Farmshare Austin's mission is to grow a healthy, just and equitable local food system by increasing community food access and cultivating new farmers.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 300 volunteers and 18 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $94K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$94K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $143K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$210K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
+57% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$698K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +57%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$597K
FY2021$704K
FY2022$742K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +38%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$452K
FY2021$613K
FY2022$747K
FY2023$965K
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$698K
FY2025▲ +69%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$219K
FY2021$310K
FY2022$305K
FY2023$474K
FY2024$413K
FY2025$698K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2013.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $1.5M Management & general 15% · $276K Fundraising 1% · $15K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $94K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$93,910Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea Abel’s $94K as Executive Dir. is at the 46th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Andrea Abel$93,910$72,073$53,954$45,333$39,558$24,000
Lia Ballentine—$11,264$15,762———

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Increases food access, teaches farming, and preserves farmland for a healthy local food community.

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Food Access

Our food access centers on Fresh for Less Mobile Markets and Home Delivery, providing year-round, reliable, reduced price farmers' market quality produce and healthy grocery items to a 25 zip code area in the Eastern Crescent of Austin and Travis County, covering a 442 square mile area.

$1.0Mprogram expense
02

General

Other programs that fulfil Farmshare Austins mission to grow a healthy, just and equitable local food system by increasing community food access and cultivating new farmers. Over 35,000 lbs of organic produce was harvested from the farm, with over half going directly to community food access

$258Kprogram expense
03

EDUCATION. Our farmer training builds a pathway for beginning farmers interested in launching careers in organic and sustainable farming, including Farmer Starter, Cultivator and the Central Texas Farm Incubator Collaborative. Farmer Starter completed its 19th cohort with a total of 123 graduates since the program started in 2014.

$222Kprogram expense

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 FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$576K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$276K
Fundraisingcol D$15K
Owns and owesPt X
$698K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$389K
Total assetsLn 16$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$210K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$740K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$17K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$576K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$389K
SavingsLn 2$5
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$389K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$173K
Other assetsLn 15$73K
Total assetsLn 16$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$210K
Net assetsLn 32$698K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 6300
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$261K$389K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$184K$173K
Total assetsLn 16$829K$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$415K$210K
Net assetsLn 32$413K$698K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$26K$26K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$99K$71K$26K$1K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$838K$722K$112K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$65K$44K$20K$103
Payroll taxesLn 10$73K$62K$10K$246
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$2K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$61K$13K$47K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$153K$148K$4K$741
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$638$75
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$22K$15K$6K$741
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$40K$30K$9K$1K
TravelLn 17$36K$24K$10K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$357$244$101$12
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$57K$55K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$12K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$289K$269K$15K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.5M$276K$15K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.0M$1.8M$204K$698K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$1.3M−$23K$413K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$965K$152K$474K 990 PDF
FY2022 $742K$747K−$5K$305K 990 PDF
FY2021 $704K$613K$91K$310K 990 PDF
FY2020 $597K$452K$145K$219K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,990,800 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,185,304$1,385,816
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $36,051$576,414
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,222$2,149
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $46,480$26,421
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,271,057$1,990,800
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $444$26,400
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $882,733$1,074,256
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $410,387$686,296
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,293,564$1,786,952
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$22,507$203,848
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,990,800 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$16,971
VIII-1e Government grants$740,133
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$628,712
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,385,816
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $576,414$576,414
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,149$2,149
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$17,489
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $8,932$8,932
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $585,346 · Excluded from tax $2,149$1,990,800
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,786,952 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $26,400$26,400
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $71,281 · Management $26,404 · Fundraising $1,427$99,112
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $721,567 · Management $112,357 · Fundraising $4,066$837,990
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $44,428 · Management $20,019 · Fundraising $103$64,550
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $61,879 · Management $10,479 · Fundraising $246$72,604
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,404 · Management $8,396$10,800
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,485 · Management $47,101$60,586
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $148,292 · Management $3,786 · Fundraising $741$152,819
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,532 · Management $638 · Fundraising $75$2,245
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,153 · Management $6,486 · Fundraising $741$22,380
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,738 · Management $8,985 · Fundraising $1,435$40,158
IX-17 TravelPrograms $24,241 · Management $10,103 · Fundraising $1,190$35,534
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $244 · Management $101 · Fundraising $12$357
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $54,877 · Management $1,815$56,692
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,714 · Management $4,484$16,198
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $268,554 · Management $14,973 · Fundraising $5,000$288,527
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,495,789 · Management $276,127 · Fundraising $15,036$1,786,952
Part X · Balance sheet $908,291 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $261,389$388,838
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5$5
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $244,263$162,225
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $35,424$17,483
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,696$3,207
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $968$90,820
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $184,132$172,853
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $98,716$72,860
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $828,593$908,291
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $81,099$90,760
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $249,892$75,298
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $84,256$43,910
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $415,247$209,968
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $258,096$542,791
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $155,250$155,532
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $413,346$698,323
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $828,593$908,291
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $698,323 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,990,800
XI-2 Total expenses$1,786,952
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$203,848
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$413,346
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$76,800
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$4,329
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$698,323

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