California · Nonprofit
ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION
ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,073,091 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ($242,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Organic Farming Research Foundation does
Mission
To sponsor research related to organic farming, disseminate research results to organic farmers and growers interested in transitioning to organic, and educate the public and decision makers about organic farming issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research and education: ofrf works to increase the quality and quantity of organic research and education to meet the needs of organic farmers in the field. Ofrf monitors research needs and evaluates how best to meet those needs. Ofrf awards grants annually to research projects that address the technical, real world challenges faced by organic farmers. Ofrf publishes and disseminates research results free-of-charge to all organic farmers in the u.s. And others interested in organic farming research.
$679,108 spentof which $36,200 as grants64% of program spendingPolicy: ofrfs advocates for the needs of organic farmers and works to ensure they have equal access to federal agricultural programs and services. Ofrf works to engage organic farmers directly in efforts to educate policy makers about organic farming. Ofrf continues to build an organic farmers actions network (ofan), adding approximately 200 growers annually. Ofrf analyzes public policies for their impact on organic farming, and works to develop infrastructure to support the success and adoption of organic farming practices.
$250,646 spent23% of program spendingCommunications: ofrfs communications program works to make the findings and implications of agricultural resources accessible and relevant to organic farmers. Ofrf works to facilitate dialogue between farmers and researches. Ofrf also communicates about the benefits of organic food and farming to the public.
$137,131 spentof which $500 as grants13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,066,885.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $2.0M (+43%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 19% · 2019 30% · 2020 30% · 2021 35% · 2022 28% · 2023 50% · 2024 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (71% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Keith Richards
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $139k → $351k.
11 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
32% 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 ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 28% · 2019 46% · 2020 17% · 2021 32% · 2022 24% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
45% of ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
54% of ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $354k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 612 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 612 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.5M
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 FARMING RESEARCH 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH 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 ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,073,091 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ($242,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,073,091 in grants to ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $242,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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.
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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 39 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