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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CALYPSO FARM AND ECOLOGY CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,163,076
Total expenses
$888,754
Contributions and grants received
$816,791
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$285,729
Investment income
$13,188
Other revenue
$47,368
Total assets, end of year
$1,189,510
Total liabilities, end of year
$242,537
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$946,973
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$618,710
Management and general expenses
$123,517
Fundraising expenses
$146,527
Program service expenses (Part III)
$618,710

Program services were 69.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $7,693

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $329,410

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $479,688

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME - FARM

    total $284,770 · related or exempt $284,770

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL GARDENS

    total $800 · related or exempt $800

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FUNDRAISING

    total $159 · related or exempt $159

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,188 · excluded $13,188

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $61,221

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,853

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $47,368 · excluded $47,368

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $272,375 · program services $272,375

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $237,226 · program services $199,529 · management and general $37,697

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,378 · program services $20,135 · management and general $1,243

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,467 · program services $40,250 · management and general $3,217

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,212 · program services $3,572 · management and general $8,961 · fundraising $42,679

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,241 · management and general $616 · fundraising $1,625

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,728 · program services $432 · management and general $26,278 · fundraising $1,018

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,206 · program services $7,408 · management and general $18,895 · fundraising $1,903

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,352 · program services $5,227 · management and general $152 · fundraising $36,973

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,881 · program services $2,881

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,205 · management and general $14,205

  • 24a · Other expenses: AG PROJECT PARTNERS

    total $64,676 · management and general $6,157 · fundraising $58,519

  • 24b · Other expenses: FARM SUPPLIES & TOOLS

    total $30,537 · program services $25,086 · management and general $1,710 · fundraising $3,741

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCT SUPPLIES

    total $11,252 · program services $10,104 · management and general $1,148

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD RELIEF

    total $10,784 · program services $10,784

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,234 · program services $20,927 · management and general $3,238 · fundraising $69

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $59,248 · end of year $628,886

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $549,189 · end of year $486,363

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

    $185,488

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

    $111,227

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $77,142 · end of year $74,261

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,928 · end of year $13,152

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $229,185

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $200

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $672,651 · end of year $946,973

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH HANDS-ON EDUCATION IN NATURAL AND FARM ECOSYSTEMS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH HANDS-ON EDUCATION IN NATURAL AND FARM ECOSYSTEMS.

  • LOCAL FOOD ACCESS, COMMUNITY FOOD RELIEF, COMMUNITY SHARED AGRICULTURE AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS - WORKS TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF AND ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN FOOD TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND OUTREACH. SERVES APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $613,872 · Revenue $284,770

  • FIELD TRIPS AND DAY CAMPS - PROVIDING HANDS-ON, FARM AND GARDEN-BASED EDUCATION FOR YOUTH OF ALL AGES. SERVING APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $2,827 · Revenue $7,693

  • HUNTER SCHOOL GARDEN - MAINTAINING AN EDUCATIONAL GARDEN THAT IS A LEARNING SPACE FOR THE SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND A FOOD PRODUCTION GARDEN DURING THE SUMMER (THE COMMUNITY ROOTS GARDENING AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS TAKES PLACE IN THE GARDEN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 10 PEOPLE ANNUALLY). OVERALL - THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 350 STUDENTS AT 1 SCHOOL.

    Expenses $1,641 · Revenue $800

  • FARM & GARDEN TRAINING PROGRAMS - HANDS-ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO START OR MAINTAIN THEIR OWN FARM OR GARDEN. THIS INCLUDES WORKSHOPS, FARM APPRENTICESHIPS, SHORT TERM INTENSIVES, INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURE TRAININGS. SERVES 1,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $370

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christie Shell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $68,500
    From this org
    $68,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Willsrud

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $68,500
    From this org
    $68,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Zimmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $68,500
    From this org
    $68,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Abby Hatfield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $66,875
    From this org
    $66,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Charley Basham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynn Basham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Kathleen Boyle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jeanetta Carroll

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nels Christensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gabriel Derrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Roxie Fambro

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Arthur Hussey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ayla Ongtooguk-Guritz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kelly Owen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Liann Peryea

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joshua Steadman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
15 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202630819349300403

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