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National FFA Organization

National FFA Organization
Formation1928 (1928)
TypeYouth organization
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit[1]
Headquarters
Region served
 United States
 Puerto Rico
 United States Virgin Islands
Membership
1,027,273 (9,235 chapters in 50 state associations and 2 territories)
Dr. Travis Park[3]
Scott Stump[4]
Thaddeus Bergschneider [5]
  • Dr. Travis Park -Chair and National Advisor
  • Matt Winkle -National FFA Treasurer
  • Ben Lastly -Executive Secretary, Southern Region (NASAE)
  • Brandon Davis -State Supervisor, Eastern Region (NASAE)
  • Charles Parker -State Supervisor, Western Region (NASAE)
  • Matthew (Matt) Eddy -State Supervisor, Central Region (NASAE)
  • Deanna Thies -AFNR Teacher (NAAE)
  • Dave Gossman -AFNR Teacher (NAAE)
  • Eric Rubenstein -Teacher Educator (AAAE)
  • Jessica M. Blythe -Teacher Educator (AAAE)
  • Barbara Jenkins -Business and Industry, U.S. Poultry
  • Daphnne Bonaparte -U.S. Department of Education[6]
Websitewww.ffa.org
Formerly called
Future Farmers of Virginia[7]
National FFA Organization
 Scouting portal

The National FFA Organization or FFA is an American nonprofit career and technical student organization, which offers middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. FFA was founded in 1925 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, by agriculture teachers Henry C. Groseclose,[9] Walter Newman, Edmund Magill, and Harry Sanders as Future Farmers of Virginia. In 1928, it became a nationwide organization known as Future Farmers of America.

In 1988, the name was changed to the National FFA Organization, now commonly referred to as FFA, to recognize that the organization is for students with diverse interests in the food, fiber, and natural resource industries, encompassing science, business, and technology in addition to production agriculture.[10] FFA is among the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 945,988 members in 9,163 chapters[11] throughout all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. FFA is the largest of the career and technical student organizations in U.S. schools.

The organization holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code.[12]

  1. ^ "Future Farmers of America State Associations & Local Chapter". Exempt Organizations Select Check. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Future Farmers of America. Guidestar. December 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "Our Leadership". National FFA Organization. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION PICKS NEW CEO". Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "[1]". National FFA Organization. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "National FFA Board of Directors". Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Who We Are". April 3, 1917. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Our Leadership". National FFA Organization. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Future Farmers to Meet Aug. 6–9: 1,000 Young Virginians Will Compete for Honors at Blacksburg". The Washington Post. 3 August 1929. p. 18.
  10. ^ "FFA History". National FFA Organization. April 3, 1917. p. 2.
  11. ^ "Statistics". National FFA Organization.
  12. ^ "36 USC § 70901 – Organization". Federal Charter; Future Farmers of America is a federally chartered corporation. Legal Information Institute; Cornell Law School.

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