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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 “agricultural”
Where the money went
Largest: $109,954 to INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY THE — gates agricultural innovations, llc: agricultural development (non-cash)
Largest: $500,000 to Regenerative Agriculture Foundation — to build the capacity of diverse midwest food and farm organizations to administer large federal grants and advance regenerative agriculture through a newly created fund by the rur…
Illinois Agricultural AssociationBloomington, ILCharity · may take applications
198 matching grants · $9.3M · through 2023Largest: $148,740 to Pike-Scott County Farm Bureau — agricultural education
Largest: $350,000 to Regenerative Agriculture Foundation — to support raf's rapid response fund and to raf as fiscal sponsor of the funders for regenerative agriculture (fora) project to support fora's pooled fund for supporting and develo…
Largest: $10,000 to MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — agricultural education
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
75 matching grants · $25.1M · through 2023Largest: $27,500 to B U I L D INCORPORATED — for programming to build community cohesion through the chicago fund for safe and peaceful communities. grant made via fiscal sponsor, neighborspace., for programming to build comm…
Largest: $1,000 to Illinois Agricultural Resource Coun — for support of agricultural research
Chs FoundationInver Grove Heights, MN
69 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2025Largest: $160,000 to PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION — progressive agriculture safety day
Largest: $388,947 to UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE — advancing sustainable agriculture in africa
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
66 matching grants · $17.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT — enhance university educational systems in agriculture to prepare leaders and agents of change for the challenges facing agriculture, rural communities, and small producers through …
Community Foundations of the HudsonPoughkeepsie, NYCharity · may take applications
82 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to CHESTER AGRICULTURAL CENTER INC — food, agriculture & nutrition
Largest: $150,000 to SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE PLATFORM — expanding regenerative agriculture to enhance economic resilience of vulnerable farmers
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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 →