Malabar Farm Foundation

The Malabar Farm Foundation serves to provide funding and resources in support of Malabar Farm State Park. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by donations and staffed by volunteers.

As the only working farm in the Ohio State Park system, Malabar Farm is a showplace as well as the former home of Pulitzer Prize winning author and farmer Louis Bromfield and his family.

The vision of the Malabar Farm Foundation is to assure that Malabar Farm is preserved as a destination for people of all ages and to extend the legacy of Louis Bromfield in the fields of agriculture, conservation, and the arts through education and events.

In the last fiscal year (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024), the Foundation  provided nearly $45,000 in support to Malabar Farm and the legacy of Louis Bromfield, including:

- New flooring in the Kitchen and Big House

- Four shade trees for the livestock pasture

- Contributions to bring a Louis Bromfield actor/presenter to Malabar Farm for the 2024 Ashland, Ohio Chautauqua

- Restoration, cleaning, and preservation of the Jimmy Reynolds painted panels in Bromfield's study in the Big House

- Repair and repainting three iconoic cupolos on Malabar Farm's main barn

- Restoration of one of the original Bromfield bedspreads in the Big House honeymoon room

- Restoration and re-painting of over 80 shutters on the exterior of the Big House

- Farm animal care

-Tuning of the piano in the Big House for Christmas

- Wall repair in the kitchen bathroom following a major water leak.

With the exception of the contribution to Ashland Chautauqua, all the above were paid in full by the Foundation.