F A R M Cafe INC

Tax-deductible

Boone, NC501(c)(3)EIN 45-1272884

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Operation of a local Cafe which allows any person to eat a healthy and nutritious meal, regardless of means or ability to pay for the meal.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,200 volunteers and 7 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $72K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$58K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $100K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% 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
$741K
+51% vs prior year
Spent
$535K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$496K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$741K
FY2024▲ +51%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$425K
FY2021$396K
FY2022$405K
FY2023$492K
FY2024$741K
Expenses
$535K
FY2024▲ +10%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$325K
FY2021$349K
FY2022$405K
FY2023$484K
FY2024$535K
Net assets
$496K
FY2024▲ +75%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$224K
FY2021$271K
FY2022$271K
FY2023$284K
FY2024$496K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2012.

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

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $504K Management & general 5% · $27K Fundraising 1% · $3K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$57,900Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elena Dalton$57,900$50,450$42,894——
Renee Boughman——$46,480$45,410$44,430

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

Provides healthy meals to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay.

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1 program service account for $504K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Our mission is to build a healthy and inclusive community by providing high quality & delicious meals produced from local sources, served in a restaurant where everybody eats, regardless of means. F.A.R.M. Full circle is a food recovery and redistribution program of F.A.R.M. Cafe.

$504Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$741K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$405K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$275K
Other incomeLn 4–11$58K
Money outPt IX
$535K
Ln 25
Programscol B$504K
Managementcol C$27K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$496K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$344K
Total assetsLn 16$504K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$405K
Government grantsLn 1e$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$275K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Other incomeLn 4–11$58K
Total revenueLn 12$741K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$344K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$344K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$96K
Other assetsLn 15$63K
Total assetsLn 16$504K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
Net assetsLn 32$496K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 62,200
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$124K$344K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$108K$96K
Total assetsLn 16$291K$504K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K$8K
Net assetsLn 32$284K$496K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$58K$49K$6K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$217K$217K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$6K$650$325
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$22K$520$260
Advertising and promotionLn 12$473$473$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$0$5K$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$0$0
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$22K$22K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$118K$118K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$76K$67K$10K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$535K$504K$27K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $741K$535K$206K$496K 990 PDF
FY2023 $492K$484K$7K$284K 990 PDF
FY2022 $405K$405K−$219$271K 990 PDF
FY2021 $396K$349K$47K$271K 990 PDF
FY2020 $425K$325K$100K$224K 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 $741,450 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$19,080
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$385,711
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$404,791
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$275,070
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,759$3,759
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $57,830$57,830
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $275,070 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $61,589$741,450
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $535,070 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $49,215 · Management $5,790 · Fundraising $2,895$57,900
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $216,723 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$216,723
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,529 · Management $650 · Fundraising $325$6,504
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,542 · Management $520 · Fundraising $260$22,322
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $473 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$473
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $4,941 · Fundraising $0$4,941
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,692 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,692
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,838 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,838
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $22,067 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$22,067
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $5,422 · Fundraising $0$5,422
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $117,732 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$117,732
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $66,507 · Management $9,949 · Fundraising $0$76,456
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $504,318 · Management $27,272 · Fundraising $3,480$535,070
Part X · Balance sheet $503,984 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $124,188$344,217
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $108,445$96,494
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $58,622$63,273
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $291,255$503,984
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,962$7,885
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,962$7,885
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $284,293$496,099
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $291,255$503,984
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $496,099 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$741,450
XI-2 Total expenses$535,070
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$206,380
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$284,293
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,426
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$496,099

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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