Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by MULTINATIONAL EXCHANGE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $360,635
- Total expenses
- $340,665
- Contributions and grants received
- $165,134
- Grants paid
- $14,050
- Program service revenue
- $186,027
- Investment income
- $2,843
- Other revenue
- $6,631
- Total assets, end of year
- $133,800
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $68,965
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $64,835
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $266,185
- Management and general expenses
- $41,133
- Fundraising expenses
- $33,347
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $266,185
Program services were 78.1% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$165,134
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2a · Program service revenue: Exchange Program
total $178,259 · related or exempt $178,259
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2b · Program service revenue: GAPP
total $7,768 · related or exempt $7,768
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3 · Investment income
total $2,843 · related or exempt $2,843
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Billable Expnese Income
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11b · Other revenue: Other Income
total $1,210 · related or exempt $1,210
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11c · Other revenue: Reimbused Steward exp
total $5,421 · related or exempt $5,421
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11e · Other revenue, total
$6,631
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $5,650 · program services $5,650
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $8,400 · program services $8,400
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $74,029 · program services $57,579 · management and general $8,225 · fundraising $8,225
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $33,564 · program services $31,853 · management and general $1,436 · fundraising $275
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $150 · management and general $150
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $9,170 · program services $7,714 · management and general $783 · fundraising $673
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,114 · management and general $12,114
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $17,860 · fundraising $17,860
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $812 · program services $812
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,394 · program services $429 · management and general $4,952 · fundraising $13
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14 · Information technology
total $4,785 · program services $2,900 · management and general $1,885
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $2,590 · program services $1,969 · management and general $279 · fundraising $342
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,022 · program services $601 · management and general $212 · fundraising $209
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $4,256 · management and general $4,256
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24a · Other expenses: Shared Cost Allocation
total $72,754 · program services $60,502 · management and general $6,526 · fundraising $5,726
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24b · Other expenses: Stipend
total $64,110 · program services $64,110
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24c · Other expenses: Participant Health Insurance
total $11,761 · program services $11,761
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24d · Other expenses: Steward Reimbursable Expenses
total $6,322 · program services $6,322
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,922 · program services $5,583 · management and general $315 · fundraising $24
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $40,470 · end of year $29,138
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $55,062 · end of year $103,967
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $11,885 · end of year $695
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $720 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $69,172 · end of year $68,965
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $38,965 · end of year $64,835
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
MESA connects and cultivates sustainable farmers and food systems leaders around the world.
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Sustainable Agriculture & Global Exchange (SAGE) - MESA sponsors J-1 visas for beginning international farmers (Stewards) who participate in annual training and cultural exchange opportunities with sustainable farms, agriculture businesses and education centers across the United States;
Expenses $191,362 · Revenue $178,260
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Global Agroecology Pathways Program (GAPP) - online, agroecology certificate courses and/or 2-4 week fellowships to train abroad with an international NGO partner.
Expenses $54,960 · Revenue $7,768
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $19,863 · Grants $10,550
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Curriculum.MESA has developed interactive, Online agroecology curriculum for our exchange participants Stewards to augment -on training in sustainable agriculture. We now offer customized courses for exchange participants to receive a Certificate in Applied Agroecology for both the U. S.-based and outbound training programs.
As filed on the 2025 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
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Lauren E Augusta
CEO
- Total calculated
- $82,255
- From this org
- $82,255
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Scott R Murray
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan Coss
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Samuel Kangethe
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Waheed Khawrin
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rosi Quinones
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rachel Laase
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 25 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601769349300225
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