Summary
Organization name
Masa Seed Foundation
2018
Tax id (EIN)
83-2720985
Category
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
1367 N. 75th StreetBoulder, CO 80303
Boulder County, CO, US
Masa Seed Foundation
A nonprofit organization
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$3,522 raised
14% complete
$25,000 Goal
MASA Seed Foundation
MASA Seed Foundation works to grow a healthier food system for Colorado — one seed, one harvest, one community at a time. We grow and share nutritious food, climate-resilient seeds, and knowledge that help our communities thrive while healing the land.
Through our Farm to Food Bank program, MASA delivers fresh, local produce to nine food hubs and pantries across the Front Range, reaching thousands of families every year. We also supply organic seeds and plant starts to community gardens and small growers who bring fresh food to low-access neighborhoods.
Our regional Seed Bank preserves heirloom and heritage seed varieties adapted to Colorado’s unique soils and changing climate. By combining seed stewardship with regenerative and biodynamic farming practices, MASA strengthens both our food supply and our ecosystem.
Education is central to our mission: we teach volunteers, students, and farmers how to grow food sustainably, rebuild soil health, and support biodiversity.
“The produce from MASA is nothing short of amazing. The freshness and variety help us ensure families can access healthy, farm-fresh food.”— Kaleigh Wagner, Community Food Share
Founded by seed pioneer Richard Pecoraro, MASA continues a 30-year legacy of organic seed work that began with the nation’s first non-hybrid seed company, Seeds of Change. Today, we carry that vision forward in Colorado’s Front Range — feeding our neighbors, restoring the soil, and keeping our region’s seeds, farms, and families strong.
Your gift grows more than food — it grows resilience, equity, and hope for Colorado’s future.
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Mission
Enable a thriving food system in the Colorado Front Range that contributes to the regenerative and ecological repairs of our ecosystem, feeds our community, adapts to the climate and is built through education, collaboration and participation.
Background Statement
In 1990 MASA Seed Foundation’s founder, Richard Pecoraro, helped facilitate the launching of the nation’s first 100% organic, non-hybrid seed company, Seeds of Change. In 1995 he moved on to develop a new regional seed and produce organization called Abbondanza Organic Seeds and Produce in Gila, New Mexico where he utilized his seed training to create an organic seed and vegetable system that became a vital resource for the rural area. The team at Abbondanza applied traditional seed breeding methods for crop improvement to create a community-supported agricultural model unknown to most at the time.
Richard then moved north to Boulder, Colorado to expand Abbondanza’s concepts and the bio-regional seed bank to include Colorado’s Front Range.
In 2018, MASA Seed Foundation, a non-profit organization, was formed to be the steward of this important seed bank and to continue the organic, regenerative agricultural practices started in 1990. Since then, the organization has extended its mission to provide healthy, local produce to communities in need and to distributing seeds and plant starts community gardens and local growers who are part of a network working towards food sovereignty for the Front Range that can withstand the effects of a changing climate.
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Organization Data
Boulder, CO 80303