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12 funders with a record of paying for “agroforestry”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to AGROFORESTRY NORTHWEST — accelerating agroforestry in the pacific northwest
Largest: $12,000 to PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE (PASA) — protecting cameroons new wall-mbargue wildlife refuge through sustainable agroforestry and community conservation patrols
Contour Lines CorpLawrenceville, NJ
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $391,584 to 5946 INDIVIDUAL FARMERS — to establish agroforestry systems
Savanna InstituteMadison, WICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $199,713 · through 2024Largest: $9,410 to DELTA INSTITUTE — employing agroforestry to improve water quality in the gulf of mexico
Largest: $325,000 to Savanna Institute — to support savanna institute's agroforestry coalition, a network of seven working groups addressing bottlenecks to scale agroforestry nationwide.
Largest: $325,000 to The Savanna Institute — to support a research project involving the scaling of agroforestry nationwide
Largest: $130,000 to World Agroforestry Centre — as a final grant for the award leadership program for emerging african women in science
Veterans United FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,500 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to CENTER FOR AGROFORESTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI — agroforestry academy military scholarships
Largest: $3.5M to INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY — community engagement grantmaking
Largest: $175,000 to Savanna Institute — scaling up agroforestry in lake michigan basin
Largest: $200,000 to International Centre for Research in Agroforestry — environment and science
Largest: $265,000 to PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE — to formalize a certification program for agroforestry and expand its use in western pennsylvania
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

