Croplife America

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Arlington, VA501(c)(6)Since 1934EIN 53-0190293Revenue $18.5M in FY2024

On file with the IRScroplifeamerica.org4201 Wilson Blvd Ste 700, 22203-4454 · Arlington, VATax-exempt since May 1937

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To foster the interests of the general public and the association's member companies by promoting innovation and the environmentally sound use of crop protection products for the economical production of safe, high quality, abundant food, fiber, and other crops.

Run by 733 volunteers and 54 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · 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)(6)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $478K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$4.0M
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $65K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$11.1M
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
30
of 30 voting members
Looks good: 30 of 30 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$18.5M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$17.3M
Net assets
$7.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$18.5M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$15.8M
FY2021$16.6M
FY2022$17.7M
FY2023$18.0M
FY2024$18.5M
Expenses
$17.3M
FY2024▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$14.8M
FY2021$15.3M
FY2022$18.2M
FY2023$18.5M
FY2024$17.3M
Net assets
$7.3M
FY2024▲ +24%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.0M
FY2021$7.5M
FY2022$6.0M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$7.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1937.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

52 people listed on the 990; $4.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$736,598Pt VII · Sec A
Former President/CEO
$471,205Pt VII · Sec A
EVP/General Counsel/Secretary
$428,838Pt VII · Sec A
President/Rise
$404,450Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Science Policy & Reg. Affairs
$318,300Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy General Counsel
$286,650Pt VII · Sec A
VP Public Affairs/Rise
$251,913Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Government Relations
$235,058Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christopher Novak$471,205$787,889$720,070$714,278$722,275
Alexandra Dunn$736,598————
Rachel Lattimore$428,838$431,385$396,827$386,821$387,183
Allen Greenwood——$386,846$401,563$417,285
Megan Provost$404,450$338,925$332,925$287,519$282,950
Manojit Basu$318,300$290,700$278,353$243,427$243,010
Kellie Bray$111,104$289,261$254,569$237,913$240,979
Edward Thomas$286,650$247,300———

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for the crop protection industry by promoting agricultural innovation and the environmentally sound use of pesticides to ensure safe, abundant food and crop production.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Member Services

Companies gain efficiencies and effectiveness by working collectively with the association for legislative and regulatory advocacy, legal support, and communications outreach. Cla also provides value to its members by helping to identify emerging REGULATORY/POLITICAL trends, representing the voice of the crop protection industry in…

Pt IX · col B
02

Rise (responsible Industry for a Sound Environment)

Represents and serves as a resource and advocate for producers and suppliers of specialty pesticides and fertilizers, providing current and accurate information on issues and research affecting the industry. Rise also monitors legislative and regulatory issues in washington, DC and at the state level.

Pt IX · col B
03

Annual Meeting

Provide educational programming and updates on a variety of topics related to the crop protection industry and U.S. And global agriculture.

Pt IX · 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 3 funders$65K
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Grants paid · 59 grants · $1.0M · 2020–2024
Agri-Pulse Communications INCFY2024$17,000
Leaders of American Agriculture LLCFY2024$10,000
Michigan State UniversityMI · FY2024$10,000
O'Brien Landscape AgronomyFY2024$10,000
National Farmer's UnionDC · FY2024$7,500
Ducks UnlimitedTN · FY2024$5,500
Republican State Leadership Committee INCFY2023$25,000
Croplife America Political Action CommitteeFY2023$21,029
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$18.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$552K
Investment incomeLn 3$370K
Money outPt IX
$17.3M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$7.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$18.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
52
listed · VII A
PaidVII A36
Voting boardVI 1a30
IndependentVI 1b30
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$110K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$370K
Other incomeLn 4–11$552K
Gains on assetsLn 7$25K
Total revenueLn 12$18.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
SavingsLn 2$1.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$154K
Other assetsLn 15$6.9M
Total assetsLn 16$18.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.1M
Net assetsLn 32$7.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 554
VolunteersI 6733
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$2.7M$3.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.4M$6.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$127K$154K
Total assetsLn 16$17.3M$18.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.5M$11.1M
Net assetsLn 32$5.9M$7.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$199K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.1M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$260K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$608K
Payroll taxesLn 10$384K
Legal feesLn 11b$1.0M
Accounting feesLn 11c$108K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$1.6M
Investment management feesLn 11f$47K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.2M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.8M
Office expensesLn 13$184K
Information technologyLn 14$196K
OccupancyLn 16$688K
TravelLn 17$448K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.4M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$38K
InsuranceLn 23$56K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$572K
All other expensesLn 24e$56K
Total functional expensesLn 25$17.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $18.5M$17.3M$1.2M$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $18.0M$18.5M−$538K$5.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $17.7M$18.2M−$460K$6.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $16.6M$15.3M$1.2M$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $15.8M$14.8M$985K$6.0M 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 $18,475,771 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $15,795$110,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,034,551$17,444,067
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $343,866$370,131
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $600,705$551,573
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $17,994,917$18,475,771
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $395,389$198,805
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,120,425$7,710,825
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $10,017,561$9,396,572
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $18,533,375$17,306,202
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$538,458$1,169,569
Part VI · Governance 30 of 30 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body30
VI-1b Independent voting members30
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 $18,475,771 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$110,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$110,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,444,067$17,444,067
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $345,443$345,443
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $24,688$24,688
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $551,573$551,573
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,444,067 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $921,704$18,475,771
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $17,306,202 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$198,805
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$2,081,093
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$4,377,709
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$259,621
IX-9 Other employee benefits$608,493
IX-10 Payroll taxes$383,909
IX-11b Legal fees$1,003,459
IX-11c Accounting fees$107,995
IX-11d Lobbying fees$1,599,190
IX-11f Investment management fees$46,901
IX-11g Other fees for services$1,177,785
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$1,801,790
IX-13 Office expenses$184,484
IX-14 Information technology$196,081
IX-16 Occupancy$688,213
IX-17 Travel$447,956
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$1,420,794
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$38,285
IX-23 Insurance$55,557
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$571,653
IX-24e All other expenses$56,429
IX-25 Total functional expenses$17,306,202
Part X · Balance sheet $18,340,847 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,187,112$1,616,528
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,516,767$1,518,509
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $565,112$1,004,160
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $158,637$244,627
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $127,020$153,876
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,882,166$6,415,325
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $535,816$494,624
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,346,775$6,893,198
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $17,319,405$18,340,847
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,990,520$1,468,843
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $62,750$86,138
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $8,984,493$8,569,751
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,467,231$11,057,433
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,822,724$7,155,863
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $29,450$127,551
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,852,174$7,283,414
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $17,319,405$18,340,847
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,283,414 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$18,475,771
XI-2 Total expenses$17,306,202
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,169,569
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,852,174
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$261,671
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,283,414

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