Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,081 to it, the largest being THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION ($66,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $401k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $130k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc does
Mission
WI Farm Bureau Foundations mission is to conduct or financially aid activities which assist in the education and instruction of young people and develop leadership in the ag sector as a whole.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The purpose of the Young Farmers Committee is to 1 promote the understanding of Wisconsin agriculture and its importance among farmers under thirty-five years of age, 2 encourage participation by young farmers in activities beneficial to the agricultural community in Wisconsin and promote leadership development activities.
$228,572 spent54% of program spendingWisconsin Farm Bureaus Ag in the Classroom program provides teachers and K-12 students with an understanding of how their food is produced. The program seeks to work within existing curricula to provide basic information on our nations largest industry agriculture. Ag in the Classroom offers a wide variety of educational resources, activities and support for teachers, schools, home school parents and volunteers working with agricultural literacy. AITC provides resources for PreK through high school grade levels.
$84,075 spent20% of program spendingGather Wisconsins focus is connecting individuals with the farmers growing and raising familys food through education, valuable resources and sustainable ideas to support farmers from home.
$39,943 spent9% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 24,497, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 The purpose of the Promotion and Education Committee is to plan and carry out projects and activities to educate youth and consumers about agriculture and promote positive messages about farming, food safety, animal welfare, and other agricultural topics appropriate to adult and youth audiences. Program Service Expenses 22,466, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Foundation provides financial support for the Wisconsin FFAs discussion meet awards and Food for America program. Foundation also co-sponsors the Farm Bureaus annual FFA Farm Forum which provides leadership training experience for FFA members. Program Service Expenses 8,111, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Foundation supports 4H programs by sponsoring the 4H Key Awards given to Wisconsin youth. Program Service Expenses 18,834, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 UW Collegiate FB Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 21,666, Revenue 0 Grants Contributions - General
$73,908 spentof which $21,666 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $426,498.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $1.9M (+21%).
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.
70% of Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc’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. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $40k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation 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
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
42% 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 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 78% — 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
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 4 related entities
- Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation · exempt
- WFB Foundation Supporting Organization Inc · exempt
- Wisconsin Farm Service Board · corp_trust
- Wisconsin Farm Bureau Service Coop · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc: 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 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc?
- Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,081 to it, the largest being THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION ($66,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $130,081 in grants to Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc?
- THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $66,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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