Washington · Nonprofit
THE NON-GMO PROJECT
THE NON-GMO PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,167 to it, the largest being Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc ($75,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $112k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What The Non-Gmo Project does
Mission
The Non-Gmo Project offers trustworthy education to the public and provides verification services to consumer brands and retailers with the purpose of empowering people to care for themselves, the planet, and future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
See part iii 4b.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Product verification program - The Non-Gmo Project is the most widely recognized and trusted third-party verification for non-gmo food and consumer products. Products bearing The Non-Gmo Project "butterfly" logo meet the rigorous requirements of The Non-Gmo Project standard, which is informed by industry experts and reflects a broad range of perspectives. The standard provides a meaningful, market-based mechanism for suppliers, brands, and retailers to demonstrate their commitment to transparency and informed consumer choice in the marketplace. As new gmo techniques emerge and are commercialized, The Non-Gmo Project research team evaluates the likelihood of them entering the processing and ingredient supply chain. With over 60,000 verified products representing more than 3,000 brands and generating approximately $40 billion in annual sales, the butterfly label serves as a trusted symbol that empowers consumers to make informed choices and supports a robust, transparent non-gmo marketplace.
$2,914,963 spent$7,009,246 earned by the program55% of program spendingNon-upf product verification program - as of 2025, The Non-Gmo Project initiated development of the non-upf verified program to address growing public concern about ultraprocessed foods and their impacts on human health. During this first year, the organization engaged pilot brands and stakeholders in a co-creative process to explore definitions, standards, and verification pathways for identifying and reducing ultraprocessed foods in the marketplace. The program also began developing educational resources to increase awareness of food processing and its broader implications. This foundational work establishes the basis for a future verification and labeling program designed to promote transparency, build consumer trust, and support a food system that better nourishes people and the planet. The on-pack label, to be launched in 2026, will provide transparency for consumers and create trust between brands and shoppers as non-gmo project has for nearly 20 years.
$933,712 spent18% of program spendingFood integrity collective/education & outreach - the food integrity collective (fic), launched in 2024, expands The Non-Gmo Project's education and outreach efforts by advancing a holistic, systems-based approach to food integrity. Through its 8-petal framework, fic engages stakeholders across the food system - including producers, brands, retailers, and consumers - in a collaborative process to define and implement values that support a nourishing, regenerative food system. This includes the development of tools, educational content, and cross-sector partnerships to foster awareness, alignment, and action.
$1,466,786 spentof which $29,000 as grants28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,315,461.
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 2017 to 2018, from $689k to $2.0M (+185%).
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: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE NON-GMO PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Kia Ruiz
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $1k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NON-GMO PROJECT’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 NON-GMO PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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 83% · 2020 67% · 2021 90% · 2022 93% · 2023 92% — 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
14% of THE NON-GMO PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
THE NON-GMO PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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.
Against its field
THE NON-GMO PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE NON-GMO PROJECT
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 THE NON-GMO PROJECT: 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 THE NON-GMO PROJECT?
- THE NON-GMO PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,167 to it, the largest being Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc ($75,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NON-GMO PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $112,167 in grants to THE NON-GMO PROJECT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NON-GMO PROJECT?
- Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NON-GMO PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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