Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 84-4278182. Reported 114 grants totalling $6,074,566 to 101 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Regenerative Agriculture Foundation, the IRS classifies it under food & nutrition rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE K20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 101 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 31% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $17,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $360,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Greener World | Terrebonne, OR | $512,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | Petaluma, CA | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fibershed | San Geronimo, CA | $400,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Native American Fiber Program | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Rural Advancement Foundation International | Pittsboro, NC | $360,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Michigan Integrated Food and Farming Systems | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Fibershed | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Pasa Sustainable Agriculture | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Regeneration International | Finland, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regenerative Agriculture Alliance | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Regenerative Agriculture Alliance | Greeneville, TN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Land Stewardship Project | Minneapolis, MN | $174,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carbon Cycle Institute | Petaluma, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems | Chico, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Raw Milk Institute | Fresno, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Quivira Coalition Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $82,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wallace Center at Winrock International | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Winrock Solutions | North Little Rock, AR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Holistic Management International | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sharing Our Roots | $49,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Makoce Agricultural Development | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Tewa Women United | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Sharing Our Roots | Northfield, MN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Indian Mothers Inc | Red Springs, NC | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Dirt Farm Collective | Greensboro Bend, VT | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | New York, NY | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Oregon Land Trust | Corbett, OR | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catatumbo Cooperative Farms | Minneapolis, MN | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services | Honolulu, HI | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Coescha Csa | Albuquerque, NM | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Jardines Inc | Wilmington, DE | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mississippi Association of Cooperatives | Jackson, MS | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Willow Center | Taos, NM | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rosebud Economic Development Corp | Rosebud, TX | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shiprock Community Development Corporation | Shiprock, NM | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sistas in the Village | Minneapolis, MN | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sustainable Gangstas Inc | Helotes, TX | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | La Conner, WA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soil Carbon Coalition | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Calcan | Sebastopol, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Real Food Generation | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Kansas Black Farmers Association Inc | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Ecdysis Foundation | Estelline, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Ecological Farming Association | Soquel, CA | $13,655 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Sustainable Business Institute | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Alianza Nacional De Capesinas | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and Self-Help Credit Union | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Compaeras Campesinas | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Cultivate Kc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Equity Advocates | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Family Farm Defenders | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Farm to Table Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Farmworker Association of Florida | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Green Lands Blue Watersmisadept of Agronomy & Plant Genetics | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Idaho Organization of Resource Councils | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| La Semilla Food Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Land Loss Prevention Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Latino Economic Development Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Maine Farmland Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Mississippi River Network | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Missouri Coalition for the Environment | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Nsac | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Operation Spring Plant Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Organic Farming Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Organic Seed Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Pinnacle Prevention | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Rural Coalition | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salmonberry Tribal Associates | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Slow Food USA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Southeast Michigan Producers Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Springfield Food Policy Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Texas Coalition of Rural Landowners | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Tides Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Waterkeepers Chesapeake | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Winrock Solutions LLC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Women Food and Agriculture Network | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Farmers Market Coalition | $9,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| New Orleans Food Policy Action Committee | $9,720 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Wild Farm Alliance | $9,450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Community Farm Alliance | $9,071 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Izaak Walton League of America | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Practical Farmers of Iowa | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Michael Fields Agricultural Institute | $8,050 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Farms to Grow | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Alabama State Association of Cooperatives | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Indian Country Agriculture Resources Development Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dakota Resource Council | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
13 of 101 (13%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 of 101 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $2,172,500 | $32,000 |
| 2022 | 73 | $2,988,066 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 9 | $914,000 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
32% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $17,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Regenerative Agriculture Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 7276, Minneapolis, MN, 55407.
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