California · Nonprofit
NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC
NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,500 to it, the largest being Stanislaus Community Foundation ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $343k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $714k
What National Grape Research Alliance Inc does
Mission
Drive research to maximize productivity, sustainability and competitiveness of the american grape industries.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The national grape research alliance (ngra) advances research to improve the quality and competitiveness of the american grape industries, including wine grapes, table grapes, juice grapes and raisins. Ngra-supported research projects involve multi-institutional, multi-state collaboration, and target issues that no single grape sector could adequately address on its own. Our efforts are focused in four theme areas: 1) natural resources and environment, 2) integrated production systems, 3) genetics and grapevine improvement, and 4) extension and outreach.at the ngra-usda-ars grape industry workshop in november 2023, four "vineyard of the future" projects were conceived to address ngra research theme areas. These projects focused on 1) mealybug detection, 2) genetics to support mechanization (two projects-one tailored to table grapes and raisins; the other, broad viticulture) and 3) climate change mapping and mitigation. Throughout 2024, project teams worked to develop funding proposals and/or begin preliminary data collection to launch this research.
$161,675 spentof which $950 as grants62% of program spendingThese mission-related ngra projects and activities are ongoing:- ngra fellowship: the inaugural ngra fellow, abby hammermeister (uc davis), concluded her three-year term in 2024. Her work focuses on grapevine water stress indicators.- spotted lanternfly: in support of an ngra-initiated slf project, ngra visited pennsylvania in october 2024 to see this destructive pest in person and develop research objectives to combat it.- vitisgen3: this ngra-initiated, scri-funded genetics research is focused on developing disease resistance in grapevines. Ngra has a significant presence on the advisory board.- hi-res vineyard nutrition: this ngra-initiated, scri-funded research seeks to improve assessment and analysis of vine nutrition. Ngra has a significant presence on the advisory board.
$79,291 spentof which $30,000 as grants30% of program spendingOther ways ngra serves to advance grape and wine research include:- ngra supported the usda-ars smoke summit in november 2024. A roadmap, informed by industry input gained at the event, will guide usda's research on smoke exposure in grapes and wine.- ngra president donnell brown is an appointee to the usda's national agricultural research, extension, economics and education (nareee) advisory board, including its executive committee and specialty crop committee.- ngra is a member of the west coast smoke exposure task force, organized by california, oregon and washington winegrower groups, and donnell brown serves an advisor to an scri-funded scri project seeking solutions to the issue.
$20,016 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $260,982.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $558k to $669k (+20%).
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 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 7 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
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $75k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $210k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Vineyard Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC’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
NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC 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
94% 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 NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 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
87% of NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC's revenue fell 23% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,975 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$50k
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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: 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 NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC?
- NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,500 to it, the largest being Stanislaus Community Foundation ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $86,500 in grants to NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC?
- Stanislaus Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 3 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