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12 funders with a record of paying for “crops”
Where the money went
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…
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.
Western Sugar Company Grower ResearScottsbluff, NECharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $5,680 to NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC — crop research
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2023Largest: $1.1M to CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE — long-term grass & crop land communities land mgmt
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
13 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2022Largest: $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 …
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 …
New York Farm Viability InstituteSyracuse, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $330,571 · through 2024Largest: $170,966 to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY — sugar kelp as an alternative crop for oyster farmers
Future HarvestCockeysville, MDCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $53,223 · through 2024Largest: $10,378 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK — plan and measure crop cover performance among participating farmers
Global Alliance for Improved NutritionCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2022Largest: $3.3M to INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE — commercialisation of biofortified crops
Largest: $57,500 to The Utopian Seed Project Inc — to support the food crops research project
Behmann Brothers FoundationCorpus Christi, TX
4 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEACH — crop & livestock alternatives for the coastal bend region
Chs FoundationInver Grove Heights, MN
4 matching grants · $74,429 · through 2025Largest: $68,429 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS — discover robotic crop and food production
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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 →