The Fertilizer Institute
We seek to empower the fertilizer industry to nourish our world.
The Fertilizer Institute at a glance
In short: The Fertilizer Institute gave $99K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $99K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $99,054
- -52.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $99,054
- -52.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $99,054
- Total assets
- $30,762,822
- +1.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to The Fertilizer Institute
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from The Fertilizer Institute
Who The Fertilizer Institute funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Fertilizer Education Research and Training Foundation ($99K).
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2024 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $99K (2025) to $210K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $99K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fertilizer Education Research and Training Foundation Arlington, VA | General Support | $99,054 |
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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 | $30,762,822 | $11,044,437 | $10,483,628 | $99,054 | 1 | $1,347,058 |
| 2024 | $30,433,386 | $10,280,971 | $9,716,550 | $210,175 | 1 | $702,287 |
| 2023 | $27,053,621 | $10,937,810 | $10,093,558 | — | — | $420,842 |
| 2022 | $18,003,395 | $9,819,983 | $8,255,587 | — | — | $755,482 |
| 2021 | $18,942,460 | $8,038,493 | $7,793,276 | — | — | $438,979 |
| 2020 | $17,747,339 | $9,408,416 | $10,206,870 | — | — | $399,126 |
| 2019 | $16,900,784 | $12,856,119 | $8,945,441 | — | — | $307,302 |
About The Fertilizer Institute
Based on IRS filings
The Fertilizer Institute is a public charity, based in Arlington, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $30.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $99K. Net investment income was $1.3M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Fertilizer Institute is led by Corey Rosenbusch, President & CEO since 2021 (on filings since 2020); 8 of 44 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Corey Rosenbusch
President & CEO
President & CEO From February → President & CEO, 2021
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$457K (2021) → $831K (2025)
Harriet Wegmeyer
Executive Director - Fertilizer Education & Researc
Executive Director - Nutrients for Life Foundation → Executive Director - Fert Foundation, 2024
Executive Director - Fert Foundation → Executive Director - Fertilizer Education & Researc, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$38K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Mark Orr
Chairman
Treasurer → Vice Chairman, 2022
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Minnis
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Pytosh
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melih Keyman
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Hamilton
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jan Finch
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Paul
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott McGinn
Director
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2022
Chairman → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brent Harlander
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Delaney
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ward Bloodworth
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Schouvieller
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cassandra Loomans
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ken Seitz
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Kimm
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Barr
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Lee
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Bohn
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Vance
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ian McGregor
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jacob Shreve
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Barnes
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wes Graves
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andy Spahr
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Sheehy
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Flaska
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Dodds
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
G. Rey Reinhardt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janelle Restum
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Gates
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Carroll
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sabine Schroeder
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Willie Negroni
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ed Thomas
Vice President & Government Affairs
Director, Regulatory & Sci → Director & Regulatory Affairs, 2021
Director & Regulatory Affairs → Vice President & Government Affairs, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$136K (2019) → $274K (2025)
Kathleen Mathers
Senior Vice President & External Affairs
Vice President & Pub. Affai → Vice President & Public Affairs, 2022
Vice President & Public Affairs → Senior Vice President & External Affairs, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$223K (2019) → $310K (2025)
Kurt McMillan
Chief Administrative Officer
Vice President & Member Services → Vice President & Member Servic, 2020
Vice President & Member Servic → Chief Administrative Officer, 2021
On filings since 2019
39 hrs/week
$190K (2019) → $259K (2025)
Catharine Perry
Senior Vice President, Member Programs & Services
Senior Vice President & Member Programs → Senior Vice President, Member Programs & Services, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$177K (2022) → $306K (2025)
Melinda Sposari
Vice President & Membership
Senior Director & Strategic Initiatives → Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives & Membership, 2023
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives & Membership → Vice President & Membership, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$152K (2022) → $215K (2025)
Thomas Lynch
Senior Vice President & Government Affairs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$285K (2024) → $307K (2025)
Veronica Swerdlow
Chief Economist
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$196K (2025)
Mark Behrman
Vice Chairman
Director → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Bodine
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (61)
- Former: Alexander Terletskiy (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Chris Demoss (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Josh Long (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Justin Louchheim (2019–2024) — Senior Director & Government Affairs
- Former: Ben Nichols (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Doug Stone (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Don Lambert (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Geraldo Mattioli (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Joe McNeely (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: John Ringkob (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: James Haitz (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Jean Briand (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: John Bowen (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Mark Stutsman (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Chris Glen (2024) — Vice President & Public Affairs
- Former: Mark McDonald (2024) — Director
- Former: Amy Yoder (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jeff Blair (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Joe O'Rourke (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Lyndon Smith (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Peyton (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tony Will (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Matt Carstens (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Russell Sides (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Allen Sanders (2023) — Director
- Former: Justin Sharbaugh (2023) — Director & Information Technology
- Former: Clark Mica (2019–2022) — Vice President & Legislative Affairs
- Former: Dale Edgington (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Harry Vroomen (2019–2022) — Vice President & Economic Services
- Former: Hugh Loomans (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mike Barry (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Nick Adamchak (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Todd Minnihan (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Brian Birrenkott (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Kerry McNamara (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Gary Halvorson (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Joe Dillier (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Mark Ripato (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Michael Webb (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Andy O'Hare (2019–2021) — Vice President & Pub. Polic
- Former: Brian Harlander (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: David Schramm (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lara Moody (2019–2021) — Vice President, Stewardship & Sustainability
- Former: Sally Flis (2019–2021) — Director & Agronomy
- Former: Mariana Gallo (2020–2021) — Senior Director Conferences
- Former: Bob Jornayvaz III (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Brent McGowan (2019–2020) — Vice Chairman
- Former: Christopher Jahn (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Chuck Magro (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Magnus Ankarstrand (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Rick Dusek (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: John Cole (2020) — Director
- Former: Rod Beeler (2020) — Director
- Former: Alexa Hergenrother (2019) — Director
- Former: Brad Griffith (2019) — Director
- Former: Daryl Gates (2019) — Director
- Former: Dave Dufault (2019) — Director
- Former: Jerry Lippert (2019) — Director
- Former: Mark Luetters (2019) — Director
- Former: Rick Sompel (2019) — Director
- Former: Van Cooper (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 $831K, to Corey Rosenbusch (President & CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Fertilizer Institute
How much does The Fertilizer Institute give each year?
The Fertilizer Institute gave $99K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $210K across 1 grant.
How large is The Fertilizer Institute?
The Fertilizer Institute reported $30.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.0M.
Where does The Fertilizer Institute operate?
The Fertilizer Institute has awarded grants in Virginia.
What is The Fertilizer Institute's EIN?
The Fertilizer Institute's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 53-0225257. 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
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 4, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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