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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,034,918
Total expenses
$2,532,050
Contributions and grants received
$1,834,682
Grants paid
$250,000
Program service revenue
$167,836
Investment income
$32,206
Other revenue
$194
Total assets, end of year
$1,359,596
Total liabilities, end of year
$146,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,213,175
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,992,668
Management and general expenses
$486,159
Fundraising expenses
$53,223
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,992,668

Program services were 78.7% 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

    $1,834,682

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE INCOME

    total $131,336 · related or exempt $131,336

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $33,000 · related or exempt $33,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $3,500 · related or exempt $3,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,206 · excluded $32,206

  • 11a · Other revenue: REBATES

    total $194 · excluded $194

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $194

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $250,000 · program services $250,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $607,040 · program services $405,897 · management and general $174,869 · fundraising $26,274

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $520,296 · program services $428,400 · management and general $76,231 · fundraising $15,665

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $54,619 · program services $49,918 · management and general $3,524 · fundraising $1,177

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $177,389 · program services $144,727 · management and general $27,263 · fundraising $5,399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $89,059 · program services $67,409 · management and general $18,471 · fundraising $3,179

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,119 · management and general $38,119

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,409 · management and general $83,409

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $396,958 · program services $390,135 · management and general $6,135 · fundraising $688

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,175 · program services $4,175

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,181 · program services $9,141 · management and general $2,914 · fundraising $126

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,463 · program services $15,616 · management and general $9,813 · fundraising $34

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,600 · program services $12,948 · management and general $2,340 · fundraising $312

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,092 · program services $65,138 · management and general $19,888 · fundraising $66

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $142,176 · program services $128,704 · management and general $13,467 · fundraising $5

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,780 · program services $3,670 · management and general $939 · fundraising $171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,415 · program services $4,495 · management and general $812 · fundraising $108

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $19,304 · program services $11,485 · management and general $7,819

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE AND LOCAL TAXES

    total $975 · program services $810 · management and general $146 · fundraising $19

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $137,099 · end of year $287,428

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $884,352 · end of year $696,030

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $790,767 · end of year $217,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $77,750 · end of year $124,458

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,057 · end of year $32,714

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

    $21,010

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

    $19,544

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,246 · end of year $1,466

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $194,514 · end of year $142,971

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,450 · end of year $3,450

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $739,210 · end of year $605,040

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $971,097 · end of year $608,135

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS AMPLIFIES THE IMPACT OF PHILANTHROPIC AND INVESTMENT COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND FIBER SYSTEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AMPLIFY THE IMPACT OF FUNDER COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING JUST FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS.

  • ORGANIZING AND EDUCATING PHILANTHROPIC AND INVESTMENT FUNDERS IN SUPPORT OF JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD, FIBER, AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS.

    Expenses $1,777,130 · Grants $250,000 · Revenue $153,710

  • PROVIDING COORDINATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FUNDERS NETWORK PROGRAM TO BUILD AND MOBILIZE A NETWORK OF GRANT-MAKERS TO LISTEN, SHARE, AND DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES THAT SHIFT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS TOWARD A HEALTHY, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND JUST, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $215,538 · Revenue $14,126

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Esperanza Pallana

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Elm-Hill

    DIR (THRU APR); VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leslie Hatfield

    VICE CHAIR (THRU MAY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Olivia Watkins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ila Duncan

    SECRETARY (THRU MAY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J Olu Baiyewu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Haven Leeming

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew McElwaine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Mills

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Muller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Nezzie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lolita Nunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Pease

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edna Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Zakarhov

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clare Fox Robbins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF JAN)

    Total calculated
    $228,973
    From this org
    $209,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,452
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,316
    Filer's total
    $228,973

  • Bridget Dobrowski

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $168,858
    From this org
    $150,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,933
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,925
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,813
    Filer's total
    $168,858

  • Megan McPherson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CBFN

    Total calculated
    $123,484
    From this org
    $106,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,601
    Hours/week
    40

  • Virginia Clarke

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JAN)

    Total calculated
    $85,725
    From this org
    $66,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,247
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION REIMBURSES HEALTH AND FITNESS MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR ITS OFFICERS AND HIGHEST-COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES.
PART I, LINE 4A
A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $20,000 WAS PAID TO VIRGINIA CLARKE UPON HER DEPARTURE.
PART I, LINE 7
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS INCLUDE BONUSES, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, DISCRETIONARY PAYMENTS, OR OTHER FORMS OF VARIABLE COMPENSATION THAT ARE NOT BASED ON A PREDETERMINED FORMULA OR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. THESE PAYMENTS ARE TYPICALLY AWARDED AT THE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT OR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON PERFORMANCE OR OTHER FACTORS. THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A BONUS IN 2024. 1. CLARE FOX ROBBINS - $10,000

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

  • No recipient named

    $1,992,668

    Disposition · EXPENDITURE OF ASSETS FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE · Dec 31, 2024

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532289349300418

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