National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation
The endowment of a vanishing vocation, quietly funding the next people who will explain agriculture to the people who live it.
Peer societies
Five societies National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation is read alongside.
OFBF
Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation
A charitable engine for the future of Ohio agriculture, funding scholarships, immersion camps, and early…
IF
IAA Foundation
The philanthropic memory of Illinois agriculture, gathering gifts today so that farm families and the next…
8 companies named
MABF
Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation
The giving arm of Michigan's broadcasters, funding the next generation of the state's media professionals…
2 companies named
NPPF
National Press Photographers Foundation
The grantmaking conscience of photojournalism, funding the next generation of visual storytellers through…
3 companies named
AF
AAPG Foundation
A geoscience endowment that turns donor gifts into the education of the people who will read the earth next
Who backs NAFBF
Every company National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| BASF | Meeting sponsor | AAPS ACI ASA A CAST +3 |
| Bayer Crop Science | Meeting sponsor | ARA ASN ASA FCM GACCP +3 |
| Corteva Agriscience | Meeting sponsor | ARA ASA ASA A ES +3 |
| John Deere | Meeting sponsor | ARA AFBF APHA ARTBA ASABE +3 |
| Nationwide Insurance | Meeting sponsor | AAI A CCC GPC GWHCC +3 |
| Novonesis | Meeting sponsor | AASV ACI AOCS BA CA +3 |
| Syngenta North America | Meeting sponsor | AFBF ASA ASFMR ASA CAST +3 |
| FMC | Meeting sponsor | ASA FCM GACCP NAICC NASDA +2 |
| GROWMARK | Meeting sponsor | ARA ASA MCCC NASDA NFO |
| Nutrien | Meeting sponsor | ASA AMCC NASDA FI |
| Nutrien Ag Solutions | Meeting sponsor | AAI GACCP NFO NSP |
| Pivot Bio | Meeting sponsor | NASDA NAWG NSP WFPF |
| Poet | Meeting sponsor | GSFCC NASDA SDCCI TCCI |
| CASE IH | Meeting sponsor | NFO NPPC NSP |
| CME Group | Meeting sponsor | NGFA NPPC SIIA |
| Beck’s | Meeting sponsor | NASDA |
| Indigo Ag | Meeting sponsor | NAWG |
| Sumitomo Biorational Company | Award sponsor | USPEA |
| Vive Crop Protection | Meeting sponsor | GACCP |
| Agoro Carbon Alliance | Meeting sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
| AgriMarketing Magazine | Meeting sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
| BigIron | Meeting sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
| CROPLAN Seed | Meeting sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
| Firestone Ag | Meeting sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
| Phospholutions | Meeting sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
| PTx | Award sponsor | Only National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation, so far |
Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026
2026 NAFB Convention detailed agenda, session and award sponsors. Read September 28, 2026. Sponsors named in the NAFB (parent association) convention agenda, including Foundation Auction reception sponsors; nonprofit and association sponsors omitted.
2026 NAFB Convention page. Read September 28, 2026. Early Bird registration sponsor; tiered sponsor logos are images without names.
Who backs National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation's peers, but not National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation's reviewed public records.
| Company | IF | MABF | NPPF | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Cargill | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| COUNTRY Financial | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Enbridge | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Feature Photo Service | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Graymont Co-Op Association | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Martin Hood LLC | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Patrick Media Brokerage | Premier Sponsor, Evening of Excellence Reception | 1 of 3 | ||
| Prairie Farms Dairy | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Rohde & Schwarz | Premier Sponsor, Evening of Excellence Program Guide | 1 of 3 | ||
| Sloan Implement Company, Inc. | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| SONY | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Zimmerman Edelson Inc. | Named | 1 of 3 |
The outside view
The endowment of a vanishing vocation, quietly funding the next people who will explain agriculture to the people who live it.
- Authority
- Preserve
- Outward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Legacy
Faithful to what was handed down.
The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Village.
Strengths
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