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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,073,410
Total expenses
$965,072
Contributions and grants received
$350,264
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$722,881
Investment income
$265
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$203,860
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,113
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$200,747
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$800,787
Management and general expenses
$163,073
Fundraising expenses
$1,212
Program service expenses (Part III)
$800,787

Program services were 83.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $338,264

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES

    total $414,786 · related or exempt $414,786

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $253,821 · related or exempt $253,821

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FFA WEEK

    total $54,274 · related or exempt $54,274

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $265 · excluded $265

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $121,185 · management and general $119,973 · fundraising $1,212

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,850 · management and general $7,850

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,350 · management and general $8,350

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,655 · management and general $9,655

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,887 · management and general $2,887

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $440,648 · program services $440,648

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $79,628 · program services $79,628

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,808 · management and general $3,808

  • 24a · Other expenses: STATE OFFICERS' EXPENSE

    total $116,928 · program services $116,928

  • 24b · Other expenses: FFA TRIP WINNERS

    total $50,282 · program services $50,282

  • 24c · Other expenses: AET

    total $43,670 · program services $43,670

  • 24d · Other expenses: FFA ACTIVITIES WEEK

    total $35,881 · program services $35,881

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,300 · program services $33,750 · management and general $5,550

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,416 · end of year $51,659

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $76,979 · end of year $152,201

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,986 · end of year $3,113

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,409 · end of year $200,747

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

  • ACES CONFERENCE (AGRICULTURE COOPERATION ESTABLISHES SUCCESS) - A CONFERENCE GEARED AROUND FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES. APPROXIMATELY 2000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE, WHICH IS HELD OVER THREE WEEKENDS. THE STATE STAFF AND STATE OFFICERS PROVIDE WORKSHOPS TO PROMOTE TEAM WORK & LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHILE SHOWING THE STUDENTS WHAT FFA AND AGRICULTURE HAS TO OFFER. THE TEACHERS ALSO ATTEND A TEACHER WORKSHOP WHICH EARNS THEM ACT 48 TEACHER CREDITS THROUGH PENN STATE.

    Expenses $252,074 · Revenue $275,675

  • STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE RUNS OVER A SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY NOON. APPROXIMATELY 600 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE. LEAD BY THE STATE OFFICERS, THE STUDENTS GO THROUGH WORKSHOPS ON PROFESSIONALISM, PROPER DRESS, ETIQUETTE, AND HOW TO READ A LEGISLATIVE BILL. THEY ARE THEN PUT THROUGH A COMPLETE MOCK VERSION OF OUR LEGISLATURE. THE HOUSE, SENATE, CAUCUSES, MINORITY AND MAJORITY, AND COMMITTEES. THEY DEBATE 6 BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DEBATED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA. THIS IS TO TEACH HOW OUR GOVERNMENT PROCESS ACTUALLY WORKS. MONDAY EVENING COMMUNITY SERVICE IS PERFORMED. THE CONFERENCE CONCLUDES TUESDAY MORNING WITH A LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST WHERE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 75 TO 80 LEGISLATORS ATTEND. LEGISLATORS ARE SEATED WITH STUDENTS FROM THEIR DISTRICTS SO THEY CAN DISCUSS THE BILLS JUST USED IN OUR CONFERENCE AND TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. THE STUDENTS WALK AWAY WITH A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR GOVERNMENT PROCESS. TEACHERS ALSO ATTEND WORKSHOPS FOR ACT 48 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS THROUGH PENN STATE.

    Expenses $140,527 · Revenue $117,691

  • STATE OFFICER EXPENSE: 7 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE ELECTED BY THEIR PEERS TO SERVE A TERM OF ONE YEAR AS A STATE OFFICER. THEY DEFER COLLEGE FOR THAT YEAR AND DEVOTE 100% OF THEIR TIME TO PROMOTING THE FFA, AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURE AS AN INDUSTRY IN PA. THEY SERVE AS PENNSYLVANIA'S FFA DELEGATES ON THE NATIONAL FFA LEVEL AS WELL. THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT PAID. THEY DONATE THEIR TIME FOR THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND TO GIVE BACK WHAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PROGRAM. THEY ARE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE YEAR: MILEAGE (REIMBURSED AT THE STANDARD IRS MILEAGE RATE), MEALS (WHILE TRAVELING FOR FFA), LODGING WHEN NECESSARY, SUPPLIES TO PERFORM DUTIES, ETC. THEY FACILITATE CONFERENCES, COMPLETE LOCAL CHAPTER VISITS (100 OR MORE A YEAR) AND ATTEND ANY AGRICULTURAL EVENT THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO PROMOTE THE INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $116,928

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $291,258 · Revenue $329,515

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • JODIE HOOVER

    WESTERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEE CAMBRUZZI

    WESTERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATIE RANCK

    EASTERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG MASSER

    EASTERN REGION & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEX BARZYDLO

    SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE CLARK

    SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELANIE BERNDTSON

    NORTHERN REGION - VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATHAN SCHANBACHER

    NORTHERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTA PONTIUS

    PAAE REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR KEVIN CURRY

    PENN STATE REPRESENTAIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH SPARKS

    PA FFA FOUNDATION REPRESEN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERISA NAILOR

    PA FFA ALUMNI REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHLOE BOMGARDNER

    STATE FFA PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • NATHAN LESH

    STATE FFA VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • CRYSTAL BOMGARDNER

    PAST STATE FFA PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL BRAMMER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,158
    From this org
    $93,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,106
    Hours/week
    40

  • SYDNEY ALBRIGHT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • EMILY KERSTETTER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • EVAN ESPENSHADE

    REPORTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • KENNADY LAIRD

    SENTINEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JACLYN MARTIN

    CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
10 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512889349301626

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