2019, from $1.3M to $5.0M (+273%).

$596k
$1.3M
$5.0M
$2.2M
$3.5M
$3.9M
$5.7M
$4.7M
$4.5M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2018 28% · 2019 75% · 2020 90% · 2021 66% · 2022 44% · 2023 40% · 2024 27% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

37% of FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,200 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$101k
’17
$297k
’18
$910k
’19
$874k
’20
$1.4M
’21
−$138k
’22
$565k
’23
$214k
’24
$170k
’25
3.5
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

Julie O'Shea

Executive director

Board chair

Maui Meyer

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed567799131312
Joined·+1+1+1+2+1+4+4+1
No longer listed·00101042
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $40k → $203k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE’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

FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

59%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 73% · 2022 57% · 2023 74% — 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

25% of FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 5 states in all.

WA
OR
CA
CO
AR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $270k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE is better cushioned than half of the 655 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve3.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 655 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $44.1M on record — $43.8M federal, $230k state.

Federal$43.8M
grants $43.8Mcontracts $31k
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Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$38.8M
  • Department of Agriculture$4.3M
  • Environmental Protection Agency$772k
State$230k
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Top programs
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$230k

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 FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE

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In Oregon

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 22%Fundraising 1%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

88%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

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Questions and answers

Who funds FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE?
FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,702,923 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($1,600,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,702,923 in grants to FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE?
Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FARMERS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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