Funding search · EIN 521190211 · Washington, DC

American Farmland Trust

Name: American Farmland Trust grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

278
grants reported: $5.0M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

practices farming promoting sound land farmers keeping farmland

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

48 grants matching “farmland” · $837,871

$35,000
Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation · Palmer, AK · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$34,000
Connecticut Farmland Trust · Hartford, CT · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Skagit County Farmland Legacy · Mount Vernon, WA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$12,469
Washington Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$9,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$8,000
Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust · Amherst, MA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$52,663
Cornell Cooperative Extension · East Aurora, NY · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$51,823
East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District (Esrcd) · Modesto, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$25,000
Khuba International · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$21,520
County of Merced · Merced, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$19,758
Sierra Resource Conservation District · Auberry, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$10,000
Town of Dunn · McFarland, WI · 2022
Protecting farmland / keeping farmers on the land
$10,000
Tall Pines Conservancy · Nashotah, WI · 2022
Protecting farmland / keeping farmers on the land
$10,000
Jefferson County · Jefferson, WI · 2022
Protecting farmland / keeping farmers on the land
$6,000
Okanogan Land Trust · Okanogan, WA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Pines and Prairies Land Trust · Bastrop, TX · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Ozark Greenways · Springfield, MI · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
King County · Seattle, WA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Northern Prairies Land Trust · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Jefferson Land Trust · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Northern California Regional Land Trust · Chico, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Taos Land Trust · Taos, NM · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Mesa County Land Conservancy · Grand Junction, CO · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Colorado Cattlemen'S Agricultural Land Trust · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Teton Regional Land Trust · Driggs, ID · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
The Nebraska Land Trust · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Utah Open Lands Conservation Association · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Washington Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Wood River Land Trust · Hailey, ID · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation · Palmer, AK · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Methow Conservancy · Wintrop, WA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$6,000
Yolo Land Trust · Woodland, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$119,475
Cornell Cooperative Extension · Kingston, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
African Heritage Economic Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Center for Agricultural Development · Oneonta, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Genesee Land Trust · Rochester, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Grownyc · New York, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Khuba International · Ithaca, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Pace University · White Plains, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Westchester Land Trust · Bedford Hills, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$22,965
Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming · Itacha, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$21,606
Glynwood Center for Regional · Cold Spring, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$10,688
Pcc Farmland Trust · Seattle, WA · 2021
Veterans-pnw
$9,320
Cornell Cooperative Extension Herkimer County · Herkimer, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$8,584
Buffalo Go Green · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$7,000
Lancaster Farmland Trust · Strasburg, PA · 2021
Soil health practices

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ccof Foundation2 grants · $255,000
The Dry Farming Institute2 grants · $185,150
Black Family Land Trust3 grants · $184,492
Cornell Cooperative Extension2 grants · $172,138
The Freshwater Trust1 grant · $121,600
University of California Merced2 grants · $97,282
Washington State Dept of Veterans Affairs2 grants · $90,000
East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District (Esrcd)2 grants · $84,039
Growsmart Maine1 grant · $80,000
Columbia Land Conservancy3 grants · $76,500

Giving over time

$1.1M

2021

$1.0M

2022

$3.0M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 278 grants.

$157,760
The Dry Farming Institute · Corvallis, OR · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$155,000
Ccof Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$121,600
The Freshwater Trust · Portland, OR · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$119,493
Black Family Land Trust · Durham, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$119,475
Cornell Cooperative Extension · Kingston, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$100,000
Ccof Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$80,000
Growsmart Maine · Augusta, ME · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$65,456
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$65,034
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices
$57,601
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$52,663
Cornell Cooperative Extension · East Aurora, NY · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$51,823
East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District (Esrcd) · Modesto, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$47,934
Regrow Agriculture · Durham, NH · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices
$47,500
Washington State Dept of Veterans Affairs · Olympia, WA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$47,500
Washington State Department of Veteran Affairs · Olympia, WA · 2021
Veterans-pnw
$44,317
East Stainslaus Resource Conservation District · Modesto, CA · 2021
San joaquin land and water conservation
$42,500
Washington State Dept of Veterans Affairs · Olympia, WA · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$39,600
Rapp Center for Education · Sperryville, VA · 2021
Rappahannock county pilot
$35,000
Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation · Palmer, AK · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$35,000
Mesa County Land Conservancy · Grand Junction, CO · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$35,000
Pines and Prairies Land Trust · Bastrop, TX · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$35,000
Teton Regional Land Trust · Driggs, ID · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$35,000
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$34,001
Black Family Land Trust · Durham, NC · 2021
North carolina and kentucky
$34,000
Connecticut Farmland Trust · Hartford, CT · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$33,836
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$32,248
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$32,216
East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District (Esrcd) · Modesto, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,500
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,153
Wyoming Couty Swcd · Warsaw, NY · 2021
Cover crop innova research and ed
$31,007
Farmstart Llp · Enfield, CT · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,000
Athens Land Trust · Athens, GA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,000
Catawba Lands Conservancy · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,000
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy · Easton, MD · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,000
Texas Land Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$31,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$30,998
Black Family Land Trust · Durham, NC · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices
$30,031
Sierra Resource Conservation District · Auberry, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$27,500
Pwm Farm Properties · Shelbyville, KY · 2021
Rye commercialization
$27,500
Springhill Family Farm Llc · Clinton, KY · 2021
Rye commercialization
$27,390
The Dry Farming Institute · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$26,000
Council On the Environment · New York, NY · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Alachua County Board of County Commissioners · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Beaufort County Open Land Trust · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Colorado Cattlemen'S Agricultural Land Trust · Arvada, CO · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
County of Kane · Geneva, IL · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Groundswell Conservancy · Madison, WI · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Jackson Hole Land Trust · Jackson, WY · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Piedmont Environmental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust · Pocatello, ID · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Skagit County Farmland Legacy · Mount Vernon, WA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
State Agriculture Development Committee · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
State of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Tecumseh Land Preservation Association · Yellow Springs, OH · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Upper Valley Land Trust · Hanover, NH · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Utah Department of Agriculture & Food · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Yolo Land Trust · Woodland, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Khuba International · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
Women Food & Agriculture Network · Ames, IA · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$25,000
African Heritage Economic Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Center for Agricultural Development · Oneonta, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Genesee Land Trust · Rochester, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Grownyc · New York, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Khuba International · Ithaca, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Pace University · White Plains, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$25,000
Westchester Land Trust · Bedford Hills, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$22,965
Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming · Itacha, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$21,606
Glynwood Center for Regional · Cold Spring, NY · 2021
Farmland for new generation resources
$21,520
County of Merced · Merced, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$21,279
Sierra Resource Conservation District · Auberry, CA · 2021
San joaquin land and water conservation
$20,514
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021
Greater hudson valley farmlink ntwk
$20,500
Black Gold Resourcing Llc · Luling, TX · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
California Center for Cooperative Development · Davis, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Community Alliance With Family Farmers · Davis, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Croatan Institute · Durham, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Dianne'S Call · Columbia, SC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Feast Down East · Burgaw, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Kentucky Black Farmers Association · Lexington, KY · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Monte Azul · Maricao, PR · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Potlikker Capital · Dover, DE · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Southern Farmers Collaborative Group · Albany, GA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,500
Toxic Free North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$20,000
Center for Agricultural Develpoment and Entrepreneurship · Oneonta, NY · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$20,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$19,758
Sierra Resource Conservation District · Auberry, CA · 2022
Protecting farmland / promoting sound farming practices
$19,748
Glynwood Center · Cold Spring, NY · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land
$18,757
Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter · Florence, MA · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices
$18,500
Bitter Root Land Trust · Hamilton, MT · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$18,200
Eco-Family Farms · Salinas, CA · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$18,106
Newmont Farm Llc · Bradford, VT · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$18,000
Robie Farm Llc · Piermont, NH · 2023
Promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
$17,500
Council On the Environment Inc Dba Grownyc · New York, NY · 2022
Promoting sound farming practices / keeping farmers on the land

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