Friends of Great Kids Farm

What Friends of Great Kids Farm does

Friends of Great Kids Farm, Inc. is a Maryland-domiciled nonprofit organization (legal entity Friends of Great Kids Farm, Inc.; DBA Friends of Great Kids Farm / Friends of GKF) that was created to support, promote, and enhance the programming at Baltimore City Public Schools' (BCPS) Great Kids Farm and the district's Farm to School (F2S) programming. It operates a 33-acre urban farm located at 6601 Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, MD, and delivers hands-on educational experiences in farming, food preparation, and environmental education to K-12 students, families, and educators of BCPS. Programs are organized into on-farm offerings — Summer Camp Field Trips, Farm Family Hours (free, year-round), and School-Year Programs — and distributed/virtual offerings — Virtual Programs, Ag-tivity Kits & Seeds, and Educator Resources, with an annual community event (Farm Fest) drawing over 300 attendees.

The organization's product surface is intentionally low-tech and experiential rather than software-based: the core technology is the physical 33-acre farm and the human capital delivering in-person programming; no proprietary software, APIs, or AI/ML systems are referenced. The business model is donation- and sponsorship-funded, with a community-led go-to-market approach leveraging the BCPS institutional relationship, an email newsletter, organic social channels (Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn), annual reports, and community events. Revenue is not disclosed; suggested giving tiers range from $45 (a 4x4 raised school garden bed) to $10,000 (summer camp bussing), with $5,000 funding a single annual Summit and $400 covering a day of transportation for 40 elementary students. The organization is privately held, has 1-10 employees, and operates only within Maryland.

Customer access and program distribution are gated entirely by the BCPS partnership, which is the organization's only named institutional partner and the explicit reason the nonprofit exists. This creates a structurally concentrated value chain: the organization depends on a single school district for both demand (students/teachers) and the physical farm asset. Distribution is direct and on-site, supplemented by mailed kits and virtual sessions. There are no disclosed subsidiaries, no parent company, no funding rounds of consequence (one nominal $0 entry attributed to DPR Foundation on 2026-02-02), no acquisitions or M&A, no patents or trademarks, no regulatory actions, and no management team bios surfaced in the input. The operating footprint is single-jurisdiction (Maryland, USA) with no global claims.

Name

Friends of Great Kids Farm

Legal name

Friends of Great Kids Farm, Inc.

Website

https://friendsgkf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Friends of Great Kids Farm is a Maryland nonprofit that operates a 33-acre urban farm in Catonsville to deliver free Farm to School educational programming in farming, food preparation, and environmental education to Baltimore City Public Schools students, families, and educators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Education Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (1151)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAAAOAA

Outdoor & Wilderness Education Schools (Field-Based Learning)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/Educational Adventure Programs (Outdoor Education, Skill Development)

SECONDARYBPAGADAD

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

Keywords

• Urban farm education
• Farm to school programs
• Nutrition education
• Environmental education services
• School garden programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Catonsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization operates as a nonprofit and generates revenue through donations from individuals, community partners, and sponsors. Donation tiers range from $45 for a school garden bed to $10,000 for summer camp bussing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Friends of Great Kids Farm, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that operates a 33-acre urban farm to deliver free educational programs for Baltimore City Public Schools students, families, and educators. Its core offerings include on-farm experiences (summer camp field trips, farm family hours, school-year programs), virtual classroom programs, and supporting resources such as take-home Ag-tivity Kits and educator curriculum materials. Programs reinforce classroom learning, build environmental and food system understanding, and encourage healthy habits.

Product overview

Friends of Great Kids Farm operates as a portfolio of educational programs and resources centered around a 33-acre urban farm serving Baltimore City Public Schools students. The core offerings include on-farm programs (Summer Camp Field Trips, Farm Family Hours, School-Year Programs) and virtual/remote offerings (Virtual Programs), complemented by take-home educational materials (Ag-tivity Kits & Seeds) and teacher support resources (Educator Resources). The organization also hosts an annual Farm Fest community event. These programs work together to reinforce classroom learning, increase environmental understanding, and encourage healthy habits among students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Summer Camp Field Trips

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Baltimore City Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFriends of Great Kids Farm was created specifically to support, promote and enhance the programming at Baltimore City Public Schools' Great Kids Farm and the district's Farm to School (F2S) programming. The organization works with City Schools to bring students to the farm for educational experiences.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Cultivating Community: Maine-based nonprofit operating urban farms and youth food justice programming; comparable urban farm education model but serving a different geography.

Direct peers

• Big Green: National nonprofit building learning gardens in schools and providing garden-based education; comparable in delivering hands-on agricultural learning experiences to K–12 students.
• NY Sun Works: Builds hydroponic urban farms in NYC public schools and runs sustainability science curricula; directly comparable model of farm infrastructure integrated with school programming.
• Edible Schoolyard Project: Alice Waters-founded nonprofit promoting edible education and school gardens across the U.S.; comparable mission of integrating food, garden, and classroom learning for K–12 students.
• Common Ground: Operates an urban farm in the Bronx providing environmental education and food justice programs to schools and families; a direct comparable in mission, urban-farm setting, and educational delivery.
• Green Bronx Machine: Urban agriculture education nonprofit turning schoolyards into indoor farms and classrooms, with comparable urban-farm education approach targeting underserved K–12 students.
• FoodCorps: National nonprofit connecting kids to healthy food through school-based educators and farm-to-school programming, similar mission and beneficiary population as Friends of Great Kids Farm, but operating across multiple states rather than one district.

Broad incumbents

• The Food Trust: Philadelphia-based national nonprofit addressing food access and nutrition education, including Farm to School initiatives; broader portfolio with partial overlap in farm-based education for K–12.
• GrowNYC: Large NYC nonprofit running farmers markets, school gardens, and environmental education programs, offering overlapping capabilities as a wider portfolio of urban agriculture and education services.

Emerging players

• Real Food for Kids: Advocacy and education nonprofit focused on farm-to-school initiatives in Northern Virginia; works with school districts to improve school food and nutrition education—partially overlapping mission and stakeholder base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FriendsGKF
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@friendsgkf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/friends-of-great-kids-farm
• Instagraminstagram.com/friendsgkf/?hl=en

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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