Missouri · Nonprofit
NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM
NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,186 to it, the largest being Heru Urban Farming and Garden ($68,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $128k
- Net assets
- $52k
What New Roots Urban Farm does
Mission
New Roots Urban Farm is a nonprofit urban farm and community organization based in North St. Louis City, Missouri. The organization works to build a localized food system that increases access to fresh food, environmental education, and community resources. During 2025, the organization operated community-based urban agriculture programming including food production, volunteer engagement, youth and community education, and neighborhood greening activities. New Roots Urban Farm distributed fresh produce and agricultural resources to community members and supported hands-on learning opportunities related to farming, environmental stewardship, and food systems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Environmental Stewardship & Community Greening: New Roots Urban Farm conducted neighborhood greening and community beautification activities serving approximately 300 community members during 2025. Activities included cleaning up trash and illegal dumping, maintaining and activating vacant green spaces, and coordinating community-led beautification efforts in North St. Louis City. The program was designed to improve neighborhood environmental conditions, increase access to safe and usable green space, and strengthen community engagement through collective stewardship activities.
$2,116 spent4% of program spendingCommunity Education & Workshops: New Roots Urban Farm provided educational and community engagement programming serving approximately 1500 individuals during 2025. Programming provided hands-on learning opportunities for youth, families, volunteers, and community members with limited access to agricultural education and outdoor learning spaces. Activities included workshops, field days, and summer camps with instruction focused on urban agriculture, soil health, environmental stewardship, composting, animal husbandry, and sustainable food systems.
$19,283 spent38% of program spendingUrban Agriculture & Food Access: New Roots Urban Farm operated urban agriculture and food access programming serving approximately 500 community members in North St. Louis City during 2025. Activities included community farming, produce distribution, weekly volunteer workdays, and maintenance of community garden spaces. The organization's programming increased access to fresh food, green space, and community-based agricultural resources.
$29,600 spent58% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $50,999.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM’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
NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
100% 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 NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM.
“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 NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
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
NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM?
- NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,186 to it, the largest being Heru Urban Farming and Garden ($68,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $128,186 in grants to NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM?
- Heru Urban Farming and Garden is the largest funder on record, with $68,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW ROOTS URBAN FARM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing