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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,184,284
Total expenses
$5,128,088
Contributions and grants received
$10,990,949
Grants paid
$3,676,068
Program service revenue
$141,835
Investment income
$51,500
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,428,453
Total liabilities, end of year
$338,138
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,090,315
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,483,236
Management and general expenses
$622,359
Fundraising expenses
$22,493
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,483,236

Program services were 87.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,990,949

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $141,835 · related or exempt $141,835

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,500 · excluded $51,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,676,068 · program services $3,676,068

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $632,617 · program services $290,664 · management and general $341,953

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,220 · program services $44,319 · management and general $23,901

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $111,542 · program services $38,089 · management and general $73,453

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,154 · program services $24,608 · management and general $28,546

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $423,367 · program services $284,116 · management and general $116,788 · fundraising $22,463

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,514 · program services $5,092 · management and general $21,422

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,384 · program services $8,892 · management and general $12,492

  • 17 · Travel

    total $78,284 · program services $78,254 · fundraising $30

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,451 · program services $32,884 · management and general $2,567

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,237 · management and general $1,237

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $250 · program services $250

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $987,837 · end of year $2,917,825

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10 · end of year $10

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $291,682 · end of year $3,509,763

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $218 · end of year $460

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $848,897 · end of year $2,000,395

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,525 · end of year $253,138

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $85,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $728,744 · end of year $1,522,448

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,305,375 · end of year $6,567,867

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION IS TO FOSTER THE ECONOMIC, POLICY, AND KNOWLEDGE CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT LAND STEWARDSHIP, PROVIDE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, PROTECT FRESHWATER AND OCEANS, ADVANCE A JUST ECONOMY, SUPPORT THRIVING RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND SUSTAIN DIVERSE HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL LIFE.

  • RAF CREATED THE RESTORING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO BRING AN EXPANSIVE LENS TO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FUNDING BY CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT FOOD AND FARMING ORGANIZATIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING TOWARD TRULY REGENERATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS. THE PROGRAM HAS HAD 3 ROUNDS OF AWARDS TO 46 ORGANIZATIONS TO DATE, WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OFFERED TO ORGANIZATIONS FOR OPTIONAL ONGOING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS. AWARDED PROJECTS INCLUDE BUFFALO REINTRODUCTION ON TRIBAL LANDS, SEED AND LAND REMATRIATION, AND TRADITIONAL FARMING THROUGH COLLECTIVE GOVERNANCE.

    Expenses $4,483,236 · Revenue $106,217

  • THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES OUR FARM BILL GRASSROOTS CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN RAF, NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, AND RAFI-USA, INITIALLY LAUNCHED WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION. WHILE HAVING A FOCUS ON ADVANCING AGRICULTURAL POLICIES THAT ADDRESS CONSERVATION AND SOCIAL DISPARITIES, THIS EFFORT TAKES A BROAD PERSPECTIVE IN SUPPORTING POLICY ORGANIZING, AND INCLUDES SEVERAL FUNDS GOVERNED BY PEER AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES. TO DATE, 86 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RECEIVED RAPID RESPONSE POLICY ENGAGEMENT GRANTS. AN ADDITIONAL 41 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RECEIVED CLIMATE AND EQUITY POLICY PROJECT GRANTS. BOTH PROCESSES ARE PEER-LED AND PARTICIPATORY, WITH FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY RAF AND RAFI RESPECTIVELY.

  • THIS FUNDING FOCUS AREA INCLUDES OUR WORK VIA THE SHOT FUND, AS WELL AS OTHER GRANTS RELATING TO ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING. A PARTNERSHIP WITH RURAL CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP, THE SHOT FUND SUPPORTS DURABLE, TRANSFORMATIVE, AND CLIMATE-SMART FARMING PRACTICES, EMPHASIZING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MIDWEST, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. THE PRIORITY OF THE SHOT FUND HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE ON-THE-GROUND ORGANIZATIONS WITH GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SUBMIT AND ADMINISTER FEDERAL GRANTS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sallie Calhoun

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Boyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wendy Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Muller

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,785
    From this org
    $160,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,785
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,785

  • Jennifer O'Connor

    DIRECTOR, FUNDERS FOR REGE

    Total calculated
    $187,053
    From this org
    $187,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,053
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,053

  • Ahna Kruzic

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,200
    From this org
    $135,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kevin Irby

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, FUNDERS

    Total calculated
    $149,579
    From this org
    $149,579
    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
  • 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

  • FIBERSHED

    $200,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • NORTH AMERICAN TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS FOOD SYSTEMS

    $200,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ALLIANCE

    $200,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • NATIVE AMERICAN FIBER PROGRAM

    $175,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • MICHIGAN INTEGRATED FOOD AND FARMING SYSTEMS

    $50,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • MAKOCE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

    $36,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • TEWA WOMEN UNITED

    $36,000

    AGRICULTURE

  • KANSAS BLACK FARMERS ASSOCIATION INC

    $9,500

    AGRICULTURE

  • INDIAN COUNTRY AGRICULTURE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT INC

    $7,500

    AGRICULTURE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512939349301001

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