Illinois · Nonprofit
SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION
SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,113,180 to it, the largest being HOWARD G BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($14,827,673). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $44M
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5.5M → $165k.
From the IRS filings of SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
How concentrated its funding is
SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.
Where its funders are
100% of SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.
Against its field
SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION's revenue fell 68% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 165 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEQUOIA FARM 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 SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION?
- SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,113,180 to it, the largest being HOWARD G BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($14,827,673). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $15,113,180 in grants to SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION?
- HOWARD G BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,827,673 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEQUOIA FARM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing