To promote the understanding of agriculture and its relationship to the people in santa cruz and monterey counties.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$127K 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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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 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$127K
to officers and key staff · 43% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 43% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $143K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$69K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$277K
+38% vs prior year
Spent
$292K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$4.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$277K
FY2024▲ +38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$206K
FY2021$170K
FY2022$227K
FY2023$201K
FY2024$277K
Expenses
$292K
FY2024▲ +29%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$194K
FY2021$181K
FY2022$223K
FY2023$226K
FY2024$292K
Net assets
$4.2M
FY2024▲ +6%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$4.2M

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 Mar 1994.

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

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $181K Management & general 18% · $52K Fundraising 20% · $60K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $127K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Exec Director
$127,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jess Brown$127,000$85,000$85,000$85,000$85,000

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

Educates communities about agriculture and its connection to local people.

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1 program · $181K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Program services consist of education and focus agriculture classes to educate the general public of santa cruz county and the pajaro valley of the importance of agriculture.

$181Kprogram expense

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$143K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $191K · 2020–2024
Casa De La Cultura CenterCA · FY2023$13,250

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$277K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$229K
Other incomeLn 4–11$47K
Money outPt IX
$292K
Ln 25
Programscol B$181K
Managementcol C$52K
Fundraisingcol D$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$69K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$229K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$126K
Other incomeLn 4–11$47K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$277K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$21K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$21K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$789
Other assetsLn 15$4.3M
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$69K
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$21K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$991$789
Total assetsLn 16$4.1M$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$65K$69K
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M$4.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$56K$56K
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$127K$44K$38K$44K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$15K$11K$2K$2K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$8K$1K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$14K$2K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11K$8K$1K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$148$596
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$8K$4K$3K$2K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$120$480
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$202$141$21$40
InsuranceLn 23$6K$3K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$23K$20K$2K$872
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$8K$906$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$292K$181K$52K$60K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $277K$292K−$16K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $201K$226K−$25K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $227K$223K$4K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $170K$181K−$11K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $206K$194K$11K$3.6M 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
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Part I · Summary $276,560 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $181,696$229,146
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,363$47,414
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $201,059$276,560
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $49,968$56,092
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $102,920$153,306
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $73,109$82,918
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $225,997$292,316
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$24,938−$15,756
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $276,560 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$125,900
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$103,246
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$229,146
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 eventsExcluded from tax $47,414$47,414
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $47,414$276,560
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $292,316 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $56,092$56,092
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 $44,450 · Management $38,100 · Fundraising $44,450$127,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,403 · Management $1,520 · Fundraising $2,281$15,204
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,327 · Management $1,110 · Fundraising $1,665$11,102
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,135 · Management $1,885 · Fundraising $2,827$18,847
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,230 · Management $1,097 · Fundraising $1,646$10,973
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,234 · Management $148 · Fundraising $596$2,978
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,734 · Management $2,760 · Fundraising $1,624$8,118
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,800 · Management $120 · Fundraising $480$2,400
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 amortizationPrograms $141 · Management $21 · Fundraising $40$202
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,709 · Management $2,003 · Fundraising $1,178$5,890
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,638 · Management $2,404 · Fundraising $872$22,914
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,825 · Management $906 · Fundraising $1,865$10,596
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $180,718 · Management $52,074 · Fundraising $59,524$292,316
Part X · Balance sheet $4,309,585 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$20,923
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $991$789
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 $4,063,480$4,287,873
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,064,471$4,309,585
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,245$3,474
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $7,050$11,800
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $49,683$53,909
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $64,978$69,183
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $38,659$17,519
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,960,834$4,222,883
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,999,493$4,240,402
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,064,471$4,309,585
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,240,402 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$276,560
XI-2 Total expenses$292,316
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$15,756
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,999,493
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$256,665
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,240,402

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