Illinois · Nonprofit
GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM
GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,386 to it, the largest being REVA AND DAVID LOGAN FOUNDATION ($143,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $279k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $236k
- Net assets
- $217k
What Global Garden Refugee Training Farm does
Mission
The mission of Global Garden Refugee Training Farms is to improve access to fresh vegetables for refugee families and their neighbors, and to reconnect displaced farmers with opportunities to grow healthy food and earn supplemental income.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization creates food security for around 70 displaced refugee farm families who have been resettled in Chicago by providing them with land, water, seeds, tools, and equipment, so they can grow and eat fresh vegetables. They grow many varieties from their countries of origin, which helps preserve healthy eating traditions. They learn about new vegetable crops that are adapted to cold climates and can be incorporated into traditional recipes. We offer healing to farmers who may have been traumatized during displacement. We instill pride in farmers by enabling them to be self-sufficient members of their new community in the United States.
$19,973 spent8% of program spendingThe organization provides training and logistical support to several incubator farmers who grow produce for sale, providing supplemental income for low-income families. We provide the farmers with supplies, marketing, transportation, training, and coaching. Selling their produce to local farmers' markets, restaurants, and other wholesale buyers provides opportunities for these displaced farmers to take pride in fully participating in and contributing to their new community.
$200,361 spent$110,359 earned by the program80% of program spendingThe Organization seeks to have a positive impact on the surrounding community. We provide freshly grown vegetables through sales at local restaurants, farmers' markets, and community-supported agriculture subscriptions. We improve the neighborhood ecosystem through the maintenance of beehives and urban green space. We have established a community compost program to encourage sustainable disposal and reuse of organic waste. We host events, such as musical performances and cooking classes, to encourage community engagement
$28,616 spent$5,271 earned by the program11% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $248,950.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $90k to $223k (+148%).
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 38% · 2022 36% · 2023 32% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Haley LeRand
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $91k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM’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
GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 89% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
89% of GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,975 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,975 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $209k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$209k
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 GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM: 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 GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM?
- GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,386 to it, the largest being REVA AND DAVID LOGAN FOUNDATION ($143,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $236,386 in grants to GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM?
- REVA AND DAVID LOGAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $143,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL GARDEN REFUGEE TRAINING FARM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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