Sky High Farm INC

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Working to increase access to fresh, nutritious, locally produced food while investing in collaborative long-term solutions for food security. Sky High works to close the gap between regenerative farming and food access initiatives.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 81-0764483) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $845K a year · 40% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
82% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$392K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
2.6 mo
of spending, in cash
2.6 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
16
named funders · $9.7M
16 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$283K
6% of total assets
Liabilities are 6% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 11 voting members
9 of 11 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$2.0M
-56% vs prior year
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$4.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -56%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$396K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2024▲ +46%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$60K
FY2021$702K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.5M
Net assets
$4.2M
FY2024▼ -12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$338K
FY2021$785K
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$4.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2016.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $2.1M Management & general 2% · $51K Fundraising 16% · $400K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $392K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Exec. Direct
$176,785Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Exec. Direct
$147,022Pt VII · Sec A
$68,679Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sarah Workneh’s $177K as Co-Exec. Direct is at the 89th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Sarah Workneh$176,785——
Joshua Bardfield$147,022$134,776$118,336
James Tant$68,679$65,320$46,080

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Connects local farms with communities to improve access to healthy food and build lasting food security.

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1 program · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provided food pantries and food banks with fresh, locally sourced foods in addition to providing educational programs to the community about sustainable farming.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 81-0764483) · Dispute this line
$2.1Mprogram 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
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Grants paid · 47 grants · $901K · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$112,298
Speech FarmacySC · FY2024$30,000
Solidago Acres LLCFY2024$26,049
Ezilis Respite Farm & SanctuFY2024$25,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$24,745
Kindred Airways LLCFY2024$20,000
Iron Path Farm LLCFY2024$20,000
Afterlife Ag INCFY2024$18,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$17,800
Kilo Kish LLCFY2024$16,310
Individual RecipientFY2024$11,201
Individual RecipientFY2024$10,880
Smg Studio LLCFY2024$10,000
Movement Training NetworkFY2024$10,000
Community Butcher LLCFY2024$10,000
Aware Emmanuel Muhammad LLCFY2024$10,000
3gs for GaiaNC · FY2024$10,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,800
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$124K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.1M
Managementcol C$51K
Fundraisingcol D$400K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$543K
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$283K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$23K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$322K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$124K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$543K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$543K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$283K
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$1.3M$543K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.6M$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$138K$283K
Net assetsLn 32$4.8M$4.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$330K$330K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$112K$112K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1K$1K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$332K$332K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$595K$595K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$22K
Payroll taxesLn 10$75K$75K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$255K$130K$125K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$42K$11K$31K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$37K$37K
TravelLn 17$14K$12K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$85K$85K
InsuranceLn 23$141K$141K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$446K$172K$273K
All other expensesLn 24e$25K$25K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$2.1M$51K$400K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 $2.0M$2.5M−$578K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $4.5M$1.7M$2.7M$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 6, 2023 $2.5M$1.2M$1.3M$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $1.1M$702K$448K$785K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $396K$60K$336K$338K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $1,965,136 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,405,430$1,797,901
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $25,500$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $22,320$42,773
I-11 Other revenue$124,462
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,453,250$1,965,136
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $305,277$442,846
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $766,615$1,023,104
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $672,252$1,077,219
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,744,144$2,543,169
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,709,106−$578,033
Part VI · Governance 9 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,965,136 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$321,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,476,401
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$23,120
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,797,901
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $42,773$42,773
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $17,650$17,650
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$106,812
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $60,423$1,965,136
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,543,169 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $329,548$329,548
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $112,298$112,298
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,000$1,000
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $331,797$331,797
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $594,738$594,738
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,635$21,635
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $74,934$74,934
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $9,750$9,750
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,000$20,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $129,676 · Fundraising $125,384$255,060
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,405 · Management $30,641$42,046
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,997$36,997
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,064 · Fundraising $1,436$13,500
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,549$3,549
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $84,957$84,957
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $140,723$140,723
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $172,495 · Fundraising $273,121$445,616
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $25,021$25,021
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,092,587 · Management $50,641 · Fundraising $399,941$2,543,169
Part X · Balance sheet $4,483,666 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,339,679$543,276
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans 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 $3,562,819$3,930,383
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 $15,009$10,007
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,917,507$4,483,666
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $40,619$151,282
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $36,493$41,640
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $61,384$89,766
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $138,496$282,688
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,779,011$4,200,978
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,779,011$4,200,978
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,917,507$4,483,666
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,200,978 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,965,136
XI-2 Total expenses$2,543,169
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$578,033
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,779,011
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,200,978

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