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← SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,924,373
Total expenses
$6,462,557
Contributions and grants received
$2,760,918
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,641,472
Investment income
$213,786
Other revenue
$1,308,197
Total assets, end of year
$10,300,263
Total liabilities, end of year
$793,346
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,506,917
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,462,464
Management and general expenses
$1,690,209
Fundraising expenses
$309,884
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,462,464

Program services were 69.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $18,061

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,742,857

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $478,108

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RARE SEED SALES

    total $2,336,249 · related or exempt $2,336,249

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $291,848 · related or exempt $291,848

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONFERENCE

    total $13,375 · related or exempt $13,375

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $194,976 · related or exempt $194,976

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $12,728

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,728

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,728 · related or exempt $12,728

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $24,799

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

    other assets $5,989

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $18,810

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $18,810 · related or exempt $18,810

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $106,475

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $106,475

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,230,818

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $86,068

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,144,750 · unrelated business $1,144,750

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $44,244 · related or exempt $44,244

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $44,244

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $278,299 · management and general $278,299

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,133,950 · program services $1,851,900 · management and general $122,578 · fundraising $159,472

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $41,991 · program services $25,767 · management and general $12,512 · fundraising $3,712

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $174,480 · program services $120,837 · management and general $49,943 · fundraising $3,700

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $187,646 · program services $136,060 · management and general $35,450 · fundraising $16,136

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,787 · management and general $25,787

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,600 · management and general $25,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $529,897 · program services $525,059 · management and general $2,132 · fundraising $2,706

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $528,652 · program services $503,539 · management and general $1,410 · fundraising $23,703

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $84,750 · management and general $84,750

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,567 · program services $20,989 · management and general $472 · fundraising $19,106

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $40,519 · program services $6,100 · management and general $33,869 · fundraising $550

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $263,213 · management and general $263,213

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $104,578 · management and general $104,174 · fundraising $404

  • 24a · Other expenses: COGS

    total $387,861 · program services $387,861

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $369,414 · program services $85,173 · management and general $284,241

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $310,206 · program services $114,214 · management and general $195,992

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $170,438 · program services $48,176 · management and general $122,262

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $764,709 · program services $636,789 · management and general $47,525 · fundraising $80,395

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $78,109 · end of year $79,382

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,339,948 · end of year $3,429,257

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $57,002 · end of year $80,647

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,756,473 · end of year $1,879,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $263,776 · end of year $128,884

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

    $8,429,960

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

    $5,645,114

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,004,866 · end of year $2,784,846

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,284,569 · end of year $1,917,403

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,911

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $591,017 · end of year $501,107

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $264,542 · end of year $246,019

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $32,819 · end of year $46,220

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,087,086 · end of year $8,138,080

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $830,190 · end of year $1,368,837

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEDICATED TO SAVING SEEDS OF ENDANGERED GARDEN & FOOD CROPS, BY DEVELOPING A GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF GARDENERS & ORCHARDISTS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN, & DISTRIBUTE TRADITIONAL VARIETIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE SEEDS.

  • SALES OF SEEDS AND PLANTS TO THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO EFFECT AND DEMONSTRATE "LOST TO THE ECOSYSTEM" NON-HYBRID SEED VARIETIES CAN BE REINTRODUCED THROUGH GROWERS' ACCEPTANCE. CULTIVATION OF SUCH OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE SEEDS HAVE BEEN PREPSERVED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S SEEDBANK, AND THEIR ENSUING DISTRIBUTION AND SALE IS A "SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED" DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITY.

    Expenses $3,252,918 · Revenue $2,336,249

  • PUBLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS 7,708 MEMBERS WHO GROW AND EXCHANGE SEED OF ENDANGERED FOOD CROPS.

    Expenses $175,135 · Revenue $291,848

  • OPERATE HERITAGE FARM AS A VISITOR CENTER AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF ISOLATION GARDENS TO PREVENT CROSS-POLLINATION AND CONTAIMATION FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS. GROWING GARDENS AND GENETIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS NECESSARY FOR MAINTAINING SEED COLLECTION OF 20,000 RARE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT VARIETIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE LIKELY BECOME EXTINCT.

    Expenses $964,070

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE MAINTAINING A BREEDING HERD OF THREATENED WHITE PARK CATTLE AND HOLD THE ANNUAL CONVENTION.

    Expenses $70,341 · Revenue $13,375

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Bollinger

    EX. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,356
    From this org
    $118,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,457
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lynne Rilling

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $99,889
    From this org
    $89,147
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,742
    Hours/week
    40

  • Peggy Miller

    TREASURER/SE

    Total calculated
    $83,376
    From this org
    $70,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,123
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carina Cavagnaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Denise Costich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Devin Foote

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Neil Hamilton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Schnieders

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Sherman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diane Ott Whealy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teresa Wiemerslage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621149349301722

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