Maine · Nonprofit
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,832,360 to it, the largest being WOODCOCK FOUNDATION ($4,250,000). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 108
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association does
Mission
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is transforming our food system by supporting farmers, empowering people to feed their communities and advocating for an organic future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Common ground country fair - to promote traditional agricultural practices through educational talks, panel discussions, and demonstrations as well as a multitude of food, craft and service vendors. Serves approximately 65,000 clients over three days.
$932,261 spent$911,021 earned by the program20% of program spendingFarmer programs - to provide technical assistance specific to organic farming and gardening. Provide marketing assistance to growers and processors. Assist experienced growers and processors, help new organic farmers start, educate conventional farmers concerning the benefits of organic methods. Serves approximately 4,500 clients.
$1,264,050 spentof which $218,440 as grants$36,885 earned by the program28% of program spendingCertification program - one of the country's oldest certification programs. Accredited by the usda in 2003, mofga certification services, llc (mcs llc) certifies crops, wildcrops, livestock, livestock products, as well as processed and handled agricultural products to the usda national organic standards. In 2024, mcs llc certified 537 organic operations. Certified clean cannabis by mofga certification services, llc(mc3)(formalized in 2017) offers a verified marketing claim of growing practices that mirrors the national organic program. This is mofga's program, administered by mcs, and does not fall under federal organic accreditation. As of 2024 year-end, certified 10 operations.
$1,077,803 spent$847,813 earned by the program24% of program spendingCommunity education - to educate the general public on organic farming, gardening and orcharding methods, as well as low impact forestry. Communications & outreach - periodicals & publications are produced for members & the general public to address the environmental, nutritional, and rural values; approximately 6,300 members served with publication by mofga. Maine heritage orchard - the maine heritage orchard is a ten-acre preservation orchard on the mofga grounds in unity. It is currently home to more than 400 apple and pear varieties traditionally grown in maine. More are being planted each year. Many of these varieties are now on the verge of extinction. The orchard is planted on a terraced, reclaimed gravel pit and is managed using innovative, organic orchard practices. Public policy - reviews existing and proposed legislation and regulations that are relevant to the purpose of mofga. It may propose and support legislative and regulatory proposals as approved by the board of directors. El salvador sistering - promotes solidarity among small farmers and community organizations in maine and el salvador, focusing on economic and social justice and environmental protection…
$1,284,827 spent$74,099 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,558,941.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $12M to $13M (+13%).
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: 2017 7% · 2018 5% · 2019 8% · 2020 18% · 2021 13% · 2022 4% · 2023 10% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $2.0M.
21 of 108 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 108 funders by total. 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
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 79% · 2019 55% · 2020 55% · 2021 43% · 2022 19% · 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
48% of MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.4M
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 MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION?
- MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,832,360 to it, the largest being WOODCOCK FOUNDATION ($4,250,000). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 108 organizations giving $11,832,360 in grants to MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION, 60 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION?
- WOODCOCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 108 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