California · Nonprofit
International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics
International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,462 to it, the largest being American Sustainable Business Institute Inc ($199,462). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $218k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $229k
- Net assets
- $22k
What International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics does
Mission
The International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics IC-FOODS has a stated mission to create the foundations for global decentralized traceable transparent and trustworthy food systems. We develop shared language standards and digital infrastructure enabling seamless communication across food system sectors--from agriculture and manufacturing to nutrition and health.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Develop shared language standards and digital infrastructure to support seamless communication across food system sectors--from agriculture and manufacturing to nutrition and health which includes convening and consulting relevant stakeholders.
$462,098 spentof which $462,098 as grants100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% 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: $462,098.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $20k to $57k (+187%).
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: 2023 96% · 2024 98% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Matthew Lange
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics’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
International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics.
“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
International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics: 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 International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics?
- International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,462 to it, the largest being American Sustainable Business Institute Inc ($199,462). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $229,462 in grants to International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics?
- American Sustainable Business Institute Inc is the largest funder on record, with $199,462 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics 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.
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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 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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