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12 funders with a record of paying for “crop”
Where the money went Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition → International Food Policy Research Institute: $3.6M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Rockefeller Foundation → Alliance for A Green Revolution in Africa: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics: $1.2M across 7 grants, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Field to Market: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → California Department of Fish and Wildlife: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Universite Quisqueya: $703K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Western Sugar Company Grower Resear → Western Sugar Cooperative: $562K across 1 grant, latest 2024 New York Farm Viability Institute Inc → Research Foundation of Suny: $171K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Noteman-Jones Family Charitable Foundation → The Utopian Seed Project Inc: $133K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Behmann Brothers Foundation → Texas A&m Agrilife Research: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Chs Foundation → University of Wisconsin River Falls: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Future Harvest Inc → University of Maryland College Park: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Practical Farmers of Iowa: $900K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → University of Greenwich: $815K across 7 grants, latest 2023 The Rockefeller Foundation → The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $572K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Western Sugar Company Grower Resear → Colorado State University: $496K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Practical Farmers of Iowa: $464K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Haiti Christian Development Fund: $455K across 1 grant, latest 2021 New York Farm Viability Institute Inc → Rochester Institute of Technology: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition → Cornell University: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Behmann Brothers Foundation → Texas A&m Agrilife Reseach: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Future Harvest Inc → Chesapeake Gold Farms Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Chs Foundation → American Royal Association: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Mcknight Foundation → Wageningen University: $722K across 8 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Environmental Working Group: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Rockefeller Foundation → New York Botanical Garden: $499K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Conservation Technology Information Center: $417K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Conider Cooperacion Y Organizacion Integral Para El Desarollo Rural Ac: $297K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Western Sugar Company Grower Resear → University of Nebraska (Prec): $236K across 2 grants, latest 2023 New York Farm Viability Institute Inc → American Farmland Trust: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Future Harvest Inc → Waterman Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of Minnesota: $625K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → World Wildlife Fund Inc: $588K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Universite Dan Dicko Dankoulodo De Maradi: $525K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Center for International Policy: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2020 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → American Farmland Trust: $409K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Mcknight Foundation → Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2022 The Mcknight Foundation → University of Minnesota Foundation: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Rockefeller Foundation → Havos Inc: $322K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → L'institut D'economie Rurale: $309K across 4 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Missouri Soybean Association: $307K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique Du Niger: $302K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → National Wildlife Federation: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Zea Mays Foundation: $295K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Ag Technology and Environmental Stewardship Foundation Inc: $295K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Mcknight Foundation → Cirad: $295K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Universit Dan Dicko Dankoulodo De Maradi: $280K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Meridian Institute: $280K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Meridian Institute: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership: $240K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → American Farmland Trust: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Walton Family Foundation Inc → R Street Institute: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Kansas Association of Conservation District: $219K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → The Kansas Association of Conservation Districts: $212K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Purdue University: $203K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Minnesota Environmental Partnership: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Rockefeller Foundation → Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center Asveg: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Rodale Institute: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Consejo De Agencias Para El Desarrollo Del Estado De Chiapas Ac: $197K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Mcknight Foundation → University of Eldoret: $185K across 3 grants, latest 2021 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Amtel Chiapas Sc Work Chiapas Sc: $171K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Mcknight Foundation → Purdue University: $160K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Mcknight Foundation: $7.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $7.1M Walton Family Foundation Inc: $6.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Walton Family Foundation Inc $6.5M Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Global Alliance for Improved… $3.7M The Rockefeller Foundation: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Rockefeller Foundation $3.6M National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $3.1M Wk Kellogg Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Wk Kellogg Foundation $1.8M Western Sugar Company Grower Resear: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Western Sugar Company Grower… $1.3M New York Farm Viability Institute Inc: $298K on this topic. Open the funder. New York Farm Viability Insti… $298K Noteman-Jones Family Charitable Foundation: $133K on this topic. Open the funder. Noteman-Jones Family Charitab… $133K Behmann Brothers Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. Behmann Brothers Foundation $120K Chs Foundation: $74K on this topic. Open the funder. Chs Foundation $74K Future Harvest Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Future Harvest Inc $30K International Food Policy Research Institute: received $3.6M on this topic International Food Policy Resea… $3.6M Alliance for A Green Revolution in Africa: received $2.0M on this topic Alliance for A Green Revolution… $2.0M International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics: received $1.2M on this topic International Crops Research In… $1.2M Field to Market: received $1.2M on this topic Field to Market $1.2M California Department of Fish and Wildlife: received $1.1M on this topic California Department of Fish a… $1.1M Practical Farmers of Iowa: received $900K on this topic Practical Farmers of Iowa $900K University of Greenwich: received $815K on this topic University of Greenwich $815K Wageningen University: received $722K on this topic Wageningen University $722K Universite Quisqueya: received $703K on this topic Universite Quisqueya $703K Environmental Working Group: received $650K on this topic Environmental Working Group $650K Regents of the University of Minnesota: received $625K on this topic Regents of the University of Mi… $625K World Wildlife Fund Inc: received $588K on this topic World Wildlife Fund Inc $588K The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $572K on this topic The Trustees of Columbia Univer… $572K Western Sugar Cooperative: received $562K on this topic Western Sugar Cooperative $562K Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $550K on this topic Rockefeller Philanthropy Adviso… $550K Meridian Institute: received $530K on this topic Meridian Institute $530K Universite Dan Dicko Dankoulodo De Maradi: received $525K on this topic Universite Dan Dicko Dankoulodo… $525K Center for International Policy: received $500K on this topic Center for International Policy $500K New York Botanical Garden: received $499K on this topic New York Botanical Garden $499K Colorado State University: received $496K on this topic Colorado State University $496K Practical Farmers of Iowa: received $464K on this topic Practical Farmers of Iowa $464K American Farmland Trust: received $460K on this topic American Farmland Trust $460K Haiti Christian Development Fund: received $455K on this topic Haiti Christian Development Fund $455K Conservation Technology Information Center: received $417K on this topic Conservation Technology Informa… $417K Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement: received $400K on this topic Institut De Recherche Pour Le D… $400K University of Minnesota Foundation: received $400K on this topic University of Minnesota Foundat… $400K Purdue University: received $363K on this topic Purdue University $363K Havos Inc: received $322K on this topic Havos Inc $322K L'institut D'economie Rurale: received $309K on this topic L'institut D'economie Rurale $309K Missouri Soybean Association: received $307K on this topic Missouri Soybean Association $307K Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique Du Niger: received $302K on this topic Institut National De La Recherc… $302K National Wildlife Federation: received $300K on this topic National Wildlife Federation $300K Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: received $300K on this topic Natural Resources Defense Counc… $300K Conider Cooperacion Y Organizacion Integral Para El Desarollo Rural Ac: received $297K on this topic Conider Cooperacion Y Organizac… $297K Zea Mays Foundation: received $295K on this topic Zea Mays Foundation $295K Ag Technology and Environmental Stewardship Foundation Inc: received $295K on this topic Ag Technology and Environmental… $295K Cirad: received $295K on this topic Cirad $295K Universit Dan Dicko Dankoulodo De Maradi: received $280K on this topic Universit Dan Dicko Dankoulodo… $280K Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership: received $240K on this topic Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional… $240K University of Nebraska (Prec): received $236K on this topic University of Nebraska (Prec) $236K American Farmland Trust: received $225K on this topic American Farmland Trust $225K R Street Institute: received $225K on this topic R Street Institute $225K Kansas Association of Conservation District: received $219K on this topic Kansas Association of Conservat… $219K The Kansas Association of Conservation Districts: received $212K on this topic The Kansas Association of Conse… $212K Minnesota Environmental Partnership: received $200K on this topic Minnesota Environmental Partner… $200K Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center Asveg: received $200K on this topic Asian Vegetable Research and De… $200K Rodale Institute: received $200K on this topic Rodale Institute $200K Consejo De Agencias Para El Desarrollo Del Estado De Chiapas Ac: received $197K on this topic Consejo De Agencias Para El Des… $197K University of Eldoret: received $185K on this topic University of Eldoret $185K Research Foundation of Suny: received $171K on this topic Research Foundation of Suny $171K Amtel Chiapas Sc Work Chiapas Sc: received $171K on this topic Amtel Chiapas Sc Work Chiapas Sc $171K The Utopian Seed Project Inc: received $133K on this topic The Utopian Seed Project Inc $133K Texas A&m Agrilife Research: received $90K on this topic Texas A&m Agrilife Research $90K Rochester Institute of Technology: received $76K on this topic Rochester Institute of Technolo… $76K Cornell University: received $70K on this topic Cornell University $70K University of Wisconsin River Falls: received $68K on this topic University of Wisconsin River F… $68K Texas A&m Agrilife Reseach: received $30K on this topic Texas A&m Agrilife Reseach $30K University of Maryland College Park: received $10K on this topic University of Maryland College… $10K Chesapeake Gold Farms Inc: received $10K on this topic Chesapeake Gold Farms Inc $10K Waterman Inc: received $10K on this topic Waterman Inc $10K American Royal Association: received $6K on this topic American Royal Association $6K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “crop” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $100,000 to Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership — to deepen efforts to develop market transformation and commercialization strategies for the cash cover crop "winter camelina drive successful adoption of nutrient management, cover…
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Largest: $100,000 to Rodale Institute — to research the agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits of alternative crop rotations in the midwest that move away from corn and soyand towards food-grade crops.
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Largest: $5,680 to NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC — crop research
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Largest: $1.1M to CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE — long-term grass & crop land communities land mgmt
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Largest: $502,630 to UNIVERSITE QUISQUEYA — increase smallholder farmer income generation and value-chain viability by supporting quisqueya university's school of agriculture's (fsae) capacity to conduct applied research to …
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Largest: $572,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — for use by columbia climate schools center for climate systems research in support of developing models to study the impact of climate change on nutritious crops for food-insecure …
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Largest: $170,966 to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY — sugar kelp as an alternative crop for oyster farmers
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Largest: $10,378 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK — plan and measure crop cover performance among participating farmers
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Largest: $3.3M to INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE — commercialisation of biofortified crops
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Largest: $57,500 to The Utopian Seed Project Inc — to support the food crops research project
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Largest: $30,000 to TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH — crop & livestock alternatives for the coastal bend region
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Largest: $68,429 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS — discover robotic crop and food production
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