California · Nonprofit
FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC
FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,176,236 to it, the largest being NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($913,396). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $284k
What From the Ground Up Farms Inc does
Mission
Our mission: work collaboratively with community to nourish & educate at-risk populations through workshops, hands-on garden experiences, while securing, coordinating, and delivering critical aid to individuals and families impacted by Camp Fire disaster.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Neighbor-to-Neighbor grant funds were used to partner with the Paradise Recreation Department, support community outreach initiatives, and contribute to a variety of local community events.
$5,708 spentof which $14,852 as grants18% of program spendingFood program supports the maintenance of the community garden and food pantry, expanded access to sustainable food for at-risk residents, and provided hands-on gardening and nutrition education for children. learning.
$10,121 spentof which $15,475 as grants32% of program spendingCampfire recovery program mission is to strengthen community resilience by providing tools, fire-safe property services, and essential assistance that create defensible fire barriers and support at-risk neighbors in recovery and preparedness. general assistance.
$15,987 spentof which $19,250 as grants50% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,816.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $185k to $267k (+44%).
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 7% · 2022 28% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Jenny Lowrey
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $243k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS 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
FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 62% · 2019 83% · 2020 81% · 2021 73% · 2022 87% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
82% of FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC'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 $213k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $963k 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
FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,277 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
42% 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 FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS 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 FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC?
- FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,176,236 to it, the largest being NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($913,396). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,176,236 in grants to FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC?
- NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $913,396 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FROM THE GROUND UP FARMS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2019–2025), 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