About Farmlink Project
The Farmlink Project connects farms with surplus to food banks to feed people in need, reduce carbon emissions, and empower the next generation of changemakers.
Focus Areas
food insecurityfood rescue / food waste recoveryhunger relief / food bank supportclimate / emissions reductioneducation and fellowship programs
Who They Fund
families in needlow-income householdsfood-insecure individuals/households
Funding Style
direct servicein-kind support (food/produce donations)operational support for emergency food distribution
About Farmlink Project
Farmlink Project’s recent grantmaking is built around a single operating idea: moving healthy fresh produce to organizations that can get food to families in need. The largest awards in the record go to Food Forward, including $29,176,638 in 2024 and $18,385,400 in 2023, both for providing healthy fresh produce to families in need. The foundation also makes repeat large grants to other distribution partners, such as Society of St Andrew, which received $6,671,567 in 2024 and $4,727,889 in 2025 for the same purpose. That pattern suggests a grantmaker focused on distribution capacity rather than one-off project funding. The organization’s stated summary connects farms with surplus food to food banks, with the goal of feeding people in need, reducing carbon emissions, and supporting education and fellowship programs. Its recipient list includes food banks, community distribution groups, and regional partners serving low-income households and food-insecure individuals. Across the record, the work is anchored in produce recovery and emergency food distribution, with grants that are large enough to support ongoing logistics, transportation, and direct service at scale.
What Farmlink Project Funds
Food insecurity is the clearest throughline in the record. Farmlink Project gave $10,372,590 to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank in 2024 to provide healthy fresh produce to families in need. It also supported Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley with $2,657,822 in 2024 for the same purpose, showing a direct relationship with food banks serving households that need immediate access to produce. The foundation also funds regional distribution groups. High Desert Second Chance received $7,157,228 in 2024, and the grant purpose again centered on healthy fresh produce for families in need. A third pattern is support for broad food-recovery infrastructure. Means Database received $3,418,693 in 2025, while Midwest Food Bank received $3,007,306 in 2024. Both grants fit the same produce-distribution model and point to partners that can move food across local and multi-site networks.
How Farmlink Project Gives
Typical grants are sizable: p25 is $72,310, median grant size is $138,241, and p75 is $416,700. The recent awards list also shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Food Forward, Society of St Andrew, Central California Food Bank, Rural Communities Initiative, and Real Hope Inc. That repeat pattern indicates ongoing partnerships rather than isolated awards. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. The grant records point to direct support for produce distribution and food-rescue operations rather than an application-led open call.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$106.7M
Total Assets
$9.5M
Total Revenue
$99.3M
Total Expenses
$94.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $72K and $417K, with a median of $138K.
25th Percentile
$72K
Median
$138K
75th Percentile
$417K
Geographic Reach
National40 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BENJAMIN COLLIER
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