Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM
TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,459 to it, the largest being THE FARM AND FOREST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE INC ($28,314). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom does
Mission
Supports and promotes agricultural learning in the state including providing teaching materials, teacher training, farm tours, scholarships, funds for outdoor classrooms, and other related activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Grantmaking: the foundation seeks opportunities to partner with organizations that foster agricultural and outdoor education in the state of tennessee.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Workshops:in order to promote agriculture literacy across the state of tennessee, twenty-five workshops are provided for teachers and student teachers. This is accomplished by providing teacher workshops at eleven state-wide workshops, six county workshops, and four pre-service workshops for student teachers. Twelve ambassadors conduct local workshops for their peers. Teaching materials with lesson activities are provided free to workshop participants. The workshops are presented by staff and consultants who have a farm and education background.
$224,077 spentof which $5,000 as grants70% of program spendingFarm tours:44 farm tour grants in the amount of $43,500 were given to county farm bureaus to host a farm day tour for the schools in their county on a grade level basis which varies with the county school system reaching over 9,500 students. The farm tours help the students and teachers have a better understanding about where their food and fiber come from and the requirements to produce the various food crops. The county farm bureau uses the grant money to rent reportable restrooms, pay for bus transportation and to provide coloring books, comic books, and other agriculture literacy materials.
$43,500 spentof which $43,500 as grants14% of program spendingGrantmaking:the foundation seeks opportunities to partner with organizations that foster agricultural and outdoor education in the state of tennessee. This year, the foundation was pleased to donate to the tn agriculture and forestry leadership program of the farm and forest families of tennessee.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants8% of program spendingOutdoor classroom grants:54 classroom grants in the amount of $15,400 were given to schools that have teachers and who attend state agriculture in the classroom workshops. These grants provide the students with many hands-on experiences that are related to match, science, literature, social studies, nutrition and agriculture. With all this tied together, the classroom grants reach many different curriculums and all grade levels within the school systemmemorial grants:eight scholarships were presented to deserving agriculture students who are a college sophomore, junior, or senior. The scholarships are presented at the tennessee young farmers and ranchers summer conference each year.the foundation also sells cookbooks honoring regional recipes.
$27,400 spentof which $27,400 as grants$1,691 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,977.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $7.8M to $9.3M (+20%).
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 13% · 2021 13% · 2022 8% · 2023 12% · 2024 17% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Brenda Baker
Fb women state chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $30 → $44.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $236k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation). These are real filings, and they are not money TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM raised.
From the IRS filings of TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM’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
TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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
88% 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 TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
88% of TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 13 related entities
- Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation · exempt
- Tennessee Farm Bureau Foundation · exempt
- Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation Inc (Tfbf Corporation) · corp_trust
- Tennessee Livestock Producers Inc · corp_trust
- Farmers Services Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM?
- TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,459 to it, the largest being THE FARM AND FOREST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE INC ($28,314). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,459 in grants to TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM?
- THE FARM AND FOREST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,314 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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