The Land Connection Foundation INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 37-1413944)

Jacquelyn Evers’s $114K as Executive Director is at the 62nd 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Jacquelyn Evers	$113,548	$81,207	$79,000	$79,151	$70,738	$67,791
Jason Greenly	—	$34,630	$51,500	$17,072	—	—

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

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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

Trains farmers and educates consumers to build a sustainable local food system.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Farmer Training Programming

TLC provides workshops, field days, resources, and other educational opportunities to farmers of all backgrounds and experience levels to help them operate economically viable and environmentally responsible enterprises.

$473Kprogram expense

02

Food Access

TLC hosts the champaign farmers market and champaign-urbana winter farmers market each year to provide a space in our community for people to access fresh, locally grown and produced food. Through the market we work to grow the food budgets of people utilizing supplemental nutrition benefit programs for food purchases and help small…

$354Kprogram expense

03

Illinois Farmlink

We provide a website and navigation services to farmers and landowners in illinois looking to buy, sell, or lease agricultural land.

$320Kprogram expense

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

Builders Initiative FoundationFY2024$100K

The Experimental StationFY2024$84K

United Way of Champaign County Illinois INCFY2024$38K

Clif Bar Family FoundationFY2024$25K

ForefrontFY2024$15K

Foundation for the CarolinasFY2024$15K

American Endowment FoundationFY2024$10K

Farm Aid INCFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 8 funders$297K

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Grants paid · 2 grants · $17K · 2025–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$11,513

Motherland Gardens Community ProjectIL · FY2025$5,194

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.4M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$81K

Other incomeLn 4–11$16K

Money outPt IX

$1.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.1M

Managementcol C$153K

Fundraisingcol D$42K

Owns and owesPt X

$496K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$290K

Total assetsLn 16$715K

LiabilitiesLn 26$219K

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Government grantsLn 1e$73K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$5K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$81K

Investment incomeLn 3$2

Other incomeLn 4–11$16K

Total revenueLn 12$1.4M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$290K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$290K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$338K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0

Total assetsLn 16$715K

LiabilitiesLn 26$219K

Net assetsLn 32$496K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 514

VolunteersI 610

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$622K	$290K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$72K	$338K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$0
Total assetsLn 16	$713K	$715K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$256K	$219K
Net assetsLn 32	$457K	$496K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$5K	$5K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$12K	$12K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$120K	$18K	$99K	$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$527K	$497K	$14K	$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$66K	$58K	$6K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$61K	$45K	$14K	$2K
Legal feesLn 11b	$215	$215
Accounting feesLn 11c	$66K	$66K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$204K	$187K	$9K	$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$16K	$8K	$32	$7K
Office expensesLn 13	$22K	$16K	$2K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$16K	$14K	$2K	$660
OccupancyLn 16	$29K	$25K	$3K	$959
TravelLn 17	$14K	$13K	$1K	$67
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$8K	$8K
InsuranceLn 23	$4K	$4K	$538	$179
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$166K	$164K	$1K	$191
All other expensesLn 24e	$7K	$5K	$1K	$617
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.3M	$1.1M	$153K	$42K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$1.4M	$1.3M	$23K	$496K	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.3M	$1.2M	$116K	$457K	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.2M	$1.1M	$78K	$416K	990 PDF
FY2022	$818K	$754K	$64K	$329K	990 PDF
FY2021	$596K	$486K	$110K	$277K	990 PDF
FY2020	$361K	$386K	−$25K	$160K	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

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Part I · Summary $1,365,124 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,219,516$1,268,213

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $63,739$81,170

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5$2

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,610$15,739

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,288,870$1,365,124

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$16,707

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $703,056$773,134

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $469,540$551,969

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,172,596$1,341,810

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $116,274$23,314

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

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 $1,365,124 across 10 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$5,479

VIII-1e Government grants$72,715

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,190,019

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,110

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,268,213

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $81,170$81,170

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2$2

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$3,931−$3,931

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $19,670$19,670

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $100,840 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$3,929$1,365,124

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,341,810 across 18 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,194$5,194

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $11,513$11,513

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $17,796 · Management $99,214 · Fundraising $2,911$119,921

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $497,326 · Management $14,105 · Fundraising $15,163$526,594

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $58,209 · Management $5,963 · Fundraising $1,628$65,800

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,326 · Management $13,956 · Fundraising $1,537$60,819

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $215$215

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $65,775$65,775

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $187,272 · Management $8,620 · Fundraising $7,853$203,745

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,385 · Management $32 · Fundraising $7,218$15,635

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,384 · Management $2,353 · Fundraising $2,937$21,674

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $13,858 · Management $1,980 · Fundraising $660$16,498

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,078 · Management $2,879 · Fundraising $959$28,916

IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,989 · Management $1,091 · Fundraising $67$14,147

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $7,866$7,866

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,764 · Management $538 · Fundraising $179$4,481

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $164,329 · Management $1,191 · Fundraising $191$165,711

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,252 · Management $1,437 · Fundraising $617$7,306

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,146,531 · Management $153,359 · Fundraising $41,920$1,341,810

Part X · Balance sheet $715,423 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $621,941$290,473

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $19,924$67,810

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$18,737

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $71,551$338,403

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $713,416$715,423

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$61,984

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $207,040$112,907

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $26,000$25,365

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $256,482$218,960

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $137,288$204,907

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $319,646$291,556

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $456,934$496,463

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $713,416$715,423

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $496,463 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,365,124

XI-2 Total expenses$1,341,810

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$23,314

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$456,934

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$16,851

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$636

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$496,463

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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