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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE FARMS.

Totals

Total revenue
$218,213
Total expenses
$231,997
Contributions and grants received
$36,697
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$117,304
Investment income
$8
Other revenue
$64,204
Total assets, end of year
$663,909
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,409
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$523,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$152,186
Management and general expenses
$79,811
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$152,186

Program services were 65.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $36,697

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SHARE THE HARVEST

    total $66,893 · related or exempt $66,893

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

    total $27,266 · related or exempt $27,266

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RENT

    total $23,145 · related or exempt $23,145

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8 · unrelated business $8

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $81,938

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,234

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $63,704 · excluded $63,704

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,555 · program services $47,277 · management and general $47,278

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $36,400 · program services $36,400

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,092 · management and general $11,092

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,105 · program services $1,105

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,103 · management and general $7,103

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,295 · management and general $2,295

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,975 · program services $22,975

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,934 · management and general $6,934

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHARE THE HARVEST

    total $35,653 · program services $35,653

  • 24b · Other expenses: ULTILITIES - MORALES FA

    total $5,201 · program services $5,201

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER

    total $2,140 · management and general $2,140

  • 24d · Other expenses: BI FOOD FOREST

    total $2,036 · program services $2,036

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,508 · program services $1,539 · management and general $2,969

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,393 · end of year $113,544

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

    $630,507

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

    $80,142

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $573,339 · end of year $550,365

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $134,825 · end of year $140,036

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $623 · end of year $373

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $132,642 · end of year $132,642

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $404,642 · end of year $390,858

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF FRIENDS OF THE FARMS IS TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF LOCAL FARMING AND BUILD A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY THROUGH A RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE FOOD ECOSYSTEM.THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMING, SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE SUPPORT LOCAL FARMS, ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL FOOD AND CULTIVATE COMMUNITY.WE FOCUS ON: CREATING INTEREST, INVESTMENT, AND PRIDE IN LOCAL AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES AND OUR RURAL LANDSCAPES SO THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE EVERYDAY FIBER OF OUR COMMUNITIES. FOSTERING YEAR-ROUND, DYNAMIC CONNECTIONS AMONG OUR FARMERS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES. BRINGING AWARENESS OF AND RESPECT FOR SMALL-SCALE LOCAL AGRICULTURE TO ENSURE A THRIVING FUTURE, WHERE FARMERS ARE VALUED AND FARMLAND IS CONSERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. ENSURING THAT FARMERS, FARM WORKERS, AND INTERNS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF LOCAL FARMING AND BUILD A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY.

  • SHARE THE HARVEST IS A NEW INITATIVE FOR 2025. IN SPRING 2025, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN FEDERAL FOOD FUNDING AFFECTED LOCAL FOOD BANKS AND FARMERS. HELPLINE HOUSE LOST 40% OF ITS COMMODITY FOOD FUNDING, AND BY 2026, $100,000 ANNUALLY FOR LOCALLY GROWN FOOD WILL BE ELIMINATED. DEMAND HAS DOUBLED TO OVER 400 HOUSEHOLDS WEEKLY. IN RESPONSE, THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED SHARE THE HARVEST ON JULY 3, PURCHASING AND DONATING 9,500 POUNDS OF LOCALLY GROWN FOOD IN 14 WEEKS WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS.

    Expenses $35,653 · Revenue $66,893

  • THE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND NATIVE FOOD FOREST IS AN EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT ON A FORMER CHRISTMAS TREE FARM. THE PROJECT RESTORES NATIVE, PRIMARILY EDIBLE PLANTS, CONTROLS INVASIVE SPECIES, AND DEMONSTRATES SUSTAINABLE AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES THAT PROTECT PUGET SOUND. THE SITE SERVES AS A FREE PUBLIC PARK, LIVING CLASSROOM, AND COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE. IN 2025, THE FOOD FOREST WAS DESIGNATED A USDA PEOPLE'S GARDEN AND FEATURED IN PACIFIC NW HORTICULTURE.

    Expenses $2,036 · Revenue $1,145

  • UNDER A LICENSE AGREEMENT WE SCHEDULE AND COORDINATE ALL PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS ON THE PUBLICLY OWNED FARMLAND. WE ALSO MANAGE 14 P-PATCH PLOTS SO THAT FAMILIES CAN GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER. OUR ANNUAL FARM-TO-TABLE EVENT SHOWCASING LOCAL FARMS AND DINNER SOURCED FROM LOCAL FARMERS. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE BI FRUIT CLUB FOR MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAMMING IN THE HISTORIC JOHNSON FARM AND COORDINATE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ORCHARD.

    Expenses $114,497 · Revenue $168,410

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susie Bavo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Justin Domingus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karen Allston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Becca Hanson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Tabitha Baker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Connie Yenne

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
27 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641479349301404

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