Digital Green Foundation
Digital green is creating a world where farmers use technology and data to build prosperous communities.
Digital Green Foundation at a glance
In short: Digital Green Foundation gave $320K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $107K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $320,065
- -64.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- -25.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $106,688
- -52.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $66,415
- Total assets
- $18,632,870
- -4.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (77% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Digital Green Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Precision Development ($247K). Together the top 3 received $320K.
Grant Size Distribution
18 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 6 grants of 18 (33%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
Cities
How Digital Green Foundation gives
- Giving fell 62% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $320K (2025) to $1.4M (2019). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $320K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Development Newton, MA | Data collection and analysis, advisory content development, digital advisory delivery channel strengthening, dairy sector, ethiopia | $246,650 |
| International Food Policy Research Institute Washington, DC | Monitoring and evaluation partner, data analysis to develop and test tools to contextualize and deliver advisory information for improved wheat and dairy production, ethiopia | $66,415 |
| One Acre Fund Highland Park, IL | Advisory content identification, share data to inform state-level decision making related to climate and agriculture, bihar, india | $7,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,632,870 | $13,505,265 | $15,209,659 | $320,065 | 3 | $471,151 |
| 2024 | $19,598,790 | $11,830,887 | $14,859,533 | $891,466 | 4 | $547,986 |
| 2023 | $22,334,356 | $9,341,403 | $11,327,278 | $1,029,183 | 5 | $384,689 |
| 2022 | $24,571,129 | $22,099,634 | $9,356,010 | $833,800 | 3 | $279 |
| 2021 | $11,622,742 | $11,632,954 | $7,574,734 | $1,194,522 | 3 | $715 |
| 2020 | $8,120,606 | $9,193,209 | $8,058,985 | $996,923 | 6 | $-8,183 |
| 2019 | $5,110,476 | $6,837,173 | $9,128,464 | $1,428,972 | 5 | $1,095 |
About Digital Green Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Digital Green Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Francisco, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $18.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $320K. Net investment income was $471K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Digital Green Foundation is led by Rikin Gandhi, CEO & Board President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 8 of 19 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rikin Gandhi
CEO & Board President
Executive Director & Co-Founder → President, Executive Director & Co-Founder, 2021
President, Executive Director & Co-Founder → CEO & Board President, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$156K (2019) → $250K (2025)
Lok-Yee J. Wong
Senior Director Ops. & Org. Effectiveness
Director, Ops. & Organizational Effectiveness → Director, Ops & Org. Effectiveness, 2024
Director, Ops & Org. Effectiveness → Senior Director Ops. & Org. Effectiveness, 2025
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$103K (2021) → $173K (2025)
Eric Firnhaber
Senior Director & Communications
Director & Communications → Senior Director & Communications, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$132K (2023) → $177K (2025)
Melissa Ho
Director
Director → Director & Chair, 2024
Director & Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christian Karl Merz
Director
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eliane Ubalijoro
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raymond Sinclair White
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Anne Wong
Director
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Woo
Director
Director - → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sonja Kotze
Director
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Kaaria
Director
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Giovanna Masci
COO & Treasurer
Treasurer & Vice President Internal Operations → Vice President & Internal Operations, 2023
Vice President & Internal Operations → COO & Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$147K (2019) → $207K (2025)
Alesha Miller
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
Secretary, Vice President Strategy & Prtnrshps. → Secretary, Vice President Strat. & Partnerships, 2023
Secretary, Vice President Strat. & Partnerships → Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$76K (2021) → $215K (2025)
John Collery
Chief Product Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$190K (2024) → $242K (2025)
Christina Casagrande
General Counsel & Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$174K (2025)
Ryan Owen
Vice President & Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$180K (2025)
Deepali Khanna
Vice Chair Then Chair
Vice Chair → Vice Chair Then Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lawrence Adam Wolf
Director Then Vice Chair
Director → Director Then Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Kentaro Toyama (2019–2024) — Chair -
- Former: Rajesh Veeraraghavan (2019–2024) — Director -
- Former: Czarina Castro (2023–2024) — Controller
- Former: Mandefro Nigussie Woldemariam (2023–2024) — Director -
- Former: Christina Casagrande General (2024) — Counsel & Secretary -
- Former: Saerin Cho Dir Legal Dept (2024) — Secretary -
- Former: Shreya Agarwal (2020–2023) — Director & Strategy
- Former: Vicky Hawk (2021–2023) — Director & Global Finance
- Former: Saerin Cho (2023) — Secretary & Director of Legal
- Former: Kebede Ayele (2021–2022) — Country Director & Ethiopia
- Former: Krishnan Pallassana (2021–2022) — Country Director & India
- Former: Manisha Ria Shah (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Amruta M. Gadre (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Edwin Macharia (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Karin D. Lion (2019–2020) — Vice President & Strategy
- Former: Srikant Vasan (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Vinay Kumar (2019–2020) — Managing Director & Asia
- Former: Neeta Vinay (2019) — Vice President & Finance
- Former: Soumen Biswas (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $250K, to Rikin Gandhi (CEO & Board President). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Digital Green Foundation
How much does Digital Green Foundation give each year?
Digital Green Foundation gave $320K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $891K across 4 grants.
What is Digital Green Foundation's typical grant size?
Digital Green Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $66,415, and its average grant was $106,688, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Digital Green Foundation give grants?
Digital Green Foundation gives mostly in Massachusetts: 77% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was District of Columbia (21%).
Does Digital Green Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Digital Green Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
How large is Digital Green Foundation?
Digital Green Foundation reported $18.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $13.5M.
What is Digital Green Foundation?
Digital Green Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Francisco, CA. It holds $18.6M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Digital Green Foundation's EIN?
Digital Green Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-2418959. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 16, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 20, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 22, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 28, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 23, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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