Fairshare Csa Coalition INC

Tax-deductible

Madison, WI501(c)(3)Food & AgricultureEIN 27-2588129

To promote community supported agriculture (csa) in wisconsin and strive to ensure that all families have access to locally produced, organic food and have strong connections to their farms, food, and community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $91K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$91K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 57% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $209K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$50K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$587K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +14%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$564K
FY2021$744K
FY2022$821K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$490K
FY2021$533K
FY2022$749K
FY2023$994K
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$587K
FY2024▲ +17%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$215K
FY2021$427K
FY2022$489K
FY2023$500K
FY2024$587K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $935K Management & general 8% · $88K Fundraising 2% · $26K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $91K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$90,575Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Clare Stoner Fehsenfeld’s $91K as Executive Dir. is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 818 $1–10M 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

NameFY2024FY2021FY2020
Clare Stoner Fehsenfeld$90,575——
Carrie Sedlak—$55,188$54,150

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Connects families to local, organic food and farms through community-supported agriculture.

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3 program services account for $921K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Farmer Development

Fairshare works closely with our community of growers to develop and share resources, build skills and farm efficiencies and to maintain a spirit of collaboration and camaraderie. Fairshare endorses new farms each year through an application and interview process.

$402Kprogram expense
02

Outreach

Educate the general public about the benefits of fresh, local foods, sustainable agriculture and community-supported agriculture (csa) through public events, newsletters, community presentations, social media, published educational materials, and an educational website. Events included the annual find your farm event and routes to roots.

$336Kprogram expense
03

Ensuring all families have access to locally produced, organic foods by providing financial assistance to low income households for the purpose of purchasing fresh food from community supported farms. This prograam serves over 180 low income households annually.

$183Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $104K · 2020–2020

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$976K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$65K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$935K
Managementcol C$88K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$587K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$542K
Total assetsLn 16$637K
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$976K
Government grantsLn 1e$800K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$39K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$65K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$131K
SavingsLn 2$411K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$542K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$43K
Total assetsLn 16$637K
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K
Net assetsLn 32$587K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$344K$542K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$602K$637K
LiabilitiesLn 26$102K$50K
Net assetsLn 32$500K$587K
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$200K$200K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$91K$91K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$484K$407K$55K$22K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$14K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$19K$16K$2K$727
TravelLn 17$24K$19K$2K$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$10K$10K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$541$214
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$196K$181K$14K$673
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$3K$4K$127
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$935K$88K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.1M$1.0M$89K$587K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$994K$9K$500K 990 PDF
FY2022 $821K$749K$72K$489K 990 PDF
FY2021 $744K$533K$211K$427K 990 PDF
FY2020 $564K$490K$74K$215K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,138,534 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $8,759 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$800,475
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$175,828
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$38,755
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$976,303
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $65,106$65,106
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $12,469$12,469
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$73,602
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,295$2,295
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $88,629$1,138,534
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,049,672 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $199,533$199,533
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,575$90,575
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $406,993 · Management $55,366 · Fundraising $21,975$484,334
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,604$13,604
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,467 · Management $1,833 · Fundraising $727$19,027
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,227 · Management $2,407 · Fundraising $2,407$24,041
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $10,077$10,077
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,868 · Management $541 · Fundraising $214$5,623
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $181,076 · Management $13,978 · Fundraising $673$195,727
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,912 · Management $4,092 · Fundraising $127$7,131
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $935,255 · Management $88,294 · Fundraising $26,123$1,049,672
Part X · Balance sheet $637,297 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $142,729$130,799
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $201,016$411,095
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $194,288$41,631
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $10,470$8,025
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $29,075$2,936
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $24,410$42,811
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $601,988$637,297
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $75,298$2,367
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $26,422$48,095
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $101,720$50,462
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $361,181$444,767
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $139,087$142,068
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $500,268$586,835
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $601,988$637,297
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $586,835 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,138,534
XI-2 Total expenses$1,049,672
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$88,862
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$500,268
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$2,295
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$586,835

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