Washington · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE FARMS
FRIENDS OF THE FARMS (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $483,999 to it, the largest being BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($198,753). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $218k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $484k
- Net assets
- $524k
What Friends of the Farms does
Mission
The mission of Friends of the Farms is to ensure the future of local farming and build a healthier community through a resilient and equitable food ecosystem.through our programming, services, and community engagement we support local farms, advocate for local food and cultivate community.we focus on: creating interest, investment, and pride in local agricultural businesses and our rural landscapes so that they are part of the everyday fiber of our communities. Fostering year-round, dynamic connections among our farmers, businesses, and communities. Bringing awareness of and respect for small-scale local agriculture to ensure a thriving future, where farmers are valued and farmland is conserved for future generations. Ensuring that farmers, farm workers, and interns have the ability to live in the communities they serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Share the harvest is a new initative for 2025. In spring 2025, significant reductions in federal food funding affected local food banks and farmers. Helpline house lost 40% of its commodity food funding, and by 2026, $100,000 annually for locally grown food will be eliminated. Demand has doubled to over 400 households weekly. In response, the organization launched share the harvest on july 3, purchasing and donating 9,500 pounds of locally grown food in 14 weeks while supporting local farmers.
$35,653 spent$66,893 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe bainbridge island native food forest is an educational ecosystem restoration project on a former christmas tree farm. The project restores native, primarily edible plants, controls invasive species, and demonstrates sustainable agroecological practices that protect puget sound. The site serves as a free public park, living classroom, and community gathering space. In 2025, the food forest was designated a usda people's garden and featured in pacific nw horticulture.
$2,036 spent$1,145 earned by the program1% of program spendingUnder a license agreement we schedule and coordinate all programming and events on the publicly owned farmland. We also manage 14 p-patch plots so that families can grow their own food and learn from one another. Our annual farm-to-table event showcasing local farms and dinner sourced from local farmers. We also partner with the bi fruit club for maintenance and programming in the historic johnson farm and coordinate activities related to the orchard.
$114,497 spent$168,410 earned by the program75% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,186.
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 2021 to 2022, from $224k to $701k (+214%).
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: 2021 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of FRIENDS OF THE FARMS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Becca Hanson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $17k → $69k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 FRIENDS OF THE FARMS’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
FRIENDS OF THE FARMS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 FRIENDS OF THE FARMS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 44% · 2021 64% · 2022 37% · 2023 36% — 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
75% of FRIENDS OF THE FARMS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
67% of FRIENDS OF THE FARMS'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 $161k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $323k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FRIENDS OF THE FARMS's revenue grew 52% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE FARMS: 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 FRIENDS OF THE FARMS?
- FRIENDS OF THE FARMS (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $483,999 to it, the largest being BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($198,753). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE FARMS have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $483,999 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE FARMS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE FARMS?
- BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $198,753 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE FARMS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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