Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $132,259,089
- Total expenses
- $161,268,338
- Contributions and grants received
- $126,752,892
- Grants paid
- $150,564,252
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5,506,197
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $375,647,579
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $227,748,061
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $147,899,518
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $155,986,780
- Management and general expenses
- $3,686,953
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,594,605
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $155,986,780
Program services were 96.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$56,785,569
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$69,967,323
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3 · Investment income
total $5,331,303 · excluded $5,331,303
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $474,788,348
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $474,613,454
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $174,894
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $174,894 · excluded $174,894
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $101,597,135 · program services $101,597,135
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $48,967,117 · program services $48,967,117
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $453,032 · program services $240,107 · management and general $142,252 · fundraising $70,673
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,953,692 · program services $1,772,245 · management and general $376,674 · fundraising $804,773
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $725,775 · program services $384,661 · management and general $227,893 · fundraising $113,221
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $358,972 · program services $190,255 · management and general $112,717 · fundraising $56,000
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,864,058 · program services $987,951 · management and general $585,314 · fundraising $290,793
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11b · Fees: legal
total $341,679 · program services $326,350 · management and general $15,329
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $362,497 · management and general $362,497
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $263,390 · management and general $263,390
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11g · Fees: other
total $2,080,669 · program services $939,419 · management and general $1,095,971 · fundraising $45,279
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13 · Office expenses
total $26,534 · program services $15,112 · management and general $5,682 · fundraising $5,740
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16 · Occupancy
total $403,396 · program services $95,712 · management and general $238,073 · fundraising $69,611
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17 · Travel
total $641,627 · program services $411,150 · management and general $114,212 · fundraising $116,265
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $122,876 · management and general $122,876
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23 · Insurance
total $105,889 · program services $59,566 · management and general $24,073 · fundraising $22,250
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $14,049,482 · end of year $15,041,356
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $200,248 · end of year $200,601
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $124,214,512 · end of year $180,492,044
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $56,602
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $209,784,632 · end of year $179,380,903
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $634,605 · end of year $476,073
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $687,423 · end of year $880,013
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $183,203,797 · end of year $226,109,670
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $57,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $13,674,986 · end of year $701,378
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $151,317,273 · end of year $147,899,518
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH BUILDS UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT BOLD SCIENCE ADDRESSING TODAY'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CHALLENGES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PIONEERING THE NEXT FRONTIER OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH
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THE FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH (FFAR) BUILDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT AUDACIOUS SCIENCE. FFAR-FUNDED GRANTS, CO-CREATED WITH THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY, FILL CRITICAL RESEARCH GAPS, INCREASE PUBLIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND COMPLEMENT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S RESEARCH AGENDA. FFAR FUNDS RESEARCH TARGETING URGENT FOOD AND AGRICULTURE TOPICS THAT HAVE BROAD IMPACTS. FFAR FOCUSES ON CORE CHALLENGE AREAS INCLUDING SOIL HEALTH, SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT, NEXT GENERATION CROPS, ADVANCED ANIMAL SYSTEMS, HEALTH-AGRICULTURE NEXUS AND URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS. FFAR ADDRESSES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH AGMISSION, A PARTNERSHIP TO REDUCE AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
Expenses $148,638,234 · Grants $143,215,706
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IN ADDITION TO RESEARCH, THE FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH (FFAR) SUPPORTS A DIVERSE, CREATIVE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE. FFAR'S SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS RECOGNIZE SCIENTIFIC LEADERS, PROVIDE UNIQUE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORT YOUNG FACULTY AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS.
Expenses $7,348,546 · Grants $7,348,546
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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SAHARAH MOON CHAPOTIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $453,034
- From this org
- $414,456
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,578
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $414,456
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $20,089
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,489
- Filer's total
- $453,034
-
SEGIO FURMAN
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $404,981
- From this org
- $350,901
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $54,080
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $350,901
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $21,420
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,660
- Filer's total
- $404,981
-
JULIA REYNES
COO
- Total calculated
- $353,417
- From this org
- $317,966
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $35,451
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $317,966
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,339
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,112
- Filer's total
- $353,417
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SARAH GOLDBERG
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
- Total calculated
- $228,115
- From this org
- $216,092
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,023
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $203,592
- Bonus
- $12,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,269
- Nontaxable benefits
- $754
- Filer's total
- $228,115
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JOHN REICH
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $201,242
- From this org
- $199,123
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,119
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $199,123
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,119
- Filer's total
- $201,242
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MR KYLE BRIDGEFORTH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR DOUG BUHLER
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR DOUG CAMERON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR NANCY CREAMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MR JOE DEL BOSQUE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MR DAVID DONNAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HON DAN GLICKMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MS KRYSTA HARDEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR DENISE HEARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR CHAVONDA JACOBS-YOUNG
DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR MARK KEENUM
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR VENKATA KISHORE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR MICHAEL LADISCH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR CAROLYN LAWRENCE-DILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR SIMON LIU
DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR SIMON MALCOMBER
FORMER DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR CHRIS MALLETT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR SUSAN MARQUSEE
DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR PAM MARRONE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR MANJIT MISRA
DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR DONALD NKRUMAH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MR BEN NOBLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR STANLEY PRUISNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MS DANITA RODIBAUGH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MS POLLY RUHLAND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR ALTON THOMPSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR DIONNE TOOMBS
FORMER DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HON THOMAS VILSACK
DIRECTOR (EXOFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- SARAH GOLDBERG RECEIVED A NONFIXED BONUS PAYMENT IN 2023. THE BONUS AMOUNT WAS DETERMINED BASED ON HER ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW RATING AND WAS AWARDED WITHIN THE FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH'S SALARY REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES A REVIEW AGAINST THIRD PARTY SURVERY DATA.
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
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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$19,455,267
RESEARCH
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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MARKET CONSORTIUM
$10,300,000
RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE (USDA)
$6,000,000
RESEARCH
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$3,592,806
RESEARCH
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
$3,563,699
RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
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$2,886,584
RESEARCH
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$2,400,000
RESEARCH
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202443199349314319
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