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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,685,883
Total expenses
$5,878,686
Contributions and grants received
$6,075,763
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$573,123
Investment income
$5,018
Other revenue
$31,979
Total assets, end of year
$2,689,579
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,045,426
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,644,153
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,074,587
Management and general expenses
$460,750
Fundraising expenses
$343,349
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,074,587

Program services were 86.3% 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

    $2,766,934

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,612,820

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $696,009

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $333,410 · related or exempt $333,410

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICES

    total $231,263 · related or exempt $231,263

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PRORGAM SERVICES

    total $8,450 · related or exempt $8,450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,018 · excluded $5,018

  • 11a · Other revenue: PUBLICATIONS & ADVERTI

    total $31,979 · unrelated business $31,979

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $31,979

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $429,573 · program services $326,127 · management and general $45,264 · fundraising $58,182

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,619,800 · program services $1,229,732 · management and general $170,679 · fundraising $219,389

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,566 · program services $40,667 · management and general $5,644 · fundraising $7,255

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $254,175 · program services $192,967 · management and general $26,782 · fundraising $34,426

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $150 · management and general $150

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $129,465 · program services $107,955 · management and general $21,510

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $96,403 · program services $80,511 · management and general $15,892

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $267,867 · program services $194,043 · management and general $66,323 · fundraising $7,501

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $155,985 · program services $99,276 · management and general $56,709

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $500,742 · program services $487,618 · management and general $13,124

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT RELATED EXPENSES

    total $2,207,992 · program services $2,203,123 · management and general $4,451 · fundraising $418

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $86,117 · program services $68,761 · management and general $2,478 · fundraising $14,878

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $72,811 · program services $39,767 · management and general $31,744 · fundraising $1,300

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT SERV

    total $4,040 · program services $4,040

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,399,398 · end of year $1,681,596

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $133,764 · end of year $160,201

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $107,898 · end of year $476,876

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $103,581 · end of year $109,849

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

    $277,517

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

    $272,354

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,621 · end of year $5,163

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $379,430 · end of year $255,894

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $601,222 · end of year $481,706

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $331,705 · end of year $308,304

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $368,809 · end of year $255,416

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $823,712 · end of year $1,630,253

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,244 · end of year $13,900

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OTA'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT ORGANIC WITH A UNIFYING VOICE THAT SERVES AND ENGAGES ITS DIVERSE MEMBERS FROM FARM TO MARKETPLACE. OTA'S VISION IS TO GROW ORGANIC TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT & ENHANCE COMMUNITY WELL-BEING.

  • MEMBERSHIP

    Expenses $5,074,587

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • TRACY FAVRE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ADAM WARTHESEN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DANIELLA VELAZQUEZ DE LEON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KELLEE JAMES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PAUL SCHIEFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANN MARIE HOURIGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HEIDI DEISTEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • EDWARD FISH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL E MENES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SUZANNE SENGELMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LEONARD FREEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRITT LUNDGREN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN MCKEON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNA LARAWAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOSEPHN BRINKLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TOM CHAPMAN

    CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $247,854
    From this org
    $247,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,854
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $247,854

  • MATTHEW DILLON

    CO - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $181,720
    From this org
    $181,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,720
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $181,720

  • STEPHANIE JERGER

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $131,644
    From this org
    $131,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • VIOLET BATCHA

    SR. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $116,162
    From this org
    $116,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CASSANDRA CHRISTINE

    DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $103,175
    From this org
    $103,175
    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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349306638

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