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The Learning Tree Farm Inc

The Learning Tree Farm Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,370 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($423,377). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$576k
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$1.4M
19/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What The Learning Tree Farm Inc does

Mission

Learning Tree Farms mission is to provide hands-on learning experiences for all children and families in a traditional farm setting.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Learning Tree Farm Inc.-Farming crops, vegetable gardens, animal husbandry, and nature projects for children and families. Also educational experiences on farm history such as the prior farm owners, their lifestyle, and tools used.

    $418,569 spent$238,161 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $418,569.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($364k) Expenses 100 ($296k) Net assets 100 ($849k)2018 Revenue 98 ($359k) Expenses 100 ($296k) Net assets 105 ($893k)2019 Revenue 92 ($337k) Expenses 123 ($364k) Net assets 109 ($922k)2020 Revenue 167 ($608k) Expenses 108 ($321k) Net assets 149 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 136 ($494k) Expenses 141 ($417k) Net assets 170 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 149 ($544k) Expenses 176 ($522k) Net assets 160 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 127 ($461k) Expenses 196 ($581k) Net assets 154 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 158 ($576k) Expenses 190 ($563k) Net assets 163 ($1.4M)
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Revenue (158)Expenses (190)Net assets (163)

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 $932k to $1.3M (+40%).

$850k
$896k
$932k
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.4M
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’17
$63k
’18
−$27k
’19
$287k
’20
$77k
’21
$22k
’22
−$120k
’23
$13k
’24
2.0
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.

Chief executive

Heather Ritter

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1514141313111111
Joined·+1+2+1+1+0+3+0
No longer listed·2221230
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $23k → $172k.

5 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 The Learning Tree Farm 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 Learning Tree Farm Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

55% 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 Learning Tree Farm Inc.

37%
largest funder
60%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 73% · 2019 53% · 2020 38% · 2021 35% · 2022 36% · 2023 32% — 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

54% of The Learning Tree Farm Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

83% of The Learning Tree Farm Inc's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

IL
OH
CT
KY
DE
NC
TX

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

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’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $482k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like The Learning Tree Farm Inc

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 13%Fundraising 16%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Learning Tree Farm Inc?
The Learning Tree Farm Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,370 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($423,377). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Learning Tree Farm Inc have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,134,370 in grants to The Learning Tree Farm Inc, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Learning Tree Farm Inc?
THE DAYTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $423,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Learning Tree Farm Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 24 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