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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TENNESSEE FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,028,748
Total expenses
$381,109
Contributions and grants received
$323,222
Grants paid
$100,900
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$703,835
Other revenue
$1,691
Total assets, end of year
$11,589,106
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,730
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,560,376
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$319,977
Management and general expenses
$41,194
Fundraising expenses
$19,938
Program service expenses (Part III)
$319,977

Program services were 84.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $26,807

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $114,749

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $181,666

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,771

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $229,629 · excluded $229,629

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,204,430

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $730,224

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $474,206

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $474,206 · excluded $474,206

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $7,771

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,771

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,691

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,691 · related or exempt $1,691

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $83,900 · program services $83,900

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $17,000 · program services $17,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $48,000 · program services $24,000 · management and general $12,000 · fundraising $12,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,297 · management and general $17,297

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,959 · management and general $3,959

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,834 · program services $29,834

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,328 · program services $2,164 · management and general $1,082 · fundraising $1,082

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,537 · program services $5,769 · management and general $2,884 · fundraising $2,884

  • 17 · Travel

    total $420 · program services $420

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,752 · program services $35,752

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,812 · program services $7,906 · management and general $3,953 · fundraising $3,953

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $82,532 · program services $82,532

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $30,662 · program services $30,662

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $76 · program services $38 · management and general $19 · fundraising $19

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $56,983 · end of year $34,409

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,156,969 · end of year $1,182,288

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,583 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,751 · end of year $3,370

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $60,406 · end of year $117,446

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

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

    $197,735

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

    $59,119

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $107,014 · end of year $138,616

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,742,419 · end of year $9,701,019

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $398,516 · end of year $411,958

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,607 · end of year $28,730

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,454,197 · end of year $11,499,917

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $65,837 · end of year $60,459

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES AGRICULTURAL LEARNING IN THE STATE INCLUDING PROVIDING TEACHING MATERIALS, TEACHER TRAINING, FARM TOURS, SCHOLARSHIPS, FUNDS FOR OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES AGRICULTURAL LEARNING IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

  • WORKSHOPS:IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE LITERACY ACROSS THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, TWENTY-FIVE WORKSHOPS ARE PROVIDED FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY PROVIDING TEACHER WORKSHOPS AT ELEVEN STATE-WIDE WORKSHOPS, SIX COUNTY WORKSHOPS, AND FOUR PRE-SERVICE WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENT TEACHERS. TWELVE AMBASSADORS CONDUCT LOCAL WORKSHOPS FOR THEIR PEERS. TEACHING MATERIALS WITH LESSON ACTIVITIES ARE PROVIDED FREE TO WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS. THE WORKSHOPS ARE PRESENTED BY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE A FARM AND EDUCATION BACKGROUND.

    Expenses $224,077 · Grants $5,000

  • FARM TOURS:44 FARM TOUR GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $43,500 WERE GIVEN TO COUNTY FARM BUREAUS TO HOST A FARM DAY TOUR FOR THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR COUNTY ON A GRADE LEVEL BASIS WHICH VARIES WITH THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM REACHING OVER 9,500 STUDENTS. THE FARM TOURS HELP THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHERE THEIR FOOD AND FIBER COME FROM AND THE REQUIREMENTS TO PRODUCE THE VARIOUS FOOD CROPS. THE COUNTY FARM BUREAU USES THE GRANT MONEY TO RENT REPORTABLE RESTROOMS, PAY FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION AND TO PROVIDE COLORING BOOKS, COMIC BOOKS, AND OTHER AGRICULTURE LITERACY MATERIALS.

    Expenses $43,500 · Grants $43,500

  • GRANTMAKING:THE FOUNDATION SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOSTER AGRICULTURAL AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. THIS YEAR, THE FOUNDATION WAS PLEASED TO DONATE TO THE TN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF THE FARM AND FOREST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE.

    Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

  • OUTDOOR CLASSROOM GRANTS:54 CLASSROOM GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,400 WERE GIVEN TO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TEACHERS AND WHO ATTEND STATE AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOPS. THESE GRANTS PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH MANY HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES THAT ARE RELATED TO MATCH, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, SOCIAL STUDIES, NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURE. WITH ALL THIS TIED TOGETHER, THE CLASSROOM GRANTS REACH MANY DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS AND ALL GRADE LEVELS WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMMEMORIAL GRANTS:EIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PRESENTED TO DESERVING AGRICULTURE STUDENTS WHO ARE A COLLEGE SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, OR SENIOR. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PRESENTED AT THE TENNESSEE YOUNG FARMERS AND RANCHERS SUMMER CONFERENCE EACH YEAR.THE FOUNDATION ALSO SELLS COOKBOOKS HONORING REGIONAL RECIPES.

    Expenses $27,400 · Grants $27,400 · Revenue $1,691

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bryan Wright

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $363,382
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,978
    Other
    $178,404
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $154,456 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $17,574 related
    Other
    $0 + $12,948 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $164,328 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,076 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $363,382 related

  • Eric Mayberry

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $245,176
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $207,347
    Other
    $37,829
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 59.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $164,614 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,080 related
    Other
    $0 + $39,653 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,753 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,076 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $245,176 related

  • Daniel Strasser

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $158,943
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,313
    Other
    $36,630
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $108,759 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,560 related
    Other
    $0 + $10,994 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,554 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,076 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $158,943 related

  • John Chester

    DIST I DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,624
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $32,624
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Josh Ogle

    DIST II DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,853
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $30,853
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Charles Hancock

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $28,073
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,073
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • James Haskew

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $27,808
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $27,808
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Travis Tilley

    DIST III DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $27,208
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $27,208
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • David Richesin

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $26,923
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $26,923
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Todd Littleton

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $26,353
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $26,353
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Mike Scudder

    DIST IV DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,722
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $20,722
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Terry Snyder

    DIST V DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,815
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $17,815
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

  • Brenda Baker

    FB WOMEN STATE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $16,915
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $16,915
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related

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

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
MR. ERIC MAYBERRY PARTICIPATES IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN WITH TENNESSEE FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE, A RELATED ORGANIZATION. $0 WAS REPORTED AS TAXABLE NON-CASH INCOME FOR THE YEAR PERTAINING TO HIS PARTICIPATION WITH THE PLAN. NONE OF MR. MAYBERRY'S COMPENSATION IS PAID BY THE FOUNDATION.

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • TENNESSEE FARM BUREAU FEDERATION INC (TFBF CORPORATION)

    C · HOLDING COMPANY · TN

  • TENNESSEE LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS INC

    C · HANDLING AND MARKETING OF LIVESTOCK · TN

  • FARMERS SERVICES INC

    C · TAX AND BUSINESS SERVICES · TN

  • TENNESSEE FARMERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

    C · LIFE INSURANCE · TN

  • TENNESSEE FARMERS ASSURANCE COMPANY

    C · PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE · TN

  • TENNESSEE FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE

    C · PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE · TN

  • TENNESSEE RURAL HEALTH

    C · HEALTH INSURANCE · TN

  • A TOTAL TRAVEL INC

    C · TRAVEL ACTIVITIES · TN

  • MEMBERS HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY

    C · HEALTH INSURANCE · TN

  • TF SUPPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED

    C · INSURANCE BROKER · TN

  • TF PROPERTIES INC

    C · REAL ESTATE HELD FOR SALE · TN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621539349300007

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