Ag Innovations Network FY2023 filing

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Sebastopol, CA501(c)(3)Since 2002Food & AgricultureEIN 68-0462304

Ag Innovations facilitates collaboration among diverse groups to develop holistic solutions to California's most complex agricultural, natural resource and environmental challenges.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$68K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $524 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$68K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$68K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.0M
-30% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$414K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2023▼ -30%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$810K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2023▼ -30%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$830K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$414K
FY2023▼ -11%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$332K
FY2021$543K
FY2022$463K
FY2023$414K
FY2024$377K
FY2025$360K

From the FY2023 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2002.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $952K Management & general 4% · $46K Fundraising 9% · $96K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $68K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$68,052Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bonnie Guttman’s $150K as Executive Dir. is at the 82nd 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
Bonnie Guttman$150,000$66,034————
Genevieve Taylor——$68,052$92,706$80,196$79,053

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

Cultivates ideas and actions for healthy farms, communities, and ecosystems.

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1 program service account for $952K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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Key Projects Include

ROUNDTABLES, COLLABORATIVES, AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER CONVENINGSCRAE: Ag Innovations facilitated a series of roundtable discussions in the CA Roundtable on Agriculture and the Environment (CRAE) to strengthen collaboration to improve stewardship of working lands and a systems-exploration of the challenges related to agricultural viability…

$952Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$792K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$251K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$952K
Managementcol C$46K
Fundraisingcol D$96K
Owns and owesPt X
$414K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$270K
Total assetsLn 16$482K
LiabilitiesLn 26$68K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$251K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$792K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$268K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$270K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$482K
LiabilitiesLn 26$68K
Net assetsLn 32$414K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 6110
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$247K$270K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$716K$482K
LiabilitiesLn 26$253K$68K
Net assetsLn 32$463K$414K
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$68K$61K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$588K$511K$70$77K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$130K$130K
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$48K$5K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$9K$2K$246
Accounting feesLn 11c$92K$76K$14K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$6K$2K$164
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$247$36
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K$674$99
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$23K$19K$3K$512
TravelLn 17$6K$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$935$137
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$68K$63K$4K$547
All other expensesLn 24e$20K$16K$3K$437
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$952K$46K$96K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.1M$1.2M−$16K$360K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.2M−$37K$377K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.0M$1.1M−$50K$414K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.6M−$80K$463K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.2M$208K$543K 990 PDF
FY2020 $810K$830K−$20K$332K 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 VIII · Statement of revenue $1,043,529 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$176,458
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$74,653
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$251,111
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $792,418$792,418
VIII-3 Investment income$0
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 $792,418$1,043,529
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,093,935 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 $61,247 · Management $6,805$68,052
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $511,324 · Management $70 · Fundraising $76,834$588,228
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $129,853$129,853
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $48,491 · Management $5,194 · Fundraising $6,537$60,222
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $9,261 · Management $1,678 · Fundraising $246$11,185
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $76,451 · Management $13,850 · Fundraising $2,031$92,332
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,164 · Management $2,086 · Fundraising $164$8,414
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,360 · Management $247 · Fundraising $36$1,643
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,719 · Management $674 · Fundraising $99$4,492
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,260 · Management $3,489 · Fundraising $512$23,261
IX-17 TravelFundraising $5,934$5,934
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsFundraising $2,683$2,683
IX-20 InterestManagement $3,893$3,893
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,159 · Management $935 · Fundraising $137$6,231
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,315 · Management $3,728 · Fundraising $547$67,590
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $16,448 · Management $3,037 · Fundraising $437$19,922
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $952,052 · Management $45,686 · Fundraising $96,197$1,093,935
Part X · Balance sheet $482,177 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $244,589$267,507
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,303$2,303
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $463,035$162,606
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,313$49,761
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
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 $500$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $715,740$482,177
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $110,304$68,248
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $253,181$68,248
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $462,559$413,929
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $462,559$413,929
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $715,740$482,177
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $413,929 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,043,529
XI-2 Total expenses$1,093,935
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$50,406
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$462,559
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,776
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$413,929

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