Recirculating Farms Coalition INC

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New Orleans, LA501(c)(3)Food & AgricultureEIN 45-2440083Revenue $577K in FY2024

On file with the IRSrecirculatingfarms.org5208 Magazine Street 191, 70115-1846 · New Orleans, LATax-exempt since Apr 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization's mission is to advocate and test recirculating farm technology and educate the public of its benefits to the environment and green job creation

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 320 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $330K a year · 29% 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
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$110K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 93% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
43 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 42.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
0.1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$577K
-47% vs prior year
Spent
$494K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$577K
FY2024▼ -47%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$577K
Expenses
$494K
FY2024▼ -51%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$624K
FY2021$723K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$494K
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$831K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.8M

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 Apr 2012.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $451K Management & general 6% · $30K Fundraising 3% · $13K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director/Sec
$110,077Pt VII · Sec A
President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marianne Cufone’s $110K as Executive Director/Sec is at the 93rd 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marianne Cufone$110,077$106,000$105,999$105,407$98,217
James H Mitchell—$109,135$106,154——

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

Advocates for and tests recirculating farm tech, educating the public on its environmental and job benefits.

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3 programs · $450K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Outreach & Education

The purpose of this program is to raise awareness about recirculating farms and also to increase public interest in growing fresh local food. In addition, this program seeks to create awareness of the possiblity of creating green jobs through building recirculating farms, especially in low-income and urban communities.

$211Kprogram expense
02

Research & Training

The purpose and goals of this program are as follows. 1) To develop educational materials and programs to teach recirculating farming. 2) Build a model farm as a training center 3) Host farmer training and workshops. 4) Support research into alternative natural feed sources for farmed fish to replace the use of wild fish for protein.

$209Kprogram expense
03

Advocacy

The purpose and goals of this program are as follows. 1) Creating an awareness for need for federal funding and other support for research and development of recirculating farms. 2) Promoting recirculating farms as an alternative to ocean fish farming.

$29Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $298K · 2023–2024
Sprout NolaLA · FY2024$80,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$577K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$573K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$807
Money outPt IX
$494K
Ln 25
Programscol B$451K
Managementcol C$30K
Fundraisingcol D$13K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$573K
Government grantsLn 1e$502K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$807
Total revenueLn 12$577K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
SavingsLn 2$501K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$54K
Other assetsLn 15$194
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 6320
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$1.7M$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57K$54K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$100K$100K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$114K$101K$7K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$120K$108K$6K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$12K$6K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$16K$882$881
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$712$891$177
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$44K$40K$4K$105
Office expensesLn 13$13K$10K$3K$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$0$0
TravelLn 17$12K$12K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K$321$161
InsuranceLn 23$8K$6K$2K$19
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$36K$512$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$494K$451K$30K$13K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $577K$494K$83K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.0M$63K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.1M$46K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$723K$784K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$624K$675K$831K 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
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Part I · Summary $576,945 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,063,312$573,044
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,897$3,094
I-10 Investment income$807
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,079,209$576,945
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $201,745$100,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $436,766$269,257
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $377,671$124,641
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,016,182$493,898
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $63,027$83,047
Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $576,945 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$501,617
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$71,427
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$573,044
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,094
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $807$807
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,094 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $807$576,945
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $493,898 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $100,000$100,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $101,481 · Management $6,692 · Fundraising $5,504$113,677
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $108,334 · Management $6,019 · Fundraising $6,020$120,373
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,777 · Management $5,801 · Fundraising $0$17,578
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,866 · Management $882 · Fundraising $881$17,629
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $712 · Management $891 · Fundraising $177$1,780
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $40,191 · Management $4,033 · Fundraising $105$44,329
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,438 · Management $3,021 · Fundraising $0$13,459
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,014 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,014
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,310 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,310
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,354 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,354
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,732 · Management $321 · Fundraising $161$3,214
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,032 · Management $1,755 · Fundraising $19$7,806
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,863 · Management $512 · Fundraising $0$36,375
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $451,104 · Management $29,927 · Fundraising $12,867$493,898
Part X · Balance sheet $1,811,168 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,671,931$1,256,278
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$500,613
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $57,297$54,083
X-15 Other assets$194
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,729,228$1,811,168
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,107$2,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,107$2,000
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,164,607$1,143,748
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $561,514$665,420
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,726,121$1,809,168
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,729,228$1,811,168
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,809,168 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$576,945
XI-2 Total expenses$493,898
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$83,047
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,726,121
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,809,168

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