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12 funders with a record of paying for “smallholder”
Where the money went
Largest: $231,000 to Colorado State University — building and assessing soil health in smallholder systems: research and engagement across the ccrp
Largest: $195,375 to SMALLHOLDER DATA SERVICES — in support of research and development of a mobile application enabling smallholder farmers to track organic and regenerative practices improving adaptive landscape management, out…
Largest: $150,000 to CLIMATE ACTION FOR SMALLHOLDERS — general support to cash coalition's mission to support and share knowledge and best practices with smallholder farmers.
Largest: $100,000 to VARAHA CLIMATEAG PRIVATE LIMITED — support in supplying local fruit tree saplings to smallholder farmers, creating alternative livelihood opportunities for smallholder farmers.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $2.8M · 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: $17,600 to SAMPLE UGANDA AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION — expansion of admire aquaponics model to support smallholder farmer agricultural systems
RippleworksSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to GGEM FARMING (TRANCHE #1) — to support grantee's work with smallholder farmers and growing their incomes sustainably.
Largest: $600,000 to MYAGRO FARMS — to move smallholder farmers out of poverty.
The West FoundationIndianapolis, IN
4 matching grants · $55,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to TECHNOSERVE — smallholder women cocoa farmers in peru
Largest: $1.5M to SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC — improving lives and livelihoods of smallholder farmers
Largest: $49,594 to DRONES DOING GOOD ALLIANCE — to (1) provide support to pilot a program in which the grantee will test how its drone hardware can be leveraged by local businesses in kenya who offer services to smallholder farm…
Largest: $149,999 to UGANDA CRANE CREAMERIES COOPERATIVE UNION LTD — services and trainings for smallholder dairy farmers in uganda.
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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 →