Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$440,753

Total expenses

$408,691

Contributions and grants received

$178,845

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$261,901

Investment income

$7

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$279,726

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,775

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$271,951

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$408,691

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$408,691

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• STATE CONVENTION AND STATE CDE/LDE (CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EVENTS): THIS PROGRAM SERVICE AREAL INCLUDES THE ANNUAL MARYLAND FFA CONVENTION AND THE ASSOCIATED CDE/LDE EVENTS HELD THERE. OTHER CDE/LDE EVENTS ARE HELD AT VAIOUS TIMES AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE ARE 19 CDE EVENTS RANGING FROM AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS TO VETERINARY SCIENCE. THERE ARE 7 LDE EVENTS FROM AGRICULTURE ISSUES FORUM TO PREPARED PUBLIC SPEAKING. THESE EVENTS SUPPORT THE STUDENTS CAREER SUCCESS THROUGH DIRECT REAL-WORLD EMPLOYMENT SCENARIOS AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP JOB PLACEMENT AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS ALL THROUGH A COMPETITIVE ENVIROMENT. THE MARYLAND FFA CONVENTION ALSO SUPPORTS THE MISSION AND EXEMPT PURPOSE BY PROVIDING OTHER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND THE DELEGATE PROCESS WHERE STUDENTS CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND HELP TO DETERMINE THE ORGANIZATIONS FUTURE DIRECTION.

  Expenses $209,679 · Revenue $186,097

• STUDENT LEADERSHIP: THIS PROGRAM SERVCE AREA INCLUDES THE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES, CHAPTER OFFICER LEADERSHIP TRAINING, STATE OFFICER TRAINING AND THE STATE OFFICER PROGRAM OF WORK. THESE EVENTS ALL FOCUS ON THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF MEMBERS. STATE OFFICERS RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND THEN TRAVEL ACROSS THE STATE CONDUCTING LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS. THIS ALLOWS FOR GREATER REACH AT A LOWER COST TO MEMBERS. THE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES ARE A SERIES OF ONE DAY CONFERENCES HELD AROUND THE STATE WHERE STUDENTS HAVE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS IN THEIR REGION DURING THEIR LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS. CHAPTER OFFICER LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS LESS EXTENSICE THAN THE STATE OFFICER TRAINING, BUT HELPS TO PREPARE THESE STUDENTS TO EFFECTIVELY COORDINATE CHAPTER ACTIVITIES AT HOME AND SCHOOL.

  Expenses $160,864 · Revenue $51,002

• NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EVENTS: THIS PROGRAM SERVICE AREA INCLUDES THE NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION AND THE EASTERN STATES EXPOSTION. BOTH OF THESE EVENTS SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION BY PROVIDING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS IN AREAS OF AGRICULTURE AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS AND TEAMS PLACING FIRST AND SECOND IN THERE CDE/LDE EVENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL, ATTEND THESE TWO EVENTS RESPECTFULLY. THESE EVENTS, LIKE THE STATE EVENTS DESCRIBED ABOVE, ALLOW STUDENTS TO APPLY THEIR CLASSROOM LEARNING TO REAL-WORLD CAREER SITUATIONS IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIROMENT SUPPORTING THE PURPOSE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $38,148 · Revenue $24,802

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

4 March 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202630739349301103

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