Land to Learn INC

Tax-deductible

Newburgh, NY501(c)(3)Since 2013Food & AgricultureEIN 46-3267308Revenue $505K in FY2024

On file with the IRSlandtolearn.org5109 Route 9w Ste 1, 12550-1945 · Newburgh, NYTax-exempt since Sep 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Growing a movement for food justice and community wellness through garden-based education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 11 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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $7K a year · 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$115K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 62% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $110K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$87K
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$505K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$556K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$267K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$505K
FY2024▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$551K
FY2022$749K
FY2023$682K
FY2024$459K
FY2024$505K
Expenses
$556K
FY2024▼ -20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$578K
FY2022$511K
FY2023$681K
FY2024$696K
FY2024$556K
Net assets
$267K
FY2024▲ +135%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$202K
FY2022$439K
FY2023$351K
FY2024$114K
FY2024$267K

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 Sep 2014.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $392K Management & general 17% · $94K Fundraising 13% · $70K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $115K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$59,670Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$55,603Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Boardmember
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Boardmember
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mara Estes’s $60K as Director is at the 62nd 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2022FY2021
Hans Hageman——$43,767$77,480
Mara Estes$59,670———
Nicole Porto$55,603———
Tracee Black—$44,909——

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

Cultivate food justice and wellness through garden education.

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1 program · $392K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Land to learn cultivates connection to food, land, and community by engaging youth in hands-on, garden-based education that nourishes health, ecological awareness , and collective well-being.

$392Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$110K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$505K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$396K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$109K
Investment incomeLn 3$311
Money outPt IX
$556K
Ln 25
Programscol B$392K
Managementcol C$94K
Fundraisingcol D$70K
Owns and owesPt X
$267K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$116K
Total assetsLn 16$354K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$396K
Government grantsLn 1e$332K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$109K
Investment incomeLn 3$311
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$505K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$116K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$116K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$468
Other assetsLn 15$57K
Total assetsLn 16$354K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K
Net assetsLn 32$267K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$111K$116K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K$468
Total assetsLn 16$114K$354K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$87K
Net assetsLn 32$114K$267K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$115K$89K$12K$14K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$263K$203K$27K$33K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$28K$22K$3K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$37K$26K$7K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$870$870
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$7K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$22K$17K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$207$207
Information technologyLn 14$8K$8K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$21K$21K
TravelLn 17$350$350
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$540$540
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$35K$17K$8K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$3K$2K$46
Total functional expensesLn 25$556K$392K$94K$70K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $459K$696K−$238K$114K 990 PDF
FY2023 $682K$681K$1K$351K 990 PDF
FY2022 $749K$511K$237K$439K 990 PDF
FY2021 $551K$578K−$27K$202K 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 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $504,607 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $458,488$395,597
I-9 Program service revenue$108,699
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $71$311
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $458,559$504,607
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $586,285$443,376
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $109,950$112,838
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $696,235$556,214
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$237,676−$51,607
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $504,607 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$331,825
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$63,772
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$395,597
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $108,699$108,699
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $311$311
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$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $109,010$504,607
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $556,214 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $89,025 · Management $11,792 · Fundraising $14,455$115,272
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $202,965 · Management $26,885 · Fundraising $32,956$262,806
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,968 · Management $2,910 · Fundraising $3,567$28,445
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,537 · Management $7,169 · Fundraising $4,147$36,853
IX-11a Management feesManagement $870$870
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,200$7,200
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $16,950 · Fundraising $5,000$21,950
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,355$1,355
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,029 · Management $207 · Fundraising $207$3,443
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $7,605$7,605
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $21,172$21,172
IX-17 TravelManagement $350$350
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $540$540
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,495$8,495
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,828 · Management $8,144 · Fundraising $10,109$35,081
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,039 · Management $1,692 · Fundraising $46$4,777
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $392,058 · Management $93,669 · Fundraising $70,487$556,214
Part X · Balance sheet $353,869 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,347$116,280
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $71,694$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$169,139
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$11,417
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,008$468
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 $1,650$56,565
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $113,699$353,869
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$7,200
X-19 Deferred revenue$21,255
X-25 Other liabilities$58,329
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$86,784
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $113,699$204,114
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$62,971
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $113,699$267,085
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $113,699$353,869
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $267,085 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$504,607
XI-2 Total expenses$556,214
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$51,607
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$113,699
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$204,993
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$267,085

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