- Revenue 2024
- $12,437,329
- Expenses 2024
- $5,573,984
Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- S43
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 228 PARK AVENUE S 38732
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THIS MISSION OF BLACK FARMER FUND IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH & HEALTH BY INVESTING IN BLACK AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES OF THE NORTHEAST.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE MISSION OF BLACK FARMER FUND IS TO CREATE A THRIVING, RESILIENT, AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM BY INVESTING IN BLACK FOOD SYSTEMS ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHEAST.
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THIS MISSION OF BLACK FARMER FUND IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH & HEALTH BY INVESTING IN BLACK AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES OF THE NORTHEAST.
Expenses $4,365,835 · Grants $2,259,500 · Revenue $21,685
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Rhyston MaysRHYSTON MAYS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Karen WashingtonKAREN WASHINGTON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Olivia WatkinsOLIVIA WATKINS
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $156,302
- From this org
- $142,058
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,244
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $139,658
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,400
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,244
- Filer's total
- $156,302
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Onika AbrahamONIKA ABRAHAM
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Makaelia DavisMAKAELIA DAVIS
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melanie AllenMELANIE ALLEN
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $133,761
- From this org
- $119,694
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,067
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Ribka GetachewRIBKA GETACHEW
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Victoria Van AmsonVICTORIA VAN AMSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Janet GumbsJANET GUMBS
FINANCE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $126,524
- From this org
- $100,417
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,107
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Charles WadeCHARLES WADE
INVESTMENT DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $204,121
- From this org
- $167,931
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,190
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $167,931
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,677
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,513
- Filer's total
- $204,121
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $12,437,329
- Expenses
- $5,573,984
- Contributions
- $11,669,389
- Grants paid
- $2,259,500
-
2023
- Revenue
- $5,830,704
- Expenses
- $2,346,938
- Contributions
- $5,642,151
- Grants paid
- $193,098
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2022
- Revenue
- $5,574,978
- Expenses
- $1,764,609
- Contributions
- $5,558,616
- Grants paid
- $209,062
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,824,891
- Expenses
- $1,196,372
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,845,730
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,373,245
- Expenses
- $179,823
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,195,670
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2019 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $110
- Expenses
- $110
- Assets (EOY)
- $0
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
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EDENESQUE
$650,000
2024 BFF 2.0 GRANTS
-
PARADISE EXPRESS FERRY
$625,000
2024 BFF2.0 GRANTS
-
SWEETWATER HOLDINGS
$400,000
2024 BFF2.0 GRANTS
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NOURRIR DRINKS
$250,000
2024 BFF2.0 GRANTS
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GLOBAL VILLAGE FOODS
$187,500
2024 BFF 2.0 GRANTS
-
BROOKLYN PACKERS
$147,000
2024 BFF2.0 GRANTS
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2023 ECOSYSTEM GRANT
-
2022 ECOSYSTEM GRANT
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TRINITY FARM
$36,600
2023 SAFE HOUSE GRANT
-
LIBERATION FARM
$15,000
2022 RAPID RESPONSE FUND
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
-
$8,200,250
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$3,300,000
2022 GENERAL OPERATING
-
$955,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$250,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$200,000
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$200,000
2022 EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
-
$175,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.