Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$6,019,567

Total expenses

$5,882,244

Contributions and grants received

$2,555,868

Grants paid

$876,168

Program service revenue

$3,436,699

Investment income

$11,736

Other revenue

$15,264

Total assets, end of year

$583,818

Total liabilities, end of year

$271,634

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$312,184

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,488,774

Management and general expenses

$321,032

Fundraising expenses

$72,438

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,488,774

Program services were 93.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES (QCS) OFFERS USDA ISO GUIDE 17065 AND USDA NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION OPTIONS FOR FARMING, WILDCRAFTING, LIVESTOCK, PROCESSING, PACKING AND HANDLING OPERATIONS. QCS CERTIFIES OVER 850 FARMS AND PROCESSORS IN 39 US STATES AND 14 COUNTRIES, MEETING THE NEEDS OF OPERATIONS REGARDLESS OF TYPE, LOCATION OR SIZE. QCS OFFERS THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION OPTIONS: CERTIFIED ORGANIC, CERTIFIED TRANSITIONAL, CERTIFIED HORMONE, ANTIBIOTIC FREE, ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, GLOBAL G.A.P, PRODUCE HARMONIZED GAP, QCS AQUAPONICS GAP, REGENERATIVE ORGANIC CERTIFIED (TRADEMARKED), GAP CONNECTIONS, AND SPECIFIC TRADE PRACTICES.

  Expenses $3,775,363

• THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM PROMOTES ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE CERTIFIED ORGANIC, CERTIFIED TRANSITIONAL, CERTIFIED HORMONE, ANTIBIOTIC FREE, ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, GLOBAL G.A.P, PRODUCE HARMONIZED GAP, QCS AQUAPONICS GAP, REGENERATIVE ORGANIC CERTIFIED (TRADEMARKED), GAP CONNECTIONS, AND SPECIFIC TRADE PRACTICES. AGRICULTURE AND HEALTHY AND JUST FOOD SYSTEMS, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO EDUCATE PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, MEDIA, INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE VIA IN PERSON AND ONLINE TRAINING AND OUTREACH VIA PODCASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, ETC. STAFF FACILITATE TOURS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO A WIDE AUDIENCE RANGING FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN TO FARMERS AND AGRONOMISTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES MARKETING, FARM BILL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES, CERTIFICATION OPTIONS, FOOD SYSTEMS, ISSUES RELATED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF THE ORGANIC MARKET PLACE. OTHER PROJECTS HELP PRODUCERS INCREASE FARM REVENUE BY PROVIDING DIVERSIFIED AND INCREASED MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES TO FARMERS. IT ALSO OPERATES DIRECT PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE FOOD ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE MOST IN NEED WHILE SERVING AS A MODEL FOR OTHERS.

  Expenses $536,839 · Grants $171,916

• THE SOUTHEAST TRANSITION TO ORGANIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS FARMERS IN TRANSITIONING TO ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND PROVIDES ONGOING ASSISTANCE TO EXISTING ORGANIC PRODUCERS. BY OFFERING MENTORSHIP, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT, THIS PROGRAM PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN PROMOTING ORGANIC FARMING IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION.

  Expenses $1,176,572 · Grants $704,253

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

• CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOC

  $218,750

  RESEARCH

• GEORGIA ORGANICS

  $107,009

  RESEARCH

• ALABAMA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NETWORK

  $58,023

  RESEARCH

• INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC

  $50,467

  RESEARCH

• ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL INC

  $30,388

  RESEARCH

• GEORGIA ORGANIC PEANUT ASSOCIATION

  $27,895

  RESEARCH

• BLACK FARMERS INDEX

  $24,400

  RESEARCH

• RONDALE INSTITUTE

  $23,672

  RESEARCH

• CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

  $23,261

  RESEARCH

• MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

  $21,285

  RESEARCH

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202423209349304202

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