California · Nonprofit
SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE
SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,610 to it, the largest being Robert G Wilder Foundation ($14,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $160k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $90k
What School of Adaptive Agriculture does
Mission
To promote and support sustainable farming and ranching and local food systems through education and support services, including: 1. educational programs for the training of farmers and ranchers, aspiring farmers, food professionals, and the general public in the science, art and business of local, small-scale, environmentally sound food production; 2. essential services to farmers, including technical assistance, marketing, and promotion of local food products; and 3. information and networking opportunities for local small farmers and ranchers seeking to grow their businesses and address obstacles to providing more local food.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Enrolled and trained 5 students in 14-week Farm School Program. This is our flagship program. It entailed two days of classes, two days of paid internships at participating farms, and one day of field trips to farms and food production facilities. Roughly half the classes were conducted by volunteers; other instructors received a small stipend. Program service expenses listed below include staff wages reported elsewhere.
$24,360 spentof which $17,300 as grants31% of program spendingEnrolled 5 aspiring farmers in our Incubator Farming Program, providing a small plot of land, greenhouse space, access to water and tools, and training to farmers wanting to develop a business idea and business plan. Program service expenses include staff wages, tools, equipment and supplies.
$49,111 spentof which $47,031 as grants62% of program spendingWe hosted and helped organize the Farmers Convergence, a three-day conference serving 125 people. In late 2025 we accepted fiscal responsibility for the upcoming (2026) Farmers Convergence and began planning for that.
$1,852 spentof which $1,852 as grants2% of program spendingWe hosted five workshops, enrolling 25 individuals.
$4,400 spentof which $4,400 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,723.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $50k to $93k (+87%).
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.
88% of SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE’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. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Michael Foley
Chair of Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $4k → $19k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE’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
SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
73% 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 SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
73% of SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE'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 $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE has grown faster than three-quarters 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
Government funding SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $69k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$69k
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 SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE: 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 SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE?
- SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,610 to it, the largest being Robert G Wilder Foundation ($14,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $55,610 in grants to SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE?
- Robert G Wilder Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCHOOL OF ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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