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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “farmers”
Where the money went
Largest: $85,000 to Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles — bambara nut farmer research network, institutionalizing farmer-researcher cooperation to increase research relevance and positive impacts for female farmers
Largest: $3,000 to SZAWLOWSKI POTATO FARMS INC — local farmers awards
American Farmland TrustWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
181 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2023Largest: $20,500 to SOUTHERN FARMERS COLLABORATIVE GROUP — promoting sound farming practices/keeping farmers on the land
Farm AidCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
164 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to FARMERS LEGAL ACTION GROUP INC — helping farmers thrive; taking action to change system
The Experimental StationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
115 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to DOWNTOWN EVANSTON FARMERS' MARKET — support for local farmer's market
Community Alliance With Family FarmersDavis, CACharity · may take applications
108 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $9,000 to The Farmer Ken LLC — stipends and grants to farmers
Rural Advancement Foundation InternationPittsboro, NCCharity · may take applications
77 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $66,854 to CARRBORO FARMERS MARKET — support farmers markets to be able to accept and double the value of snap and other benefits used at farmers markets.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
55 matching grants · $13.3M · through 2024Largest: $151,478 to THE NEW FOOD ECONOMY INC — develop investigative reporting focused on black farmers and farmers of color and equitable access to nutritious school food
Largest: $174,135 to Desde Mi Huerto — funds were granted to farmers to help further agroecology efforts in puerto rico.
Largest: $123,334 to ACTION FOR SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT (ASA) — for effective implementation of the state government's policy on farmer producer organizations in collaboration with csos to enable higher incomes for farmers in odisha and covid m…
Greenwave Organization CorpNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
56 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $431,016 to SHINNECOCK KELP FARMERS INCORPORATED — direct payment to ocean farmer in recognition of a bundle of climate impacts that include carbon andnitrogen removal, reef restoration, and green jobs
Ecology CenterBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $13.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to PACIFIC COAST FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION — food insecurity nutrition incentive (fini) grant program
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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 →