Virginia · Nonprofit
MEAT INSTITUTE
MEAT INSTITUTE (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,000 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR FEED EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Meat Institute does
Mission
The Meat Institute (mi's) vision and mission are to sustainably nourishing local and global communities with wholesome meat and poultry. Connecting people and resources to strengthen trust and demand in the food we produce.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Regulatory and scientific affairs:the regulatory and scientific affairs (rsa) group interacts with a variety of regulatory agencies, primarily federal, including several agencies in the u.s. Department of agriculture, the environmental protection agency, the occupational safety and health administration, the food and drug administration, and others. Rsa provides technical assistance to member companies on regulatory issues related to meat and poultry inspection, as well as compliance with environmental rules, worker safety regulations, among others.
Membership services and experience:the membership department is responsible for recruitment and retention of processing companies, their suppliers and other organizations in the supply chain of meat and poultry processing. The experience department produces and promotes activities and resources for educational and networking purposes as well as business operations for the organization.
Public affairs and legislative affairs:this group engages in communications with the media, policy makers, and the public on behalf of Meat Institute member companies. This department also acts as the meat and poultry industry's representative on capitol hill and manages the Meat Institute political action committee (pac).
Protein pact:protein pact unites the animal protein value chain through a commitment to data driven transparency with a goal of earning greater consumer trust in animal protein. The Meat Institute leads this effort as a platform to drive industry continuous improvement through data collection, education and serving as a supply chain connector. The Meat Institute and its members have taken part in domestic and international events to emphasize animal agriculture's importance for health people, heathy animals, and a healthy climate.
Strategy and content department:supports industry continuous improvement through education, projects and partnerships.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2023 to 2024, from $16M to $20M (+28%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2021 8% · 2022 1% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of MEAT INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% 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.
Chief executive
Julie Anna Potts
President & CEO
Board chair
Eric Gustafson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $75k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Misa Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money MEAT INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of MEAT INSTITUTE’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
MEAT INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
96% 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 MEAT INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
96% of MEAT INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
MEAT INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like MEAT INSTITUTE
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Meat Foundation · exempt
- Meat Institute Politcial Action Committee · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEAT INSTITUTE: 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 MEAT INSTITUTE?
- MEAT INSTITUTE (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,000 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR FEED EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEAT INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $104,000 in grants to MEAT INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEAT INSTITUTE?
- INSTITUTE FOR FEED EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEAT INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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