Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE
THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,885 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ($115,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $377k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $44k
What The Village Agricultural Cooperative does
Mission
Connect people with land, water, and culture. Provide education and resource connections. Grow the farmers and food producers of tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Urban farmland access program: four urban farms and two rural farm provide over 200 small farms for farmers who are low-income, food insecure, and from marginalized populations who lack access to land.
$136,815 spent$38,698 earned by the program42% of program spendingTechnical support for farmer's: through partnerships, the coop has established a farmer's market that serves 75 people per week. Twenty-five farmers are building an online hub for the distribution of our farmer's food. The coop also educates 60+ individuals on good agricultural practices, food preservation laws and licenses, and business development.
$165,202 spent$69,709 earned by the program51% of program spendingCommunity engagement and integration: the village provides agro-tourism learning opportunities to youth and college-age students, local leadership groups, government agencies, and agricultural partners through tours and lectures regarding our community impact, operations, and services. The coop collaborates with at least five local organizations to maintain public spaces and educate farmers on the importance of soil health and pollinator areas. Farmers share their agricultural methods with community members interested in learning about different cultural customs. The village creates a point of contact for government officers looking to connect services with emerging farmers.
$20,680 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $322,697.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $38k to $62k (+63%).
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: 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE’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 3 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.
Chief executive
Amanda Nigon-Crowley
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE’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 VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE.
“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 THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE: 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 VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE?
- THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,885 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ($115,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $209,885 in grants to THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE?
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2022–2024), 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