Vermont · Nonprofit
PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC
PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $261k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $49k
What People & Plants International Inc does
Mission
We believe that cultural diversity is inherently linked to biological diversity and that the effective stewardship of our earth must involve local people. We also believe that traditional knowledge systems are invaluable to manage and conserve threatened landscapes and respond to global change. In the wake of massive social change, people and plants international works alongside local groups to foster sustainable responses which build upon local skills and practices. People and plants international also works at regional, national, and international levels to guide policy and trade.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Traditional foodways ppi brings together the complementary areas of ethnobotany, conservation, food security, health, and social justice in order to support local groups' efforts to conserve biodiversity and indigenous food traditions. It works in multiple countries to create knowledge exchange networks, including through video, and locally produces manuals, workshops, festivals, games, radio programs and other tools to promote these endangered food systems.
$139,581 spent65% of program spendingPolicy & trade ppi undertakes research, and provides policy advice and support, in the areas of biodiversity, emerging technology, trade, and non-timber forest products. Its voices for biojustice project brings the voices and experiences of local groups to policy makers through video, articles, and policy briefs, and provides analysis and resources to ensure more effective policy-making.
$59,410 spent27% of program spendingCultural landscapes and community conservation people and plants is working to support and strengthen traditional knowledge and management systems, cultural landscapes, and the land and resource rights that underpin them. Our cultural landscapes and community conservation work is as diverse as the landscapes and people with whom we collaborate, and includes: knowledge exchange tools that strengthen endangered traditional management and knowledge systems, promote sustainable practices, and encourage young peoples interest in cultural traditions. Community management of forests and resources, including inventories, sustainable management practices and plans, and equitable marketing. Peer to peer learning and exchanges between local groups, encouraging people to share experiences, knowledge, skills and know-how relating to natural resource use, trade, management, health, well-being, and rights. Inter-cultural training programs that explicitly strengthen and complement indigenous skills, practices, and knowledge, and serve as a bridge between indigenous and western concepts of science and learning. Sustainable and ethical management protocols for plant resources of subsistence or…
$10,306 spent5% of program spendingKnowledge exchange ppi's knowledge exchange program develops innovative tools and methods of communication that allow for the multi-directional exchange of knowledge, experiences, and lessons between communities, researchers, civil society organizations, governments, companies, and others.
$7,000 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $216,297.
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 2017 to 2018, from $76k to $922 (−99%).
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.
100% of PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
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 PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL 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.
Where its funders are
PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, 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
PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
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 PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL 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 PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Who is the largest funder of PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation 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 PEOPLE & PLANTS INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing