To preserve, promote, and utilize a historic New England farm for food production, education, and responsible community use.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $188K a year · 27% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $17K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$254K
43% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 43% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$530K
+30% vs prior year
Spent
$485K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$339K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$530K
FY2022▲ +30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$506K
FY2021$407K
FY2022$530K
FY2023$472K
FY2024$619K
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$485K
FY2022▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$412K
FY2021$450K
FY2022$485K
FY2023$485K
FY2024$590K
FY2025$618K
Net assets
$339K
FY2022▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$338K
FY2021$294K
FY2022$339K
FY2023$331K
FY2024$367K
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2022 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1994.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $437K Management & general 8% · $41K Fundraising 2% · $7K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director, Non-Voting
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cat Kadrle’s $30K as Executive Director is at the 2nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Preserves and promotes a historic farm for food, education, and community use.

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2 programs · $437K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Holcomb Farms Community Supported Agriculture Program encourages healthy living to the public through the practice and promotion of the sustainable production of fresh produce for families in the greater Hartford area, educating the public through the use of a historic New England farm.

$414Kprogram expense
02

Holcomb Farms Property Preservation Program raises funding for capital improvements to the property in support of the mission and the ongoing programs.

$22Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$530K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$358K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$149K
Other incomeLn 4–11$23K
Money outPt IX
$485K
Ln 25
Programscol B$437K
Managementcol C$41K
Fundraisingcol D$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$339K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$242K
Total assetsLn 16$593K
LiabilitiesLn 26$254K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$149K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$358K
Other incomeLn 4–11$23K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$11K
Total revenueLn 12$530K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$242K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$242K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$99K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$147K
Other assetsLn 15$96K
Total assetsLn 16$593K
LiabilitiesLn 26$254K
Net assetsLn 32$339K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$267K$242K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$50K$99K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$140K$147K
Total assetsLn 16$475K$593K
LiabilitiesLn 26$181K$254K
Net assetsLn 32$294K$339K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$230K$203K$23K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$4K$505$102
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$14K$2K$322
Management feesLn 11a$2K$2K$243$49
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K$443$88
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$6K$813$812
Office expensesLn 13$30K$22K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$25K$22K$3K$509
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$29K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$17K$15K$2K$334
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$118K$114K$3K$544
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$485K$437K$41K$7K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.6M$618K$1.0M$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $619K$590K$29K$367K 990 PDF
FY2023 $472K$485K−$13K$331K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $530K$485K$45K$339K 990 PDF
FY2021 $407K$450K−$43K$294K 990 PDF
FY2020 $506K$412K$94K$338K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $530,349 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $91,561$149,037
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $299,930$357,821
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,105−$10,661
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $14,056$34,152
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $406,652$530,349
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $235,880$251,576
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $214,183$233,698
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $450,063$485,274
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$43,411$45,075
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $530,349 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $32,629 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$149,037
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$149,037
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $357,821$357,821
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$10,661−$10,661
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$1,523
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $379,789$530,349
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $485,274 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $202,775 · Management $23,043 · Fundraising $4,609$230,427
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,449 · Management $505 · Fundraising $102$5,056
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,162 · Management $1,609 · Fundraising $322$16,093
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,141 · Management $243 · Fundraising $49$2,433
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,894 · Management $443 · Fundraising $88$4,425
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,497 · Management $813 · Fundraising $812$8,122
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,499 · Management $7,500$29,999
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $22,408 · Management $2,547 · Fundraising $509$25,464
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $28,981$28,981
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $14,667 · Management $1,668 · Fundraising $334$16,669
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $114,334 · Management $2,727 · Fundraising $544$117,605
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $436,807 · Management $41,098 · Fundraising $7,369$485,274
Part X · Balance sheet $593,126 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $266,714$242,034
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,921$260
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $16,697$7,686
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $139,978$147,365
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $49,883$99,327
X-15 Other assets$96,454
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $475,193$593,126
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,121$13,248
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $162,183$144,450
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,434$96,454
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $180,738$254,152
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $270,329$314,848
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $24,126$24,126
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $294,455$338,974
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $475,193$593,126
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $338,974 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$530,349
XI-2 Total expenses$485,274
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$45,075
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$294,455
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$556
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$338,974

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