Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2012.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
6 people listed on the 990; $38K paid to officers and key staff.
John Wann Angeles’s $32K as CEO is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1171 $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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawsha Trahan | — | — | — | — | $6,210 | $33,380 |
| John Wann Angeles | $31,607 | $25,524 | $6,533 | — | — | — |
| Sowan Thai | $388 | $5,980 | $4,020 | $10,890 | $6,780 | $30,360 |
| Maria Parra Cano | — | — | — | — | — | $8,250 |
| Virginia Angeles Wann | $5,766 | $6,948 | $3,850 | — | — | $1,000 |
| Amy Simpson | — | — | — | — | — | $4,345 |
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.
See Orchard Community Learning Service executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed
Programs and updates
Connects people to welcoming spaces for learning, gardening, and advocating for food, wellness, and education.
Questions for Orchard Community Learning Service
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The "Farm-to-Table" program cultivates 2.5 acres of organically grown fruits/vegetables, 2 acres of citrus, and is developing a new 2 acre permaculture project. Expenses are largely human resource in the farming for production of about 8,000 pounds of produce, 85,000 pounds of citrus and infrastructure investments.
The Educational Programs of the Orchard's work included (1) wellness education drawing on the plant-based "healthy roots" of our community's ancestors, utilizing the produce grown in our Farm-to-Table program; (2) youth classes in culturally relevant arts/music/opportunities and; (3) operation of the Nature Explore Classroom for youth…
2024 "Food Relief" projects were directly related to funding opportunities to deliver locally grown food to local residents and service providers. Distributions were made in communities of oppressed nationalities and to senior living facilities whose residents are primarily Mexican and Mexican-American and to unsheltered…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $62K | $11K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $18K | $11K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $84K | $41K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $53K | $55K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $31K | −$13K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $38K | $38K | $0 | $0 |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $83K | $77K | $6K | $0 |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $4K | $4K | $0 | $0 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $9K | $9K | $0 | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $3K | $3K | $0 | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $60K | $56K | $4K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $19K | $19K | $221 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $7K | $7K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $9K | $9K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $13K | $13K | $0 | $0 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $246K | $210K | $35K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jun 19, 2026 | $414K | $386K | $27K | $14K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 19, 2025 | $201K | $246K | −$44K | −$13K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 5, 2024 | $198K | $180K | $18K | $31K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $215K | $199K | $16K | $213K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2022 | $294K | $157K | $137K | $197K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 16, 2021 | $300K | $247K | $53K | $60K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $201,308 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $201,308 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $245,619 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $41,438 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$13,432 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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