Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2024.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
55 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
8 people listed on the 990; $53K paid to officers and key staff.
Alyssa Beauchamp’s $69K as Director of Operations is at the 23rd 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Alyssa Beauchamp | $69,236 | $45,000 |
| Lily Hammerling | $3,600 | $1,800 |
| Susan Yao | $3,150 | $1,800 |
| Amanda Garces | $2,700 | — |
| Najat Croll | $2,700 | — |
| Arealles Ortiz | $2,700 | — |
| Marie Milord-Ajanma | $1,800 | — |
| Olivia Pena | $1,460 | $1,800 |
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.
See Liberation Ecosystem INC executive salaries →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
Builds community and offers learning in Vermont's land, environment, agriculture, and food systems.
Questions for Liberation Ecosystem INC
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Ecosystem/Community Building
Lei participates in a number of external networks at the region and state level aimed at creating connection and collaboration between organizations and agencies doing similar work. The organization also hosts educational and skill building events that convene lei members, community leaders, and non-bipoc supporters of lei's issue areas.
Member Supportive
Lei offers workshops, classes, and events for members, generally focusing on topics related to bipoc and lei's four focus areas of land, environment, agriculture, and food. Lei also maintains a digital forum to develop and share opportunities for the community, including: jobs, internships, grants, land access opportunities, professional…
Cultivating Leadership
Lei programs ensure that community member voices are at the center of teaching and sharing resources in lei's member supportive workshops, classes, and events - making the organization a hub for bipoc leadership in land, environment, agriculture, and food.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $260K | |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $0 | $1.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $44K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $0 | $1.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $57K | $45K | $10K | $3K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $67K | $49K | $14K | $4K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $6K | $4K | $1K | $265 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $9K | $7K | $2K | $510 |
| Management feesLn 11a | $17K | $12K | $4K | $953 |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $42K | $42K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $14K | $14K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2K | $2K | $209 | $55 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $772 | $8 | $737 | $27 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2K | $2K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $915 | $915 | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $2K | $2K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $712 | $712 | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $25 | $25 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $221K | $122K | $91K | $8K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 29, 2026 | $399K | $308K | $91K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 3, 2025 | $1.8M | $221K | $1.6M | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,831,817 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,831,817 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $220,618 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,654,998 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,611,199 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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