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To grow, protect and enhance supplies of quality Coffee while improving the livelihoods of the families that produce IT.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 45-3982583) · Dispute this line
501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Run by 14 volunteers and 12 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · 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)(5)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
The IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.9M a year · 30% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$900K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
0.4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $4.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
0.4 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $78K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$126K
1% of total assets
Liabilities are 1% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
16 of 16 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$10.1M
+307% vs prior year
Spent
$5.3M
Net assets
$12.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$10.1M
FY2024▲ +307%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$10.1M
FY2022$4.5M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$10.1M
Expenses
$5.3M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$5.3M
Net assets
$12.6M
FY2024▲ +63%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$9.9M
FY2022$10.4M
FY2023$7.7M
FY2024$12.6M

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 Oct 2019.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

22 people listed on the 990; $900K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$397,355Pt VII · Sec A
Asia & Africa Director
$163,689Pt VII · Sec A
Accounting Manager
$127,879Pt VII · Sec A
Contract & Grants Manager
$108,070Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Strategy & Com
$102,926Pt VII · Sec A
Director to 12/24
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Long’s $397K as CEO is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 345 $10–100M international 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jennifer Long$397,355$356,178$359,283$268,808$222,672
Kraig Kraft$163,689$155,191$149,921$146,007$144,457
George Kotch———$162,764$146,761
Nick Muir—$131,860———
Joshua Harris$127,879————
Siaska Castro————$126,848
Johanna Neuschwander$102,926$125,714$116,529—$87,484
Tim Schilling————$109,836

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

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Coordinated, global coffee breeding programs for arabica and robusta, in collaboration with 11 countries. International multi-location coffee variety trials. Genetic tools to reduce the cost of quality assurance in coffee variety verification.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 45-3982583) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B

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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$78K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $16K · 2020–2020
Texas A&m Agrilife ResearchFY2020$16,303

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Dec 2023 · $789K federal money spent
Food for ProgressDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.606 · Through Technoserve and 1 more$781K
Technical Agricultural AssistanceDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.960 · Direct$8K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Dec 2022 · $863K federal money spent
Food for ProgressDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.606 · Through Technoserve and 1 more$718K
Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs OverseasU.S. Agency for International Development · ALN 98.001 · Through Tetra Tech, INC. and 1 more$117K
Technical Agricultural AssistanceDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.960 · Direct$29K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Dec 2021 · $1.0M federal money spent
Food for ProgressDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.606 · Through Technoserve and 1 more$751K
Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs OverseasU.S. Agency for International Development · ALN 98.001 · Through Tetra Tech, INC. and 1 more$212K
Technical Agricultural AssistanceDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.960 · Direct$48K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Dec 2020 · $1.1M federal money spent
Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (mocca)Department of Agriculture · ALN 10.606 · Through Technoserve and 1 more$657K
Feed the Future Alliance for Resilient CoffeeU.S. Agency for International Development · ALN 98.001 · Through Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung and 2 more$409K

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$746K
Investment incomeLn 3$185K
Money outPt IX
$5.3M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$12.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$157K
Total assetsLn 16$12.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$126K
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$746K
Government grantsLn 1e$655K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$185K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$10.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$106K
SavingsLn 2$51K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$157K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$7.8M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$169K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.6M
Total assetsLn 16$12.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$126K
Net assetsLn 32$12.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 614
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$450K$157K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.0M$4.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$0
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M$12.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$273K$126K
Net assetsLn 32$7.7M$12.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$421K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$47K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$236K
Payroll taxesLn 10$87K
Legal feesLn 11b$22K
Accounting feesLn 11c$55K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$63K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$82K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15K
Office expensesLn 13$20K
Information technologyLn 14$147K
OccupancyLn 16$7K
TravelLn 17$342K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$71K
InsuranceLn 23$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$977K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 7, 2025 $10.1M$5.3M$4.9M$12.6M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 12, 2024 $2.5M$5.2M−$2.7M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2023 $4.5M$4.0M$563K$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 8, 2022 $10.1M$3.6M$6.5M$9.9M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Oct 1, 2021 $3.5M$3.4M$85K$3.4M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $10,143,234 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,329,990$745,548
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$9,208,590
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $160,688$185,096
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,577$4,000
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,493,255$10,143,234
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,324,074$3,471,974
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,880,105$1,810,396
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,204,179$5,282,370
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,710,924$4,860,864
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $10,143,234 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$655,192
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$90,356
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$745,548
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,208,590$9,208,590
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $185,096$185,096
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $4,000$4,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,208,590 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $189,096$10,143,234
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,282,370 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)$421,031
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$2,680,336
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$46,966
IX-9 Other employee benefits$236,491
IX-10 Payroll taxes$87,150
IX-11b Legal fees$21,588
IX-11c Accounting fees$55,138
IX-11d Lobbying fees$62,750
IX-11g Other fees for services$82,161
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$14,745
IX-13 Office expenses$20,149
IX-14 Information technology$146,502
IX-16 Occupancy$7,257
IX-17 Travel$341,678
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$70,722
IX-23 Insurance$10,734
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$976,972
IX-25 Total functional expenses$5,282,370
Part X · Balance sheet $12,690,628 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $224,254$105,567
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $226,009$51,223
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,458,425$7,759,546
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $16,880$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $51,144$168,953
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,785$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,983,117$4,605,339
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,961,614$12,690,628
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $272,506$115,009
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$10,910
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $272,506$125,919
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,616,696$5,163,769
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,072,412$7,400,940
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,689,108$12,564,709
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,961,614$12,690,628
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,564,709 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,143,234
XI-2 Total expenses$5,282,370
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,860,864
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,689,108
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$14,737
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,564,709

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

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