Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$509,079

Total expenses

$438,413

Contributions and grants received

$387,616

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$118,341

Investment income

-$2,060

Other revenue

$5,182

Total assets, end of year

$162,130

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,455

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$156,675

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$339,965

Management and general expenses

$69,790

Fundraising expenses

$28,658

Program service expenses (Part III)

$339,965

Program services were 77.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• OUR SMALL GROUP PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO GROW IN 2025. ELIGIBLE YOUTH AGES 13-18 PARTICIPATE IN WORK ON A FARM OR AT A STABLE, NURSERY OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL FACILITY, TYPICALLY FOR THREE HOURS PER WEEK OR SIX WEEKS. OUR CONTENT INCLUDES A BROAD RANGE OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIENCES. THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND EMPLOYABILITY CONCEPTS AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF SOFT SKILLS ARE INTEGRATED INTO EACH SESSION. PARTICIPATING YOUTH LEARN TO WORK WITH NEW ADULTS AND THEIR PEERS, SOLVE PROBLEMS, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND GAIN SKILLS WHICH RAISE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND STIMULATE CURIOSITY. IN 2025 THE PROGRAM SERVED 38 NEW YOUTH IN THE 6-WEEK PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, DURING 2025 THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED A PILOT PROGRAM WITH A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN WHICH A GROUP OF STUDENTS FITTING OUR REQUIREMENTS WERE SELECTED BY THE SCHOOL AND WERE TRANSPORTED ONCE PER WEEK TO ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS TO PERFORM WORK PROJECTS, LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS AND LOCAL AGRIBUSINESSES AND ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURAL, OUTDOOR AND NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRIES.PARTICIPANTS PAY $300 TO PARTICIPATE IN A SMALL GROUP PROGRAM. AND, WHEN NEEDED, THE FOUNDATION DISCOUNTS OR WAIVES THIS FEE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, BASED ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

  Expenses $326,349 · Revenue $110,791

• ANOTHER SMALL GROUP PROGRAM IS THE "BOOTCAMP" WHICH GIVES YOUTH AND THEIR CAREGIVERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A FARM FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON ONE DATE. DURING THE BOOTCAMP, YOUTH TYPICALLY COMPLETE ONE OR MORE PROJECTS WHICH CAN RANGE FROM CARPENTRY TO GARDENING, TO PAINTING AND HANDLING LIVESTOCK. THE EXPERIENCE PROVIDES OUR FOUNDATION AND PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS INSIGHT INTO HOW EACH YOUNG PERSON WOULD RESPOND TO OUR 6-WEEK PROGRAM OR A PAID INTERNSHIP. IN 2025 OUR BOOTCAMPS ATTRACTED 45 NEW PARTICIPANTS, MANY OF WHOM PARTICIPATED IN OUR SMALL 6-WEEK PROGRAM AFTER A BOOTCAMP.IN A POST-PROGRAM SURVEY, 100 PERCENT OF CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS REPORTED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE PROGRAMS TO OTHER PARENTS AND 87 PERCENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THEIR TEENS.THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN A BOOTCAMP.

• OUR PAID INTERNSHIPS CONTINUE TO BE A KEY PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE YOUTH AGES 14-18 ARE PLACED INTO A PART-TIME PAID JOB AT A FARM, STABLE OR RANCH ENGAGED AND SCREENED BY THE FOUNDATION, WHERE THEY EARN WAGES AND JOB EXPERIENCE AND DO CHORES AND PROJECTS AS EMPLOYEES OF THE HOST FARM. THE FOUNDATION OFFERS TO REIMBURSE HOST EMPLOYERS FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS, AND NO LESS THAN THREE, PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE FOR THOSE HOSTS TO EMPLOY ONE OF OUR TEENS. MANY OF OUR INTERNS CONTINUE THEIR JOBS AFTER THEIR GRADUATION, OR SIX MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT. IN 2025 WE PLACED SEVEN NEW INTERNS INTO SUCH JOBS AT ONE OF THE 13 HOST SITES WE HAVE ARRANGED.TYPICALLY, MOST INTERNS HAVE COMPLETED OUR SMALL GROUP PROGRAM PRIOR TO TAKING AN INTERNSHIP JOB, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAINING AND EVALUATION OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND READINESS TO MOVE INTO A PAID JOB, OFTEN THEIR FIRST.THERE IS NO COST FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PAID INTERNSHIP ARRANGED BY THE FOUNDATION, SO THERE IS NO REVENUE. THE DIRECT COSTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF WAGES TO HOST EMPLOYERS TOTALED $9990.00 IN 2025.

  Expenses $9,990

• THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAMILTON COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE ALSO PROVIDED FIRST-TIME-HORSE EXPERIENCES TO 179 HAMILTON COUNTY YOUTH DURING THE SUMMER. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE AREA YOUTH ASSISTANT PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE A SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM DESIGNED TO GIVE AT-RISK YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR FIRST PREVENTATIVE WELLNESS CAMP FOR YOUTH 11-13. THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WE WILL EXPAND TO TWO IN THE SUMMER OF 2026. IN ADDITION, WE GREW RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL AGRIBUSINESSES, WHICH GIVES OUR TEENS VALUABLE EXPOSURE TO LOCAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND INSIGHT INTO VARIOUS FIELDS OF AGRICULTURE.IN TOTAL, WE SERVED YOUTH FROM SEVEN AREA COUNTIES REPRESENTING 23 SCHOOLS. OUR YOUTH COME FROM DIVERSE RACIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. USING PRE- AND POST-EXPERIENCE SURVEYS DEVELOPED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WE GATHERED IMPORTANT OUTCOMES DATA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS DATA, TOGETHER WITH DATA COLLECTED OVER MANY YEARS, WILL BE REVIEWED IN 2026 BY PURDUE RESEARCHERS TOWARD THE GOAL OF A PEER-REVIEWED REVIEW ON THE IMPACT OUR PROGRAMS HAVE ON THE YOUTH WE SERVE.APART FROM PARTICIPATION FEE INCOME, THE FOUNDATION WAS COMPENSATED FOR ITS SERVICES BY SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS.

  Expenses $3,626 · Revenue $7,550

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

11 May 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

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