Heifer Project International
The organization's mission is to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. Working worldwide with marginalized small-scale farmers, heifer provides livestock, seeds and training in sustainable crop production and animal management practices to increase income and improve nutrition. Focusing also on women's empowerment and social capital, heifer then mobilizes communities of these small-scale farmers into cooperatives and farmer associations to access inclusive market systems.
Key facts about Heifer Project International
In short: Heifer Project International gave $6.5M across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $1.6M), mostly in Arkansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 35-1019477
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $6,544,011
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- Average grant
- $1,636,003
- Median grant
- $1,204,755
- Total assets
- $313,297,854
- Primary geography
- Arkansas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$313.3M
+3.7% YoY
Annual Giving
$6.5M
+98.2% YoY
Grant Count
4
+0.0% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$1.6M
+98.2% YoY
How Heifer Project International gives
- Giving grew 114% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
About Heifer Project International
Based on IRS filings
Heifer Project International is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Little Rock, AR. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $313.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $6.5M.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3.1M (2022) to $6.5M (2025). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $6.5M.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Cypress Valley Meat Company 1 LLC ($4.1M). Together the top 3 received $6.5M.
Grant Size Distribution
15 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 6 grants of 15 (40%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cypress Valley Meat Company 1 LLC Vilonia, AR | To create community food enterprises for healthy, local, organic food and to create jobs in linking small-scale farmers to larger and diverse markets. | $4,125,404 |
| Arkansas Sustainable Livestock Cooperative (C-Corp) Leslie, AR | Charitable purpose by eliminating debt for future of charitable entity | $1,884,509 |
| Arkansas Sustainable Livestock Cooperative (C-Corp) Leslie, AR | To create community food enterprises for healthy, local, organic food and to create jobs in communities linking small-scale farmers to larger and diverse markets. | $525,000 |
| Robinson Pasture Pigs Sturgis, MS | To create community food enterprises for healthy, local, organic food and to create jobs in linking small-scale farmers to larger and diverse markets. | $9,098 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $313,297,854 | $302,101,190 | $287,748,580 |
| Revenue | $162,027,025 | $149,689,145 | $149,625,298 |
| Expenses | $178,902,483 | $159,486,986 | $163,487,437 |
| Net Investment Income | $-5,969,334 | $1,589,671 | $1,161,898 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 8, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 22, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 26, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Heifer Project International is led by Surita Sandosham, President & Chief Executive Officer since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 22 of 41 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Surita Sandosham
President & Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer → President & Chief Executive Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$176K (2023) → $469K (2025)
Esther Cohen
Chair & Past Vice Chair
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Chair & Past Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hervil Cherubin
Senior Country Director
Haiti Country Director → Senior Country Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$135K (2020) → $174K (2025)
Benjamin Wood
Mng Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Lea
Director → Managing Director, Monitoring, Evaluation & Researc, 2024
Managing Director, Monitoring, Evaluation & Researc → Mng Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Lea, 2025
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$149K (2021) → $192K (2025)
Matthew Krause
Snr Director, Business Development & Partnerships
Managing Director → Managing Director & Institutional Partnerships, 2024
Managing Director & Institutional Partnerships → Snr Director, Business Development & Partnerships, 2025
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$158K (2022) → $198K (2025)
Mutale Chilangwa
Snr Director & Usaid Business Development
Senior Director → Snr Director & Usaid Business Development, 2024
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$167K (2023) → $195K (2025)
Marcio Nascimento
Snr Director New Business Development
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$190K (2025)
Chad Avery
General Counsel & Board Secretary
General Counsel & Board Secretary → General Counsel, 2024
General Counsel → General Counsel & Board Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$141K (2020) → $189K (2025)
Christy Moore
Senior Vice President Marketing & Philanthropy
Senior Vice President → Senior Vice President Marketing & Philanthropy, 2024
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$177K (2020) → $235K (2025)
Hilary Haddigan
Chief of Mission Effectiveness
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$206K (2020) → $250K (2025)
Kimberly Ahlgrim
Vice President of Risk Management & Assurance
Vice President → Vice President of Risk Management & Assurance, 2024
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$110K (2020) → $188K (2025)
Marcia Rasmussen
CFO & Treasurer
CFO & Treasurer → Chief Financial Officer, 2024
Chief Financial Officer → CFO & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$129K (2020) → $236K (2025)
Marleen New
Vice President of Global Partnerships
Vice President → Vice President of Global Partnerships, 2024
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$133K (2020) → $158K (2025)
Elia Makar
Chief People Officer
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$177K (2022) → $238K (2025)
Michael Heald
Vice President of Investment Programs
Vice President → Vice President of Investment Programs, 2024
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$131K (2021) → $178K (2025)
Francine Hill
Vice President Global Finance Ops & Compliance
Vice President → Vice President of Global Finance Ops & Compliance, 2024
Vice President of Global Finance Ops & Compliance → Vice President Global Finance Ops & Compliance, 2025
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$118K (2022) → $173K (2025)
Patrick Bryski
Senior Vice President Business Development & Partnerships
Senior Vice President → Senior Vice President of Business Development, 2024
Senior Vice President of Business Development → Senior Vice President Business Development & Partnerships, 2025
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$24K (2023) → $221K (2025)
Peter Goldstein
Vice President of Communications
Vice President → Vice President of Communications, 2024
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$31K (2023) → $203K (2025)
Bryan Borland
Assistant Secretary
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$72K (2024) → $80K (2025)
Camila Rodriguez Campo
Vice President of Enterprise Accounting & Global Controller
Vice President → Vice President of Enterprise Accounting & Global Controller, 2025
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$139K (2025)
Kimberly Hayes-Perrow
Vice President of Direct Marketing
Senior Director of Direct Marketing → Vice President of Direct Marketing, 2025
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$167K (2024) → $175K (2025)
Michelle Dusek Izaguirre
Vice President of Resource Development Operations
Vice President of Resource Development Ops → Vice President of Resource Development Operations, 2025
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$182K (2024) → $190K (2025)
Oscar Castaneda Samayoa
Senior Vice President for the Americas
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$224K (2024) → $248K (2025)
Randi Hedin
Board Member & Past Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2021
Chair → Board Member & Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Grant
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Hadfield
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Renwick
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ramesh Singh
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alberto Irezabal
Vice Chair
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martha Brantley
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nathan Hosler
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Kisare
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daren Joffe
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marianella Baez Jost
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nomsa Daniels
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Atul Satija
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brandi Decarli
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Smriti Canakapalli
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tanja Havemann
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alloysius Attah
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Bawden
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (46)
- Former: Doug Galen (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Josephine Oguta (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Mahendra Lohani (2020–2024) — Frmr Snr Vice President of Programs
- Former: Stephanie Chesher (2020–2024) — Snr Director of Donor & Community Marketing E
- Former: Chuck Warta (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Michelle Cangelosi (2021–2024) — Vice President of Transformational Philanthropy
- Former: Mimi Evans (2021–2024) — Director of Philanthropy - New York
- Former: Terry Wyer (2021–2024) — Senior Vice President of Investment Programs
- Former: Jaime Schilling (2022–2024) — Director of Philanthropy
- Former: Melanie Auger (2022–2024) — Senior Director of Philanthropy
- Former: Tracy Beene (2023–2024) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: David Siewert (2024) — Director of Philanthropy
- Former: Devona Bell (2024) — Director of Programs & Business Development - Asia
- Former: Dilip Bhandari (2024) — Snr Director of Programs-Livestock Technology
- Former: Jacqueline Finch (2024) — Senior Director of Philanthropy & Foundation Rel
- Former: Meredith Rolf (2024) — Snr Director of Strategy & Transformation
- Former: Noel Mace (2024) — Senior Director Africa Programs-Ops
- Former: Shelly Sutherland (2024) — Snr Director of Enterprise Accounting & Deputy
- Former: Vesselin Natchev (2024) — Global Solutions & Heifer Labs
- Former: Michelle Dusek-Izaguirre (2020–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Nikolaus Hutter (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Oscar Castaneda (2020–2023) — Senior Vice President
- Former: Pete Kappelman (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Pierre Ferrari (2020–2023) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Victoria Sekitoleko (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Robert Coxon (2021–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Patrina Eiffert (2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Ashley Stone (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Gretchen Villegas (2020–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Jesus Pizarro Rodriguez (2020–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Robert Bloom (2020–2022) — Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer
- Former: Rosa Murillo Montes (2021–2022) — Senior Director
- Former: Ambassador Ertharin Cousin (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Francine Anthony (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: George Petty (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Holly Derheim (2020–2021) — Senior Director
- Former: Jay Wittmeyer (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Stephanie Brown (2020–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Thomas Kemper (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: John Lamb (2021) — Vice President
- Former: Arlene Withers (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Constance George (2020) — Director
- Former: John Gill (2020) — Senior Director
- Former: Julie Wood (2020) — Vice President
- Former: Malcom Norman (2020) — Vice President
- Former: Martha Hirpa (2020) — Vice President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 $469K, to Surita Sandosham (President & Chief Executive Officer). 22 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Heifer Project International
How much does Heifer Project International give each year?
Heifer Project International gave $6.5M across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $3.3M across 4 grants.
What is Heifer Project International's typical grant size?
Heifer Project International's median grant in 2025 was $1,204,755, and its average grant was $1,636,003, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Heifer Project International give grants?
Heifer Project International gives mostly in Arkansas: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Leslie, AR (2 grants).
Does Heifer Project International give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Heifer Project International's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
How large is Heifer Project International?
Heifer Project International reported $313.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $162.0M.
What is Heifer Project International?
Heifer Project International is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Little Rock, AR. It holds $313.3M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Heifer Project International's EIN?
Heifer Project International's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 35-1019477. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
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