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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA CERTIFIED ORGANIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,128,345
Total expenses
$6,408,526
Contributions and grants received
$1,794,239
Grants paid
$1,094,777
Program service revenue
$4,300,876
Investment income
$21,427
Other revenue
$11,803
Total assets, end of year
$1,454,194
Total liabilities, end of year
$641,025
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$813,169
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,936,655
Management and general expenses
$1,374,684
Fundraising expenses
$97,187
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,936,655

Program services were 77.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,794,202

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $37

  • 2a · Program service revenue: INSPECT/CERTIFY INCOME

    total $4,289,526 · related or exempt $4,289,526

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $11,350 · related or exempt $11,350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,427 · excluded $21,427

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $7,086 · related or exempt $7,086

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADVERTISING INCOME

    total $4,717 · related or exempt $4,717

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,803

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,094,777 · program services $1,094,777

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,381 · program services $112,698 · management and general $41,683

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,356,471 · program services $1,832,606 · management and general $477,064 · fundraising $46,801

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,271 · program services $40,619 · management and general $10,652

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $438,275 · program services $367,524 · management and general $70,751

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $190,459 · program services $141,485 · management and general $36,517 · fundraising $12,457

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,339 · program services $8,080 · management and general $12,259

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,440 · program services $10,140 · management and general $12,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $279,023 · program services $226,648 · management and general $52,375

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,083 · program services $12,704 · fundraising $5,379

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $215,619 · program services $21,821 · management and general $193,374 · fundraising $424

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $291,660 · program services $8,591 · management and general $283,069

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,677 · management and general $20,677

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $93,479 · program services $29,568 · management and general $63,911

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,167 · management and general $26,167

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $63,521 · program services $5,889 · management and general $57,503 · fundraising $129

  • 24a · Other expenses: INSPECTIONS

    total $908,697 · program services $908,697

  • 24b · Other expenses: CERTIFICATIONS

    total $72,612 · program services $72,612

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXPO/CONFERENCE

    total $46,096 · program services $42,196 · fundraising $3,900

  • 24d · Other expenses: NEWSLETTER

    total $28,097 · fundraising $28,097

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,382 · management and general $16,382

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,600 · end of year $5,723

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $896,702 · end of year $662,699

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $449,767

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $478,166 · end of year $196,889

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $54,027 · end of year $82,499

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $304,484

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $247,867

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $74,384 · end of year $56,617

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $274,592 · end of year $640,802

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $223

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,236,287 · end of year $813,169

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO UPHOLD AND ADVANCE ORGANIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES THROUGH CERTIFICATION, ADVOCACY, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS PRIORITIZE HEALTH, ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, FAIRNESS AND CARE. OUR VALUES RECOGNIZE THE INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP AMONG ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS: CERTIFIED CLIENTS AND MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT.

  • INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF GROWERS, PROCESSORS, AND HANDLERS OF FOOD PRODUCTS LABELED "ORGANIC" - SO AS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS OFFERED AS SUCH.

    Expenses $4,936,655 · Grants $1,094,777 · Revenue $4,300,876

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joe Miller

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Denele Hughson

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Katherine Dimatteo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Lisa De Lima

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Joe Dickson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • William Kitsch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Betty Harper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Diana Kobus

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $154,381
    From this org
    $143,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,319
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,062
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,367
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,952
    Filer's total
    $154,381

  • Diana Underwood

    DIR. OF OPER

    Total calculated
    $100,716
    From this org
    $100,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202422859349300847

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