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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LAND FOR GOOD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$657,923
Total expenses
$634,179
Contributions and grants received
$528,147
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$127,599
Investment income
$727
Other revenue
$1,450
Total assets, end of year
$239,815
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,768
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$215,047
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$574,350
Management and general expenses
$19,985
Fundraising expenses
$39,844
Program service expenses (Part III)
$574,350

Program services were 90.6% 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)

    $376,087

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $152,060

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ORG CONTRACTS

    total $114,923 · related or exempt $114,923

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE INCOME

    total $15,448 · related or exempt $15,448

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TRAVEL EXP REIMBURSMENT

    total $9,710 · related or exempt $9,710

  • 2d · Program service revenue: DISCOUNTS

    total -$12,482 · related or exempt -$12,482

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $727 · excluded $727

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC

    total $1,450 · related or exempt $1,450

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $337,657 · program services $296,634 · management and general $13,715 · fundraising $27,308

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,584 · program services $6,674 · management and general $303 · fundraising $607

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,697 · program services $24,349 · management and general $1,118 · fundraising $2,230

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,604 · program services $61,252 · management and general $2,784 · fundraising $5,568

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,026 · program services $12,343 · management and general $561 · fundraising $1,122

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,205 · program services $16,421 · management and general $594 · fundraising $1,190

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,460 · program services $3,460

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,749 · program services $20,714 · management and general $678 · fundraising $1,357

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,270 · program services $5,270

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,621 · program services $2,306 · management and general $105 · fundraising $210

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJ DIR EXP:7610 CONTR S

    total $41,129 · program services $41,129

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJ EXP CONT SERV SENPRO

    total $34,784 · program services $34,784

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJ DIRECT EXP:7620 STIP

    total $20,618 · program services $20,618

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROJ DIR EXP:7619 OUTSIDE

    total $13,495 · program services $13,495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,280 · program services $14,901 · management and general $127 · fundraising $252

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $148,390 · end of year $163,053

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,499 · end of year $25,980

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $50,054 · end of year $50,735

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16 · end of year $7

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

    $380

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

    $380

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $40 · end of year $40

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,422 · end of year $9,872

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,274 · end of year $14,896

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $160,922 · end of year $203,974

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,381 · end of year $11,073

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ENSURE THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN BY PUTTING MORE FARMERS MORE SECURELY ON MORE LAND IN NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND. EACH YEAR WE HELP THOUSANDS OF FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITIES NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF FARMLAND ACCESS, FARM TENURE, FARM TRANSFER, AND SUCCESSION. OUR DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS SUPPORT THE INTERRELATED GOALS OF THREE PROGRAMS: 1.OUR FARM SEEKERS PROGRAM FOSTERS FARMING OPPORTUNITIES BY HELPING FARM SEEKERS ACQUIRE FARMS AND FARMLAND. 2.OUR FARM LEGACY PROGRAM ENSURES MEANINGFUL LEGACIES BY HELPING TRANSFER FARMS TO THE NEXT GENERATION OR OPERATOR. 3.OUR WORKING LANDS PROGRAM INCREASES LAND STEWARDSHIP BY HELPING LANDOWNERS MAKE LAND AVAILABLE FOR FARMING. WE BELIEVE THAT ANY STRATEGY TO IMPROVE LAND ACCESS AND TENURE SECURITY FOR BEGINNING AND ESTABLISHED FARMERS MUST MAKE LAND MORE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE, IN WAYS THAT ARE BOTH APPROPRIATE AND EQUITABLE. THAT'S WHY WE DEVELOP, PROMOTE AND SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND

  • LAND FOR GOOD HELPS FARMERS AND FARMLAND OWNERS ACCESS, CARE FOR AND PASS ON WORKING FARMLAND AND FARM BUSINESSES. OVER A 24 MONTH PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31, 2020, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED AT LEAST 83 FARMER-LANDOWNER LAND TENURE AGREEMENTS THAT RESULTED IN FARMERS ACQUIRING LAND OR MORE SECURE TENURE BUT PURCHASING LAND, OR IMPROVING, RENEWING OR SECURING A LEASE. IN 2020, OUR STATE-BASED FARMER- FIELD AGENTS PROVIDED OVER 478 NEW CASES OF ONE ON ONE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEW, BEGINNING AND ESTABLISHED FARMERS OF ALL TYPES; TO NON-FARMING LAND OWNERS AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS, ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. OVER 1000 FARM SEEKERS, TRANSITIONING FARM FAMILIES, FARMLAND OWNERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WERE TRAINED THROUGH 46 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. OUR WEBSITE (LANDFORGOOD.ORG) WAS ACCESSED BY 189,000 USERS (A 33% INCREASE) AND SAW AT SIMILAR PERCENT INCREASE IN SESSIONS AND A 21% INCREASE IN PAGE VIEWS. 1003 UNIQUE USERS DOWNLOADED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES NEWENGLANDFARMERLANDFINDER.ORG,OUR FREE, REGIONAL FARMLAND PROPERTY LISTING AND LINKING WEBSITE HAD OVER 104,200 USERS AND 158,700 SESSIONS REPRESENTING A 21% AND 16% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, RESPECTIVELY. OUR 2020 ANNUAL IMPACT SURVEY OF NEW BENEFICIARIES OF ALL TYPES (TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND RESOURCE USERS) SERVED OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD (ENDING 8/31/20) SHOWED THAT 86% OF RESPONDENTS FOUND LAND FOR GOOD SERVICES AND RESOURCES AT LEAST SOMEWHAT HELPFUL IN MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD THEIR GOALS. 77% OF THE FARM SEEKER RESPONDENTS WE HELPED TOOK CONCRETE STEPS TOWARD TO IMPROVE THEIR LAND TENURE SECURITY, AND 45% IMPROVED THEIR LAND TENURE SECURITY THROUGH A PURCHASE OR LEASE WITHIN THE YEAR. 90% OF TRANSITIONING FARMER RESPONDENTS TOOK CONCRETE STEPS TO TRANSFER THEIR FARMS. OF THOSE, 23% STARTED A FARM TRANSFER PLAN AND 19% IDENTIFIED A FARM SUCCESSOR. 77% OF NON-FARMING LANDOWNERS TOOK STEPS TO MAKE LAND AVAILABLE FOR FARMING, OF THOSE, 66% MAKE LANDOWNERS LAND AVAILABLE TO A FARMER BY SALE, LEASE OR OTHER MEANS. 51% OF THOSE FARMLAND OWNER SEEKING A FARMER-LANDOWNER 'MATCH' SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED A FARM TENURE TRANSACTION. 95% OF SERVICE PROVIDER RESPONDENTS INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES (70%) AND RESOURCES (75%), IMPROVED THEIR REFERRALS (50%) AND REACH TO FARMERS.40% OF THEM DIRECTLY ASSISTED WITH A FARMLAND TENURE TRANSACTION AND 20% ASSISTED WITH A FARM TRANSFER PLAN.

    Expenses $574,350 · Revenue $129,048

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah Leonard Kossits

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.62

  • Tory McCagg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.77

  • Glen Ohlund

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.77

  • Carl Querfurth

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Daniel Ungier

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.54

  • Tim Wheeler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Janet Woodward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.77

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 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202542809349301589

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