Minneapolis, MN

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION

EIN 84-4278182

Environment & Animal Welfare Local Food & Sustainable Farming Indigenous communities Communities of color Low-income Rural communities

Mission

The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation (RAF) is a domestically-focused intermediary funder that collaborates with foundations, investors, nonprofits, community leaders, and land stewards across the United States and Tribal Nations to advance regenerative agriculture, strengthen land stewardship, and develop climate and food-system solutions.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION

The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation (RAF) is a U.S.-based grantmaking organization that advances regenerative agriculture through participatory, peer-led funding and partnerships with on-the-ground movement leaders and Tribal Nations. The organization's EIN (84-4278182) and public Form 990 filings correspond to the Minneapolis-based Regenerative Agriculture Foundation.

In the last several years RAF has focused on movement-building, regranting, and emergency response for farmer-serving and frontline food-system organizations. Recent activity includes multi-million-dollar regranting programs, impact reporting and targeted funding for Indigenous, BIPOC-led, rural, and low-wealth farmer organizations to support land access, policy work, research, and inclusive supply-chain efforts.

Notable achievements

SHOT Fund emergency response — $5M deployed (2025)

Co-led the Soil Health Opportunities and Tools (SHOT) Fund with the Rural Climate Partnership and deployed $5 million in emergency grants and complementary support in 2025 to sustain 51 farmer-serving and regional food-system organizations during acute federal funding disruptions.

Major grantmaking (2020–2024)

Awarded roughly $7.7 million across 131 grants to 103 organizations between 2020 and 2024, with a typical grant size near $25,000, supporting movement-building, land access, research, and frontline programming in regenerative food and farming.

Restorying & impact reporting (2024)

Published the 2024 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture impact materials and funded the Restorying initiative to elevate BIPOC- and Indigenous-led narratives and projects, including a Climate Justice Stories partnership with frontline organizations.

At a glance

Total assets: $8.4M
Annual revenue: $11.2M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 84-4278182
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Website: regenerativeagriculturefoundation.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Profiled by major nonprofit data services and maintains public Form 990 filings and grant records in widely used nonprofit databases.

Named partner and regranting collaborator by national foundations and philanthropic networks, and recognized for participatory funding approaches in the regenerative agriculture field.

Credited within movement and funder communities for centering Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), frontline leadership, and equitable regranting strategies.

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