FARM JOURNAL AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: FARM JOURNAL AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION (EIN 27-3513787)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-11-14
IRS object ID: 201643199349306379
Schema version: 2015v2.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-11-14T12:59:59-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2001 MARKET STREET SUITE 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19103	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	273513787	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FARM JOURNAL AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% JOHN SCHULTZ	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	FARM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2155578900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1600 Market Street Suite 1530	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19103	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TRICIA BEAL	PersonNm
Person Title	Top Mgmt Official	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2155578900	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Russlee Armstrong	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00288383	PTIN
Phone	2155614200	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	ANDREW WEBER JR	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE PENN SQ WEST30 S 15 ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,594,747	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.farmjournalfoundation.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	PA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	DEDICATION TO SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE'S ABILITY TO MEET THE VITAL NEEDS OF A GROWING POPULATION THROUGH EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,012,202	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,594,747	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,012,202	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,594,747	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$7,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$750	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$160,852	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,888,563	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,453,500	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,896,063	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,454,250	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$116,139	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,140,497	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$292,240	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,488,925	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$424,208	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$480,396	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$131,968	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,008,529	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	FARM JOURNAL AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE'S ABILITY TO MEET THE VITAL NEEDS OF A GROWING POPULATION THROUGH EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT. CONNECTING FARMERS AND RANCHERS, INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, CONSUMERS, AND NGO PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD TO: - ADVOCATE FOR A POLICY ENVIRONMENT THAT PRIORITIZES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT THAT EMPOWERS FARMERS AND RANCHERS - ELEVATE THE NEXT GENERATION'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EXPANDING GLOBAL NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND MODERN AGRICULTURE'S CAPACITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS - ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND OTHER PROVEN HUNGER SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND IMPROVED NUTRITION	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,210,342	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$750	GrantAmt
Desc	The Foundation's program service accomplishments are as follows: - HungerU is a Next i engagement platform with a dynamic mobile exhibit that travels to college campuses around the nation raising awareness of nutrition and food security issues. It incorporates experiential learning opportunities and classroom curriculum that directly connect students to a field level view of the diversity and importance of the global food system. - Farmers Feeding the World is a national network of farmers passionate about the role of agriculture in addressing hunger by engaging policy makers, promoting a national vision and commitment to international agricultural development in U.S. foreign policy. - The Farm Journal Foundation Dialogue platform identifies important policy moments and creates actionable educational interventions geared towards National-level policymakers. Through this new platform, the Foundation is working with some of the most elite, global thought leaders. Year 2016 topics include research, impactful institutional capacity building and trade to create concise, impactful research papers that will form the framework for direct hill briefings.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,210,342	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOHN SCHULTZ	PersonNm
Phone	2155578989	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE PENN SQUARE WEST 30 S 15TH ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHIILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Kip Tom
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lyle Orwig
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Morris
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tom Dorr
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Andrew Weber Jr
Chairman & Board Member	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Charlene Finck
President & Board Member	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Charles Roth End pre 123115
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Lambert End pre 123115
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeff Pence
Board Member	0.5	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joseph Matthews
Treasurer and Secretary	1.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Tricia Beal
Top Management Official	40.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$3,594,747	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,594,747	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,594,747	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$750	TotalAmt
Program Services	$750	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$881,444	TotalAmt
Program Services	$667,388	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,393	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$160,663	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,202	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,202	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,818	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,818	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$895	TotalAmt
Program Services	$895	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$95,309	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,309	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$596	TotalAmt
Program Services	$596	ProgramServicesAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$38,943	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,462	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$481	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$652	TotalAmt
Management And General	$652	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$946	TotalAmt
Program Services	$662	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$95	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$189	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
EXHIBITS/EVENTS	$397,946	$397,946
BANK CHARGES	$1,165		$1,165
SUBSCRIPTIONS	$6,149	$6,149
TAX FILING FEES	$250		$250

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,185	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,185	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,454,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,210,342	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$83,056	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$160,852	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$292,240	BOYAmt
EOY	$905,343	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,583,582	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$292,240	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,488,925	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$424,208	BOYAmt
EOY	$480,396	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$424,208	BOYAmt
EOY	$480,396	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$581,968	BOYAmt
EOY	$149,097	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$450,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,859,432	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$131,968	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,008,529	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$292,240	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,488,925	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,140,497	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,116,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,773,729	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,042,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,012,202	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,594,747	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,539,715	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,116,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,773,729	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,042,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,012,202	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,594,747	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,539,715	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$10,025,507	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,514,208	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$12,539,715	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.20050	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.24580	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Ten Pct Facts Crcmstncs Test CY	Yes (X)	TenPctFactsCrcmstncsTestCYInd

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Facts and Circumstances Test	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Farm Journal Agricultural Foundation (Foundation) is dedicated to sustaining agriculture's ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and empowerment. Foundation qualifies as publicly supported because it meets the 10 percent facts and circumstances test under Treasury Regulation 1.170A-9(F)(3)(I)-(III, and subsets (A)-(E)) in the following respects: I. 10 percent of support limitation: Foundation's public support fraction is 20.05, well above the 10 percent threshold. This fraction is 60 percent of the way toward the one-third public support test. II. Attraction of public support: Foundation is organized and operated to attract new and additional support on a continuous basis. Foundation has aimed to rally communities around the fight against world hunger through its programs Farmers Feeding the World and HungerU (programming tours on college campuses) and as a result of these efforts, the Foundation is gaining support from the general public. The Foundation understands the need for support from individuals, public charities and the government in order to raise its public support percentage and it is structuring its development efforts toward these donors. III(A/B). Percentage and Sources of support: Foundation is supported by a diverse and representative group of donors. The Foundation is only in year six of existence and while in this start-up mode, the Foundation received its most generous support from corporations and some of the world's greatest philanthropic private foundations. However, during 2015, the Foundation did receive grants and contributions from over 125 donors, including individuals, public charities, private foundations, and corporations. Of these 125 plus donors, over 92 percent were individuals making gifts of $1,000 or less. The take-away here is that Foundation's programs and activities have broad appeal to members of the public - clearly societies all over the world wish to alleviate the problem of world hunger. III(C). Representative governing body: Foundation is governed by a seven member board of directors and all such directors are independent. The board members include community leaders, civic leaders, industry specialists, and philanthropists who bring to Foundation's board a cross-section of the views and interests of the problem the Foundation is tackling - world hunger. III(D). Availability of public facilities or services; public participation in programs or policies: Foundation conducts extensive and on-going programs and activities that are designed to inform the public, the media and policymakers about the subject of world hunger. Foundation's program, Farmers Feeding the World, is a platform for engaging individual farmers and farmer organizations in the philanthropic support of hunger alleviation. It is a national network of farmers passionate about the role of agriculture in addressing hunger around the world. Foundation seeks to engage with policy makers, promoting a national vision and commitment to international agricultural development in U.S. foreign policy. Foundation's program, HungerU, is a next generation engagement platform that connects University and College students to the powerful problems surrounding hunger in the world. HungerU programs include a dynamic mobile exhibit that travels to campuses around the nation raising awareness of nutrition and food security issues, experiential learning opportunities and classroom curriculum that directly connect students to field-level view of the diversity and importantce of the global food system and a vibrant digital and social media network that engages more than 20,000 students in ongoing education and advocacy opportunities. Foundation's program, Farm Journal Foundation Dialogue, identifies important policy moments and creates actionable education and interventions geared towards National level policymakers. Through this platform, the Foundation is working with some of the most elite, global thought leadership in the world on topics including research, institutional capacity building and trade, to create concise, impactful research papers that will form the framework for direct Capitol Hill briefings and to inform and support other organizations advocating for food and nutritional security. III(E). Additional factors pertinent to membership organizations: Not applicable.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp
Equipment		EquipmentGrp
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,792,939	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$198,192	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$198,192	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,594,747	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,594,747	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,652,442	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$198,192	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$198,192	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,454,250	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,454,250	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE FOUNDATION FOLLOWS THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE WHICH PRESCRIBES A MODEL FOR THE RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT OF A TAX POSITION TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON RECOGNITION, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, DISCLOSURE AND TRANSITION. AT DECEMBER 31, 2015, THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
FARM JOURNAL INC
BOARD MEMBER-BOARD MEMBER	$198,192	gift in kind-advertising svcs	false
FARM JOURNAL INC
BOARD MEMBER-BOARD MEMBER	$881,444	Management Fee	false

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART IV, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED PERSONS	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Three officers of the Foundation serve as officers and/or directors on an entity (Farm Journal, Inc.) other than a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c) or a governmental unit or instrumentality. Farm Journal, Inc. (FJI) provided advertising with a fair market value of $198,192 at no charge to the Foundation. The Foundation's board authorized a monthly management fee from FJI for $73,450 per month, $881,444 annually in 2015, for providing support services.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 2	ANDREW WEBER, JR., TRICIA BEAL, JOSEPH MATTHEWS, AND JEFF PENCE ARE OFFICERS IN COMMON BUSINESS ENTITIES.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 11B	FORM 990 REVIEW: Form 990 is prepared by an international accounting firm under the direction of the foundation's finance staff. It is reviewed in depth by the audit committee of the foundation's board of directors who meet with the finance staff and independent tax preparers/advisors to perform this review. A copy of the Form 990 is given to each member of the Board of Directors. Form 990 is filed with the Internal Revenue Service after the Board has passed a resolution to approve it.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 12	CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY: The Foundation has implemented a conflict of interest policy. Annually, the Foundation requests that the officers and directors complete a questionnaire which includes disclosing interests that could give rise to conflicts. The Foundation makes efforts to regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy.
PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 15A & 15B	THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT COMPENSATE ITS TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL OR ANY OTHER OFFICER.
PART VII	MS. BEAL, THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL FOR THE FOUNDATION, IS COMPENSATED THROUGH A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.