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THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC

THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC (Missouri) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,030 to it, the largest being BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION ($125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$273k
Net assets
$65k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What The Center for Food Integrity Inc does

Mission

To build consumer trust and confidence in today's food system by sharing accurate, balanced information, correcting misinformation, modeling best practices, and engaging stakeholders to address issues that are important to consumers.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Transparency summit: two-day event designed to share the latest research on consumer demands with consumer panel discussions and case studies designed to help attendees develop action plans for their organizations.

    $299,082 spent$192,566 earned by the program
    31% of program spending

  2. Speakers bureau: cfi operates a speakers bureau service to share current research and information regarding issues surrounding trust in the food system. A wide variety of topics are available for presentation as well as the option to request a custom presentation. Presentations are available to member organizations as well as non-members.

    $239,475 spent$189,529 earned by the program
    25% of program spending

  3. Cfi developed a model for encouraging acceptance of domestic aquaculture through community engagement and transparency to gain public trust and identify solutions to community concerns.

    $155,441 spent$131,746 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

  4. Cereal education group: cfi conducted consumer research on the role of ready-to-eat (rte) cereal as part of a balanced diet that contributes to overall health goals.cfi provides communications support to assist departments to effectively engage with various industry, regulatory and consumer stakeholders. Cfi provides a range of tools including strategic planning, messaging and training that enable companies to more effectively achieve their business goals.

    $102,707 spent$102,870 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

  5. Corteva inclusion, diversity, and equity/government affairs: the center for food integrity (cfi) provides communications support to help corteva's government and industry affairs team effectively engage with various stakeholders including industry associations, policymakers, regulators, and consumers about the company's policy priorities. Cfi develops strategic plans, impactful messaging, and training programs that empower corteva's gaia representatives to advocate for a more favorable regulatory environment in which corteva and its farmer-customers can achieve their business goals.

    $89,463 spent$120,392 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  6. The organzation has various other programs in support of its mission.

    $82,279 spent$886,655 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $968,447.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.2M) Expenses 100 ($2.2M) Net assets 100 ($183k)2018 Revenue 105 ($2.3M) Expenses 103 ($2.2M) Net assets 147 ($268k)2019 Revenue 146 ($3.2M) Expenses 150 ($3.2M) Net assets 135 ($246k)2020 Revenue 89 ($2.0M) Expenses 92 ($2.0M) Net assets 119 ($218k)2021 Revenue 103 ($2.3M) Expenses 88 ($1.9M) Net assets 320 ($585k)2022 Revenue 126 ($2.8M) Expenses 131 ($2.8M) Net assets 302 ($551k)2023 Revenue 105 ($2.3M) Expenses 119 ($2.6M) Net assets 161 ($294k)2024 Revenue 80 ($1.8M) Expenses 93 ($2.0M) Net assets 35 ($65k)
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Revenue (80)Expenses (93)Net assets (35)Peer revenue range

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 $900k to $1.4M (+60%).

$743k
$1.1M
$1.3M
$900k
$1.4M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$915k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

5% of THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (72% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 636 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$50k
’17
$85k
’18
−$22k
’19
−$28k
’20
$367k
’21
−$34k
’22
−$259k
’23
−$242k
’24
3.3
months of
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.

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Listed1920231718292325
Joined·+2+7+3+1+21+2+10
No longer listed·14901088
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $11k → $20k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Fmi Foundationunclassified
$85k
funders
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2

From the IRS filings of THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY 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.

How concentrated its funding is

THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% 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 THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC.

46%
largest funder
88%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 40% · 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

THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 3 states in all.

OH
VA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Missouri out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 611 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY 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 Missouri

Foundation for Food Integrity Inc77%Harvesters - the Community Food Network76%Center for Women in Transition Dba Keyway Center for Diversion & Reentry74%Missouri State Fair Foundation74%Hcfn Title Holding Corporation74%Greater Kansas City Free Trade Association74%Missouri Farmers Care74%The Kitchen Foundation Inc74%

Nationally

Institute for Feed Education and Research Inc81%Global Food Protection Institute80%International Food Information Council79%Farm Table Foundation Incorporated79%Connecticut Foodshare Inc79%Centers for Independence Inc79%The Food Project Inc79%The Center for Produce Safety79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

48% of spending goes to programs.

Program 48%Management 37%Fundraising 15%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Foundation for Food Integrity Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC?
THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC (Missouri) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,030 to it, the largest being BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION ($125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $273,030 in grants to THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC?
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR FOOD INTEGRITY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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