History of the Michigan FFA Foundation
The Michigan FFA Foundation was founded in 1984 at Michigan State University. Founded to be a fund-generating source for FFA, the foundation operated without an executive director until the late 1980's. In 1995 Michigan State University and Michigan Farm Bureau joined in cooperation to hire a part-time executive director to oversee fund raising activities. The Michigan FFA Foundation moved from Michigan State University to Michigan Farm Bureau. In 1998 the Michigan FFA Foundation hired a full time executive director to manage all foundation activities. In 2006 the FFA Foundation was moved back to MSU and now finds its home in Agriculture Hall, back to where it began. The Michigan FFA Foundation has grown from a small operating fund to over two million dollars in assets and raising nearly half a million dollars annually to fund FFA and agriculture and natural resources education.
