Funding search · EIN 363383233 · Cambridge, MA
Farm Aid
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 400
- grants reported
- $4.8M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Farmers Legal Action Group3 grants · $145,000
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives2 grants · $145,000
- Intertribal Agriculture Council4 grants · $137,000
- Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA3 grants · $120,000
- Center for Rural Affairs5 grants · $115,500
- Community Alliance With Family Farmers4 grants · $86,500
- Pasa Sustainable Agriculture4 grants · $86,500
- National Family Farm Coalition4 grants · $85,000
- Land Stewardship Project4 grants · $85,000
- Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (Rafi)4 grants · $75,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 400 grants.
- $90,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives · East Point, GA · 2023
Helping farmers thrive; taking action to change system; growing the good food movement
- $80,000
Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2023
Helping farmers thrive
- $80,000
Farmers Legal Action Group · St Paul, MN · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $65,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA · Pittsboro, NC · 2023
Helping farmers thrive; taking action to change system
- $57,500
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
Helping farmers thrive
- $55,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives · East Point, GA · 2022
Taking action to change system; growing the good food movement; helping farmers thrive
- $54,500
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2023
Taking action to change system
- $52,500
Federation of Sourhtern Cooperatives · East Point, GA · 2021
Taking action to change system; helping farmers thrive
- $37,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Taking action to change system; helping farmers thrive
- $35,000
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives · East Point, GA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $35,000
Farmers Legal Action Group · St Paul, MN · 2021
Helping farmers thrive; taking action to change system
- $34,000
Community Alliance With Family Farmers · Davis, CA · 2023
Taking action to change system; helping farmers thrive
- $32,500
Community Alliance With Family Farmers · Davis, CA · 2021
Taking action to change system; helping farmers thrive
- $30,000
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks · Asheville, NC · 2024
2024 disaster grant: hurricane helene relief
- $30,000
Farmers' Legal Action Group (Flag) · St Paul, MN · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $30,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (Rafi) · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
Fa 2024 disaster assistance grant
- $30,000
Farmers Legal Action Group · St Paul, MN · 2023
Helping farmer thrive
- $30,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA · Pittsboro, NC · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $25,000
National Family Farm Coalition · Gloucester, MA · 2023
Taking action to change system; growing the good food movement
- $25,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA · Pittsboro, NC · 2021
Helping farmers thrive; taking action to change system
- $24,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Taking action to change system; promoting food family farms
- $23,500
Visit Rico · 2022
Helping farmers thrive
- $22,000
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $22,000
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2022
Helping farmers thrive
- $22,000
Worc Education Project · Billings, MT · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $21,500
Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association · Wimberley, TX · 2021
Helping farmers thrive
- $20,000
Appalachian Sustainable Development · Duffield, VA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: ggfm
- $20,000
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs
- $20,000
Center for Third World Organizing · Oakland, CA · 2024
Disaster grant to persimmon collective: hurricane helene
- $20,000
Georgia Organics · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $20,000
Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $20,000
National Family Farm Coalition · Gloucester, MA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs
- $20,000
Ncabl Land Loss Prevention Project (Llpp) · Durham, NC · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $20,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (Rafi) · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
2024 strategic grant
- $20,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (Rafi) · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
Fa 2024 disaster grant- hurricane helene phase 2
- $20,000
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2023
Helping farmers thrive
- $20,000
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont · Richmond, VT · 2023
Helping farmers thrive
- $20,000
Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2022
Helping farmers thrive
- $20,000
Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2022
Helping farmers thrive
- $20,000
National Family Farm Coalition · Gloucester, MA · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $20,000
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project · Claymont, DE · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $20,000
Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2021
Helping farmers thrive
- $20,000
National Family Farm Coalition · Gloucester, MA · 2021
Taking action to change system
- $19,500
Worc Education Project · Billings, MT · 2023
Taking action to change system
- $19,500
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2021
Taking action to change system - national sustainable agriculture coalition (nsac)
- $19,500
Worc Education Project · Billings, MT · 2021
Taking action to change system - american agriculture movement inc
- $18,000
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project · Claymont, DE · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $18,000
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project · Claymont, DE · 2023
Taking action to change system
- $17,500
Trustees of Tufts College · Boston, MA · 2022
Helping farmers thrive-new entry sustainable farming project
- $17,000
Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2021
Helping farmers thrive; taking action to change system
- $15,000
Rural Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $15,000
Sobremesa Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2024
2024-2025 strategic grant for sobremesa farm incubator project
- $15,000
Tfb Ag Research and Edu Foundation · Waco, TX · 2024
2024 disaster grant: texas wildfire relief
- $15,000
Resist · Boston, MA · 2023
Helping farmers thrive
- $15,000
Rural Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
Taking action to change system
- $15,000
Northeast Organic Farming Associationmass Chapter · Florence, MA · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $15,000
Rural Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $15,000
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2022
Helping farmers thrive
- $15,000
Northeast Organic Farmers Association · Titusville, NJ · 2021
Taking action to change system
- $15,000
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project · Claymont, DE · 2021
Taking action to change system
- $15,000
Third Sector New England Inc (Dba Tsne Missionworks) · Boston, MA · 2021
Taking action to change system - real food generation; helping farmers thrive - the carrot project
- $14,000
National Young Farmers Coalition · Albany, NY · 2023
Taking action to change system; helping farmers thrive
- $13,419
Iowa State University Foundation · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Scholarships
- $13,233
Iowa State University Foundation · Iowa City, IA · 2021
Scholarships
- $12,159
Iowa State University Foundation · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Scholarships
- $12,000
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs for national sustainable agriculture coalition (nsac)
- $12,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs for california climate & agriculture network
- $12,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs
- $12,000
Missouri Rural Crisis Center · Columbia, MO · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs
- $12,000
Southwest Georgia Project · Albany, GA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $12,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Taking action to change system
- $12,000
Missouri Rural Crisis Center · Columbia, MO · 2023
Taking action to change system
- $12,000
Nebraska Farmers Union · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Helping farmers thrive-nebraska rural response council/hotline
- $12,000
Southwest Georgia Project · Albany, GA · 2023
Helping farmers thrive-swp for community education inc
- $12,000
Dakota Rural Action · Brookings, SD · 2022
Taking action to change system; growing the good food movement; helping farmers thrive
- $12,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Taking action to change system-california climate & agriculture network (calcan)
- $12,000
Missouri Rural Crisis Center · Columbia, MO · 2022
Taking action to change system
- $12,000
Nebraska Farmers Union · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Helping farmers thrive-nebraska rural response council/hotline
- $12,000
Southwest Georgia Project · Albany, GA · 2022
Helping farmers thrive-swp for community education inc
- $12,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Taking action to change system - california climate & agriculture network (calcan)
- $12,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement · Des Moines, IA · 2021
Taking action to change system
- $12,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Helping farmers thrive
- $12,000
Missouri Rural Crisis Center · Columbia, MO · 2021
Taking action to change system
- $12,000
Nebraska Farmers Union · Lincoln, NE · 2021
Helping farmers thrive - nebraska rural response council/hotline
- $12,000
Rural Coalition · Washington, DC · 2021
Taking action to change system
- $12,000
Southwest Georgia Project · Albany, GA · 2021
Growing the good food movement
- $11,500
Dakota Rural Action · Brookings, SD · 2023
Taking action to change system; helping farmers thrive; growing the good food movement
- $10,000
Accelerating Agriculture · Midway, KY · 2024
2024 disaster grant: hurricane helene haylift for nc farmers
- $10,000
Agricultural Justice Project · Turners Falls, MA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $10,000
Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (Alba) · Salinas, CA · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $10,000
Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $10,000
Alliance for Global Justice · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: tacs for real food challenge
- $10,000
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks · Racine, OH · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: ggfm
- $10,000
Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council · Johnson City, TN · 2024
2024 fa disaster grant: hurricane helene relief
- $10,000
Appalachian Sustainable Development · Duffield, VA · 2024
Disaster grant- hurricane helene
- $10,000
Black Farmer Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
- $10,000
Bloomington Food Policy Council · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: ggfm for people's cooperative market
- $10,000
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture · Boone, NC · 2024
Disaster grant to persimmon collective: hurricane helene
- $10,000
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
2024 disaster grant: hurricane helene relief
- $10,000
Chester Agricultural Center · Chester, NY · 2024
Fa24 eoy grant: hft
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