Grants for food and agriculture nonprofits

Name: Top 25 grants made to food and agriculture programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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5,176 food and agriculture programs received at least $199.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 12,322 grants made from 5,762 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 5,762 foundations, 69% made just a single grant to food nonprofits, and 6% made grants to four or more food nonprofits. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$199,786,244

Total grant dollars given to food and agriculture nonprofits

12,322

Number of grants made annually to food and agriculture nonprofits

5,762

Number of grantmakers funding food and agriculture nonprofits

$1,000

Median grant size to food and agriculture nonprofits

Foundations that support food and agriculture programs

Out of all grants made to food and agriculture nonprofits, 84% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 64% of the dollar-value of grants to food nonprofits. Foundations funding food nonprofits also made grants to food banks, multiservice human service organizations, food distribution programs, christian organizations, and emergency assistance programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	4,870
Medium	540
Large	342

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	113
Private	4,984
Corporate	245
Other	420

Grants made

Grants made to food nonprofits	Number of grantmakers
1	4,019
2-3	1,381
4-10	280
11+	82

Top 10 foundations supporting food and agriculture programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to food nonprofits	Number of grants made to food nonprofits	Median grant size
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	2.8%	211	$600
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	1.9%	185	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	177	$425
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.5%	141	$30
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.3%	133	$260
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.5%	128	$1,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.4%	116	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.8%	114	$100
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	109	$1,000

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Food and agriculture programs grantees

Food and agriculture nonprofits with more than $5 million in total revenues received 69% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 55% of all food nonprofits.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	12,286
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	36

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,250
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	1,133
New York	1,000
Illinois	675
Texas	632
Other	8,882

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	1,000
Chicago	604
Washington DC	497
Seattle	363
Other	8,780

Top 25 grants made to food and agriculture nonprofits

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
National Dairy Council	$26,371,144	Advertising Program	Dairy Promotion
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	$8,949,016	Agricultural Development	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Feeding America	$8,041,342	Covid 19:covid 19 America's Food Fund	Gofundmeorg
World Central Kitchen	$7,859,000	Covid 19:covid 19 America's Food Fund	Gofundmeorg
Three Square Plan Giving	$7,635,100	NMTC Cash Transaction	Three Square
METROPOLITAN New York COORDINATING COUNCIL ON Jewish Poverty	$6,077,000	Caring / Jewish Life	Uja-Federation of New York
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank	$5,638,290	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	$5,323,239	Food Security	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Child Development Associates	$5,050,000	For Covid Response for Childcare, Food and Supplies Per Grant Agreement Letter	The San Diego Foundation
Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture	$5,000,000	Research	Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Collaborative for Fresh Produce	$4,719,303	Produce Acquisition and Distribution	Feeding Texas
The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation	$4,577,245	Scholarships, Faculty Support, Departmental Support and Facility Support	NC State Investment Fund
North Texas Food Bank	$4,508,281	This Grant Is Designated for General Support.	Communities Foundation of Texas
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana	$4,259,009	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Agricultural Development Fund	$4,226,072	To Provide Means for Agricultural Youth To Further Educational / Vocational Opportunities.	Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin	$4,198,046	Advertising Program	Dairy Promotion
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$4,101,825	General Support	Fulk Family Foundation
CCOF Certification Services LLC	$4,006,156	Contract	California Certified Organic FarmersInc
One Acre Fund	$4,002,000	International Development	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Cnfa	$3,858,210	To Stimulate Economic Growth and Improve Livelihoods By Cultivating Entrepreneurship.	Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	$3,704,254	Agricultural Development	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Share Our Strength	$3,665,000	To Provide Covid-19 Support	Blue Meridian Partners
United Dairy Industry of Michigan	$3,643,323	Promote the Sale of Milk and Milk Products and Increase Consumer Awareness of Milk Products Through Promotion, Research, and Nutrition Education.	Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA)
Meals on Wheels by ACC	$3,599,382	Senior Programs	Area 4 Agency on Aging
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)	$3,509,441	Agricultural Development; Nutrition	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Food and agriculture nonprofits" category for this page is determined by the "K00: Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.