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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,597,722
Total expenses
$2,644,065
Contributions and grants received
$2,056,039
Grants paid
$40,000
Program service revenue
$366,117
Investment income
$30,753
Other revenue
$144,813
Total assets, end of year
$1,364,985
Total liabilities, end of year
$198,153
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,166,832
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,219,150
Management and general expenses
$383,346
Fundraising expenses
$41,569
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,219,150

Program services were 83.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $825,920

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,230,119

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE INCOME

    total $320,967 · excluded $320,967

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $42,900 · excluded $42,900

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $2,250 · excluded $2,250

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,753 · excluded $30,753

  • 11a · Other revenue: ERTC

    total $141,763 · excluded $141,763

  • 11b · Other revenue: REBATES

    total $3,050 · excluded $3,050

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $144,813

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $552,055 · program services $346,229 · management and general $178,423 · fundraising $27,403

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $589,926 · program services $572,552 · management and general $13,416 · fundraising $3,958

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $54,109 · program services $49,825 · management and general $3,404 · fundraising $880

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $189,908 · program services $159,389 · management and general $25,903 · fundraising $4,616

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $91,378 · program services $74,173 · management and general $14,747 · fundraising $2,458

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $500 · management and general $500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $33,582 · management and general $33,582

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $98,342 · management and general $98,342

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $327,459 · program services $326,920 · management and general $462 · fundraising $77

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,244 · program services $52,244

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,874 · program services $10,934 · management and general $1,878 · fundraising $62

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,144 · program services $34,911 · management and general $7,057 · fundraising $1,176

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,600 · program services $12,324 · management and general $2,808 · fundraising $468

  • 17 · Travel

    total $98,800 · program services $97,300 · management and general $1,285 · fundraising $215

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $414,411 · program services $414,411

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,466 · program services $1,158 · management and general $264 · fundraising $44

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,315 · program services $4,989 · management and general $1,137 · fundraising $189

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $21,139 · program services $21,139 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE AND LOCAL TAXES

    total $813 · program services $652 · management and general $138 · fundraising $23

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $287,428 · end of year $180,690

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $696,030 · end of year $673,852

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $217,500 · end of year $454,950

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $124,458 · end of year $3,414

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $32,714 · end of year $52,079

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,466

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $142,971 · end of year $146,503

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,450 · end of year $51,650

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $605,040 · end of year $680,456

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $608,135 · end of year $486,376

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS MOBILIZES DIVERSE CAPITAL PARTNERS IN SUPPORT OF JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AMPLIFY THE IMPACT OF FUNDER COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING JUST FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS.

  • ORGANIZING AND EDUCATING PHILANTHROPIC AND INVESTMENT FUNDERS IN SUPPORT OF JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD, FIBER, AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS.

    Expenses $1,979,578 · Grants $40,000 · Revenue $2,318,257

  • PROVIDING COORDINATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FUNDERS NETWORK PROGRAM TO BUILD AND MOBILIZE A NETWORK OF GRANT-MAKERS TO LISTEN, SHARE, AND DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES THAT SHIFT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS TOWARD A HEALTHY, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND JUST, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $239,572 · Revenue $279,465

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Esperanza Pallana

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • Richard Elm-Hill

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • Katherine Pease

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU SEP); SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • J Olu Baiyewu

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Haven Leeming

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ann Mills

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dave Nezzie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lolita Nunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Edna Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Amanda Zakharov

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Clare Fox Robbins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $239,703
    From this org
    $217,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,935
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,768
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,054
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,881
    Filer's total
    $239,703

  • Bridget Dobrowski

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $171,614
    From this org
    $152,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,772
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,842
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,135
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,637
    Filer's total
    $171,614

  • Megan McPherson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CBFN

    Total calculated
    $140,738
    From this org
    $122,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,004
    Hours/week
    40

  • Phoebe Gooding

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $136,041
    From this org
    $110,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,668
    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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION REIMBURSES HEALTH AND FITNESS MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR ITS OFFICERS AND HIGHEST-COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES.
PART I, LINE 4A
A SEVERANCE FEE OF $11,573 WAS PAID TO PHOEBE GOODING UPON HER DEPARTURE.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611969349301706

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