Illinois · Nonprofit
US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION
US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,252,200 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ($813,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $-662163
What US Farming and Ranching Foundation does
Mission
MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the position of U.S. farmers and ranchers in domestic and international markets. U.S. farmers and ranchers are universally recognized and empowered to achieve agricultures potential to help solve some of the worlds biggest challenges, including feeding a growing population, sustaining livelihoods and providing agricultural resources for an energy transition all while reducing impact on the planet.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Inform and engage audiences on USFRAs work to convene the ag value chain to drive solutions to critical challenges, and to lift the voice of farmers and ranchers on the domestic and international stage.
$609,847 spent$1,047,500 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $609,847.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $126k to $1.9M (+1410%).
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 38% · 2021 34% · 2022 21% · 2023 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION’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. 5 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.
Chief executive
Kevin Burkum
CEO
Board chair
Michael Crinion
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $813k → $165k.
1 of 5 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 US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION’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
US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 59% · 2022 100% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k 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
US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION's revenue grew 1169044% between 2019 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION: 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 US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION?
- US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,252,200 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ($813,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,252,200 in grants to US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION?
- FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $813,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2019–2024), 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