Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,345,087
Total expenses: $3,107,095
Contributions and grants received: $839,513
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $1,464,971
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $40,603
Total assets, end of year: $1,345,170
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,954,300
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: -$609,130
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,642,651
Management and general expenses: $1,464,444
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,642,651

Program services were 52.9% 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)

$497,513
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$342,000
2a · Program service revenue: AFFILIATE COMMITMENTS

total $1,464,971 · related or exempt $1,464,971
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

total $40,603 · excluded $40,603
11e · Other revenue, total

$40,603

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $69,291 · program services $62,362 · management and general $6,929
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,306,379 · program services $634,190 · management and general $672,189
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $38,516 · program services $26,961 · management and general $11,555
9 · Other employee benefits

total $110,898 · program services $76,532 · management and general $34,366
11b · Fees: legal

total $55,212 · management and general $55,212
11c · Fees: accounting

total $55,212 · management and general $55,212
11g · Fees: other

total $1,068,925 · program services $631,576 · management and general $437,349
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $47,702 · program services $47,702
13 · Office expenses

total $41,620 · program services $17,900 · management and general $23,720
14 · Information technology

total $148,108 · program services $30,414 · management and general $117,694
17 · Travel

total $137,606 · program services $113,121 · management and general $24,485
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $15,886 · program services $1,893 · management and general $13,993
23 · Insurance

total $2,760 · management and general $2,760
24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

total $7,649 · management and general $7,649
24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

total $1,331 · management and general $1,331

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $1,008,601 · end of year $669,766
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $88,089 · end of year $47,438
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $25,551 · end of year $20,083
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$18,206
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$18,206
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $599,727 · end of year $607,883
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $215,378 · end of year $98,828
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $212,471 · end of year $297,500
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $1,141,241 · end of year $1,557,972
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $152,878 · end of year -$609,130

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

U.S. FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION (D/B/A U.S. FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN ACTION) (USFRA) CONNECTS FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS TO CO-CREATE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

U.S. FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION (D/B/A U.S. FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN ACTION) (USFRA) REPRESENTS FARMER AND RANCHER LED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTOR WITH A SHARED VISION OF CO-CREATING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS AND A BELIEF THAT BOLD ACTION IS NEEDED. USFRA CONNECTS FARMERS AND RANCHERS WITH THE BEST MINDS IN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THEIR SECTOR IN REDUCING ITS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND IN THE PROCESS, CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY. USFRF IS THE SECRETARIAT OF THE DECADE OF AGRICULTURE, THE FIRST SECTOR-WIDE MOVEMENT TO ALIGN TO A SHARED VISION FOR THE NEXT DECADE CENTERED AROUND INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, RESTORING OUR ENVIRONMENT, REGENERATING NATURAL RESOURCES AND IN DOING SO, STRENGTHENING THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FABRIC OF AMERICA.

USFRA BRINGS ALL OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE TOGETHER, WITH FARMERS AND RANCHERS AT THE CENTER, TO COLLECTIVELY IDENTIFY AND TACKLE CRITICAL, LONG-TERM ISSUES. WE LIFT THE VOICE OF FARMERS AND RANCHERS ON THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE IN ORDER TO CREATE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW U.S. AGRICULTURE IS HELPING SOLVE SOME OF SOCIETY'S GREATEST CHALLENGES TODAY, INCLUDING FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION, SUSTAINING LIVELIHOODS AND PROVIDING AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES FOR AN ENERGY TRANSITION, ALL WHILE REDUCING IMPACT ON THE PLANET.

Expenses $1,642,651 · Revenue $1,464,971

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Marilyn HersheyMARILYN HERSHEY

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Rochelle KrusemarkROCHELLE KRUSEMARK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
John EbertJOHN EBERT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Marcus BernardMARCUS BERNARD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Tim FaveriTIM FAVERI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Justin RansomJUSTIN RANSOM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Toni Stanger-McLaughlinTONI STANGER-MCLAUGHLIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Hope BentleyHOPE BENTLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Pam EdwardsPAM EDWARDS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Julie FussnerJULIE FUSSNER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3.5
Lauri IsleyLAURI ISLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Anne MeisANNE MEIS

PAST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3 + 5 related
Doug BervenDOUG BERVEN

POET

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3.5
Steve GeorgeSTEVE GEORGE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Chip BowlingCHIP BOWLING

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3.5
Michael CrinionMICHAEL CRINION

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3.5
Jennifer CrallJENNIFER CRALL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Kevin BurkumKEVIN BURKUM

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Total calculated

$67,742

From this org

$67,742

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Ying WangYING WANG

EMPLOYEE

Total calculated

$197,669

From this org

$197,669

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

1

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$160,690

Bonus

$0

Other

$36,979

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$197,669
Christopher ChaffeeCHRISTOPHER CHAFFEE

EMPLOYEE

Total calculated

$152,399

From this org

$152,399

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

1

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$127,626

Bonus

$0

Other

$24,773

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$152,399
Carrie Vollmer-SandersCARRIE VOLLMER-SANDERS

EMPLOYEE

Total calculated

$217,754

From this org

$217,754

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

1

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$201,830

Bonus

$0

Other

$15,924

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$217,754

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

US FARMERS AND RANCHERS ALLIANCE

501(C)(6) · CONNECT FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS · MO · controlled entity

Directly controlled by US FARMING AND RANCHING FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 4 November 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.1
Source object: 202443109349300614

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