Funding search · EIN 521190211 · Washington, DC

American Farmland Trust

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 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

practicesfarmingpromotingsoundlandfarmerskeepingfarmland

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Top recipients

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  • 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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