New York · Nonprofit
SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC
SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC (New York) receives grants from 169 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,833,168 to it, the largest being WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 169
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc does
Mission
To further education and research on sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Farm-based - soul fire farm institute, inc. (sffi) raises 15,000 pounds of vegetables, fruits, plant medicine, and eggs intensively on 2 acres of land using low-till methods; provides affordable, doorstep delivery of its own farm fresh naturally-grown vegetables, herbs, eggs, and preserves to 240+ csa members plus 1600+ farm-to-table meals; trains 205+ new farmers through our intensive immersions; strengthens connections between its local community and the land by providing daylong food justice programs to 102+ youth, community farm days to 811+ intergenerational community members, and "soul fire in the city" lawn to garden workshops for 47+ people, while maintaining soil organic matter at >10%.
$1,989,099 spent$104,273 earned by the program79% of program spendingPublic education - through public speaking, training, and media, soul fire farm institute, inc. Awakens the hearts and minds of 35,424+ listeners and readers who interact with its public talks, interviews, and 52 new publications - as evidenced by >75% of audience members reporting their concrete actions toward food and land justice as a result of what they learned. In addition, sffi trains 177+ changemakers through online programs and mentors 10 new farmers annually in the braiding seeds fellowship. Sffi provides technical assistance to 37 participants, and public speaking opportunities to 47 members in the speakers collective. As members of regional and national coalitions, including heal, nbfja, bugs, bf ecosystem, sffi advocates for a just food system.
$529,463 spentof which $1,090 as grants$44,700 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,518,562.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $8.1M (+401%).
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: 2020 1% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC’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. 1 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
Taina Del Valle
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 58 funders, grant income rose $185k → $2.6M.
32 of 169 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 169 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
SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC 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
28% 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 SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 59% · 2019 39% · 2020 17% · 2021 14% · 2022 19% · 2023 23% — 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
28% of SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 26 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE 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 SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC?
- SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC (New York) receives grants from 169 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,833,168 to it, the largest being WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 169 organizations giving $16,833,168 in grants to SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC, 88 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC?
- WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 169 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