National Ffa Foundation
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
$1.4MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
National ffa partnership for the future
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Chs Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 41-6025858 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Chs Foundation
- Phone
- (651) 355-6000
- Deadlines
- If applicable, submission deadlines are disclosed in the application
- Application materials
- Applicants May submit a request online. Written requests are accepted, but not encouraged.
- Restrictions
- Chs foundation supports education and leadership programs that invest in the future of agriculture, cooperative business and rural america. Each application is reviewed individually. The majority of funding and focus is placed on scholarships and grants. All grant awards are on a year-round cycle, with the following exceptions. The chs foundation cooperative education grants program, which is a competitive grants program that focused on investing in programs that develop and enhance the understanding of cooperative business through education, professional development and practical experience. Applications for that program are accepted, annually, from January to late February, with announcements in April. The chs university partner competitive grant program, which supports agriculture-focused projects at colleges and universities, accepts applications annually from April to June, with announcements in the fall.
Original filing text
- Contact
- CHS FOUNDATION
- Address
- 5500 CENEX DRIVE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN, 55077
- Phone
- 6513556000
- Deadlines
- IF APPLICABLE, SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE DISCLOSED IN THE APPLICATION
- Application materials
- APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT A REQUEST ONLINE. WRITTEN REQUESTS ARE ACCEPTED, BUT NOT ENCOURAGED.
- Restrictions
- CHS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS THAT INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATIVE BUSINESS AND RURAL AMERICA. EACH APPLICATION IS REVIEWED INDIVIDUALLY. THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING AND FOCUS IS PLACED ON SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. ALL GRANT AWARDS ARE ON A YEAR-ROUND CYCLE, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS. THE CHS FOUNDATION COOPERATIVE EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ON INVESTING IN PROGRAMS THAT DEVELOP AND ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF COOPERATIVE BUSINESS THROUGH EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. APPLICATIONS FOR THAT PROGRAM ARE ACCEPTED, ANNUALLY, FROM JANUARY TO LATE FEBRUARY, WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS IN APRIL. THE CHS UNIVERSITY PARTNER COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS AGRICULTURE-FOCUSED PROJECTS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS ANNUALLY FROM APRIL TO JUNE, WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE FALL.
Reported organization name: CHS FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | $5.7M |
| 2024 | 106 | $4M |
Where Chs Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Feeding America
CHICAGO, IL
$1MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Hunger relief
National 4-H Council
WASHINGTON, DC
$500KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
4-h positive youth development events: growing the next generation of dei leaders
Discovery Education Inc
CHARLOTTE, NC
$275KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Cooperative minds: chs foundation + discovery education
Agriculture Future of America
LIBERTY, MO
$272.5KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
2024-26 afa program support and growth partnership
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (198 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Chs Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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