Iowa · Nonprofit
ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION
ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FARM AID INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $958k
What Organic Farmers Association does
Mission
The mission of the Organic Farmers Association is to provide a strong and unified national voice for domestic certified organic producers so that organic agriculture will become the basis of a viable United States food and agricultural policy and production system to support a healthier planet for the benefit of all life. Our purpose is to build and support a farmer-led national organic farmer movement and national policy platform by: developing and advocating policies that benefit organic farmers;strengthening and supporting the capacity of organic farmers and farm organizations; supporting collaboration and leadership among state, regional and national organic farmer organizations; and welcoming support and cooperation with like-minded individuals and organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education program activities are designed to support organic farmers success through technical assistance and educational resources. The national organic farmer education network (nofen) alerts farmers to organic education being offered by organic organization members nationwide. Webinars and digital organic education resources help educate farmers and consumers about issues such as crop insurance, labor, markets, organic transition, and mental health. Education for the general public is also a main goal through the website, social media, and quarterly magazine: organic voice. Ofa also created and manages the organic career network to support organic workforce development so that organic farmers have the support they need to be successful.
$1,080,110 spent$1,276,484 earned by the program94% of program spendingAdvocacy Program Activities focus on aggregating input from organic farmer members and organic farm organizations into cohesive policy statements for members to vote on before becoming part of the Policy Platform. The Policy Platform is listed online and includes proposals relating to improving organic farming certification, integrity, and fraud prevention as well as improving federal programs for organic farmers. An organic farmer advocacy day, which provides opportunities for organic farmers to meet their legislators and their staff, is organized annually in Washington, D.C.
$71,480 spent6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,151,590.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $495k to $899k (+82%).
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: 2021 28% · 2022 44% · 2023 82% · 2024 92% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state in all.
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
ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 655 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 655 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.1M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$15.1M
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 ORGANIC FARMERS 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rodale Institute · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION: 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 ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION?
- ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FARM AID INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION?
- FARM AID INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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