Illinois · Nonprofit
MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION
MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,268 to it, the largest being JOHN ULLRICH FOUNDATION TRUST BUSEY TRUST CO - TRUSTEE ($135,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $337k
- Net assets
- $234k
What Meridian Ag Foundation does
Mission
Support agricultural programs at Meridian High School in Macon IL
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Donated greenhouse plants supplies and floral cooler for Ag Tech Program at Meridian CUSD #15
$6,373 spentof which $6,373 as grants52% of program spendingDonated grinder acetylene torch cutoff saw and miscellaneous supplies for Ag Tech Program at Meridian CUSD # 15
$2,379 spentof which $2,272 as grants19% of program spendingDonated meal for annual FFA banquet and provided supplies and snacks for students to attend FFA convention
$3,478 spentof which $3,478 as grants28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,230.
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 $613k to $174k (−72%).
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.
54% of MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
2019 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $46k → $9k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION’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
MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 75% · 2020 63% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,804 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,804 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION: 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 MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION?
- MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,268 to it, the largest being JOHN ULLRICH FOUNDATION TRUST BUSEY TRUST CO - TRUSTEE ($135,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $337,268 in grants to MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION?
- JOHN ULLRICH FOUNDATION TRUST BUSEY TRUST CO - TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 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