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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 47-0553823

Center for Rural Affairs

LYONS, NEFounded 1973

mission statement

Establish strong rural communities, social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, and genuine opportunity for all while engaging people in decisions that affect the quality of their lives and the future of their communities.

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Total Revenue

$14.8M

FY 2023

Program Spending

96.7%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$20.0M

Total Assets

$17.4M net

21.12 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

+100%

Revenue Growth

YoY

104

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 70 Institutional Funders

$33.3M raised across 226 grants · +$5.2M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 23 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
The Sherwood Foundation	OMAHA, NE	$7,504,982 +$1,800,000 committed
Walton Family Foundation Inc	Bentonville, AR	$6,329,600
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$2,424,745
Waverley Street Foundation	PALO ALTO, CA	$2,400,000 +$200,000 committed
The McKnight Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$2,385,000 +$935,000 committed
W K Kellogg Foundation	Battle Creek, MI	$1,650,000 +$1,500,000 committed
United States Energy Foundation	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$1,070,000
Weitz Family Foundation	OMAHA, NE	$905,000
The Schmidt Family Foundation	PALO ALTO, CA	$830,000
The Heising-Simons Foundation	LOS ALTOS, CA	$650,000

Total tracked: $33,298,670 across 226 grants · +$5,162,722 committed across 23 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$3.0M in expenses

National sustainable agriculture coalition - an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities.

$3.1M in expenses

Farm and community - supports sustainable development in rural nebraska by providing technical assistance and training to support value added agriculture, wind energy development, organic farming, new farmers and ranchers, and entrepreneurship.

$1.8M in expenses

Rural public policy program - advocates for state and federal policies that support family size farms, value added agriculture, microenterprise development, rural community development, beginning farmers, and soil and water conservation.

$909K in expenses

Lending services - provides training and technical assistance to rural micro entrepreneurs across the full expanse of rural nebraska and includes a rural women's business center and a rural hispanic business center.

$655K in expenses

Mississippi river network - a diverse coalition of 56 nonprofit organizations that are working together to protect the land, water, wildlife, and people of the united states' greatest river.

$37K in expenses

Newsletter and communications

$81K in expenses

Solar for all

— in expenses

General

Financial History