The Global Farmer Network Foundation

Analysis

The Global Farmer Network Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Global Farmer Network Foundation reported income of $712k and spending of $1.0m, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $275k to $712k (+159%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Global Farmer Network Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Agroecology Commons ($712k), M H & O Family Home ($713k) and Calhoun County Senior Citizens Association Inc ($712k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $861k against liabilities of $997, net assets of $860k.