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GoFarm

GoFarm (Colorado) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,943,695 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($469,565). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$992k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$330k
15/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What GoFarm does

Mission

To train and support local farmers, connect communities with local agriculture, and increase equitable access to nutrient-rich food grown in Colorado.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Local Food Share: GoFarm connects the community to local agriculture through a multi-farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Participants sign up for a full season of fresh, local, sustainably-grown food. Each week during the season participants take home fresh, local, seasonal produce AND receive recipe inspiration, cooking tips, and more; get to know their local farmers and learn about how and where their food is grown; and make an incredible impact the local food system and contribute to a web of positive change in the community.

    $164,286 spent$467,632 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  2. Farmer Assistance: The GoFarm Incubator trains and mentors beginning farmers, helping them start their own farm and reducing the barriers of entry into a career in agriculture, especially for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women, and veteran farmers. We provide access to land, infrastructure, technical assistance, classroom curriculum, and mentorship. We also support local farmers with rental equipment and sales opportunities.

    $237,839 spent$353,924 earned by the program
    33% of program spending
  3. Community Food Access: GoFarm reduces barriers around accessing and affording local food, inviting everyone to be part of their local food system. We collaborate with community organizations to host local food markets at convenient times and locations, offer financial incentives on local food purchases, and advocate for systemic change toward food equity. In addition, we provide local farmers with an additional sales outlet where they can reach new audiences and take part in an inclusive and transparent local food system.

    $322,434 spent$245,393 earned by the program
    45% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $724,559.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($748k) Expenses 100 ($346k) Net assets 100 ($449k)2019 Revenue 64 ($479k) Expenses 145 ($503k) Net assets 82 ($369k)2020 Revenue 88 ($661k) Expenses 202 ($699k) Net assets 69 ($308k)2021 Revenue 105 ($787k) Expenses 221 ($763k) Net assets 74 ($332k)2022 Revenue 105 ($787k) Expenses 248 ($857k) Net assets 59 ($263k)2023 Revenue 182 ($1.4M) Expenses 316 ($1.1M) Net assets 119 ($533k)2024 Revenue 133 ($992k) Expenses 346 ($1.2M) Net assets 73 ($330k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (133)Expenses (346)Net assets (73)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 2022 to 2023, from $310k to $2.7M (+761%).

$512k
$449k
$497k
$370k
$310k
$2.7M
$425k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 27% · 2019 54% · 2020 39% · 2021 42% · 2022 41% · 2023 37% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

86% of GoFarm’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$402k
’18
−$24k
’19
−$39k
’20
$24k
’21
−$69k
’22
$270k
’23
−$203k
’24
1.3
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

Virgina Ortiz

Exec Director

Board chair

Miranda Ericksen

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed91211151488
Joined·+4+3+6+7+1+0
No longer listed·142870
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $102k → $274k.

8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 GoFarm’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

GoFarm has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

54% 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 GoFarm.

24%
largest funder
58%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 92% · 2019 83% · 2020 71% · 2021 73% · 2022 41% · 2023 38% — 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

18% of GoFarm'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

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

84% of GoFarm's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

MN
CA
CO
MD
AZ
TX
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $806k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

GoFarm's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding GoFarm receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record.

Federal$1.6M
grants $1.6Mcontracts $0
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18
19
20
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$1.6M

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 GoFarm

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 Colorado

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 27%Fundraising 5%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

CO

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GoFarm: 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 GoFarm?
GoFarm (Colorado) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,943,695 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($469,565). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GoFarm have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,943,695 in grants to GoFarm, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GoFarm?
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $469,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GoFarm find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 25 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