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Farm Table Foundation Incorporated FY2020 filing

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Amery, WI501(c)(3)Food & Agriculture EIN 82-0817623Revenue $1.4M in FY2020

On file with the IRSfarmtablefoundation.orgPo Box 413, 54001-0413 · Amery, WITax-exempt since Jan 2018Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Farm Table Foundation, INC seeks to grow local food culture by shifting people's experience and understanding of food so that soil, Farm, and habitat are seen as the Foundation of individual and community health

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$91K 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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FY2020 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $36K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$91K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$58K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
71%
Net assets
$795K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$666K
FY2022$699K
FY2023$214K
FY2024$8K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$857K
FY2022$646K
FY2023$210K
FY2024$84K
Net assets
$795K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$795K
FY2021$605K
FY2022$658K
FY2023$662K
FY2024$586K

From the FY2020 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 Jan 2018.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $707K Management & general 29% · $294K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $91K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Laura Phoenix
Executive Director
$90,000Pt VII · Sec A
$850Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Peter Henry
Director/Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kari Wenger
Director/Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lisa Murphy
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lynn Blomstrand’s $63K as Executive Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 134 <$100K 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

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Laura Phoenix—$75,808$90,000
Lynn Blomstrand$63,057$73,501—
Sylvia Burgos Toftness—$9,039—
Sylvia Burgos-Toftness——$850

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Nourishes local food culture by connecting people to soil, farm, and habitat for community health.

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2 programs · $707K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Training and education-farm table foundation operates an education and training program which provides paid employment training for individuals in amery, wi. The program provides all trainees with knowledge of locally and supplied food served at the commercial kitchen and food service FACILITY/RESTAURANT operated by the foundation.

$696Kprogram expense
02

Seminars & classes- farm table foundation engages the broader public in educational programming. The organization offers classes on subjects such as kids yoga, plant identification, instructional organic cooking,along with farm tours and exploration

$11Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Wenden FoundationFY2023$1K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$189K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$26K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$707K
Managementcol C$294K
Owns and owesPt X
$795K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$666K
Total assetsLn 16$854K
LiabilitiesLn 26$58K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$255K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$26K
Investment incomeLn 3$33
Other incomeLn 4–11$189K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$666K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$666K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$45K
Total assetsLn 16$854K
LiabilitiesLn 26$58K
Net assetsLn 32$795K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 535
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$233K$666K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$42K$45K
Total assetsLn 16$473K$854K
LiabilitiesLn 26$65K$58K
Net assetsLn 32$408K$795K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$91K$0$91K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$551K$481K$70K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$27K$21K$7K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$54K$41K$14K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$413$0$413$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$0$35K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$19K$10K$9K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$29K$0$29K$0
Office expensesLn 13$67K$58K$9K$0
OccupancyLn 16$69K$56K$12K$0
TravelLn 17$2K$770$769$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$7K$450$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$0$9K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$41K$32K$8K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$707K$294K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $8K$84K−$76K$586K 990 PDF
FY2023 $214K$210K$4K$662K 990 PDF
FY2022 $699K$646K$53K$658K 990 PDF
FY2021 $666K$857K−$191K$605K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$1.0M$387K$795K 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,388,848 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,082,179$1,174,440
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $30,346$25,766
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,099$33
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $219,812$188,609
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,336,436$1,388,848
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $687,637$723,358
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $310,693$278,314
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $998,330$1,001,672
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $338,106$387,176
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,388,848 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $188,609 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$255,496
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$918,944
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,174,440
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$25,766
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $33$33
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $218,226 · Unrelated business −$3,851 · Excluded from tax $33$1,388,848
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,001,672 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $90,850 · Fundraising $0$90,850
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $481,198 · Management $69,549 · Fundraising $0$550,747
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,548 · Management $6,849 · Fundraising $0$27,397
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $40,773 · Management $13,591 · Fundraising $0$54,364
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $413 · Fundraising $0$413
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $34,795 · Fundraising $0$34,795
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,040 · Management $9,111 · Fundraising $0$19,151
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $28,838 · Fundraising $0$28,838
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $58,335 · Management $9,077 · Fundraising $0$67,412
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $56,333 · Management $12,366 · Fundraising $0$68,699
IX-17 TravelPrograms $770 · Management $769 · Fundraising $0$1,539
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,882 · Management $450 · Fundraising $0$7,332
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $9,441 · Fundraising $0$9,441
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,478 · Management $8,216 · Fundraising $0$40,694
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $707,357 · Management $294,315 · Fundraising $0$1,001,672
Part X · Balance sheet $853,763 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $233,462$666,121
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $168,230$99,396
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,493$1,592
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $16,253$38,288
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,994$2,921
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $42,327$45,445
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $472,957$853,763
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $52,546$52,333
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $12,275$6,118
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $64,821$58,451
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $408,136$795,312
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $408,136$795,312
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $472,957$853,763
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $795,312 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,388,848
XI-2 Total expenses$1,001,672
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$387,176
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$408,136
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$795,312

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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