Teaches sustainable, nourishing life practices through organic gardening programs.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $233K in revenue, $196K in expenses, and $200K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$233K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$196K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$200K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $37K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
68%
22%
Program services $0.68 Management & general $0.22 Fundraising $0.10
Program efficiency
68%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
11.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+16%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$233K
FY2020
$547K$274K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$196K
FY2020
$405K$202K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$218K
FY2020
$479K$240K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$17K
FY2020
$46K$23K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$233K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$196K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$200K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$37K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$218K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B68%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 311
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 411
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $133K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Farm to fork, a multi-year agricultural entrepreneurship training program that uses a small working farm to develop high school students into community and business leaders around healthy, local food. Focus on stem education, workforce development, and sustainable agriculture.
$86Kprogram expense
02
Elementary School Gardens
Teaching 14 weeks of organic gardening, nutrition and ecology curriculum to support beneficial life-long practices to approximately 250 students in the eight elementary schools of NH'S contoocook valley school district.
$28Kprogram expense
03
Community Education and Programs
Providing a variety of garden and farm based educational programs and initiatives to residents of the monadnock region of NH; management of a garden program that supports the peterborough food pantry; providing "cool chefs" after-school cooking and nutrition programs to students in grades 3-6 from the contoocook valley school district.
Lauren Judd’s $79K as Executive Director
is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1173 $100K–1M food & agriculture 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.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Lauren Judd · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $50K · Total expenses $196K
25%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $139K · Total expenses $196K
71%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
68%
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Overhead ratio
22%
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Fundraising cost ratio
11%
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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