Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $599,340 to it, the largest being BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC ($599,340). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $115M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $599k
- Net assets
- $40M
What International Institute of Tropical Agriculture does
Mission
Africa has complex problems that plague agriculture and people's lives. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to tackle hunger and poverty. Our award winning research for development (r4d) is based on focused, authoritative thinking anchored on the development needs of sub-saharan africa. We work with partners in africa and beyond to reduce producer and consumer risks, enhance crop quality and productivity, and generate wealth from agriculture. Iita is an international non-profit r4d organization established in 1967, governed by a board of trustees, and supported primarily by the cgiar.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research - research programs cover expenses on research for development in sub-saharan africa. Research support programs include generic resource and biometrics units, farm operations, plant growth facilities, post-harvest engineering, analytical laboratory, and research management.
$120,349,000 spent96% of program spendingTraining - includes training offices, fellowships, workshops, seminars, allowances to trainees, and training-related travel.
$4,294,000 spent3% of program spendingInformation services - covers the costs of publication of annual reports and technical bulletins, translation and printing of various public information activities, and knowledge management service.
$436,000 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $125,079,000.
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 $83M to $131M (+59%).
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 20% · 2021 26% · 2022 24% · 2023 63% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (98% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Roel Merckx
Chair, board of trustees
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $578k → $21k.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE’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.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 97 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 97 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE
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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE?
- INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $599,340 to it, the largest being BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC ($599,340). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $599,340 in grants to INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE?
- BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC is the largest funder on record, with $599,340 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. 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 1 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