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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 18 December 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,517,175
Total expenses
$1,438,635
Contributions and grants received
$1,498,029
Grants paid
$504,042
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,279
Other revenue
$8,867
Total assets, end of year
$963,706
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,029
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$931,677
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,155,563
Management and general expenses
$149,352
Fundraising expenses
$133,720
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,155,563

Program services were 80.3% 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

    $1,498,029

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $298 · excluded $298

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $10,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $19 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$19 · other assets $10,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,981 · excluded $9,981

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $8,867 · related or exempt $8,867

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,867

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,624 · program services $2,624

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $501,418 · program services $501,418

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $71,400 · program services $49,980 · management and general $14,280 · fundraising $7,140

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $407,688 · program services $308,108 · management and general $60,178 · fundraising $39,402

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,550 · program services $33,316 · management and general $5,662 · fundraising $4,572

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,323 · program services $29,317 · management and general $4,024 · fundraising $4,982

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,621 · program services $12,905 · management and general $38,716

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $53,747 · fundraising $53,747

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,786 · fundraising $2,786

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,347 · program services $35,897 · management and general $5,163 · fundraising $6,287

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,787 · program services $7,340 · management and general $1,468 · fundraising $979

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,367 · program services $35,525 · management and general $7,105 · fundraising $4,737

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,463 · program services $16,367 · management and general $222 · fundraising $874

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $87,110 · program services $87,110

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,159 · program services $20,369 · management and general $4,074 · fundraising $2,716

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,801 · program services $5,851 · management and general $1,170 · fundraising $780

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,872 · program services $9,436 · management and general $4,718 · fundraising $4,718

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,572 · management and general $2,572

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $253,869 · end of year $365,778

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,091 · end of year $1,214

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $104,395 · end of year $78,097

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,266 · end of year $14,266

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

    $876,627

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

    $372,276

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $519,510 · end of year $504,351

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,994 · end of year $32,029

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $853,137 · end of year $931,677

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO DEVELOPING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND RESPONSIVENESS IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONSUMER EDUCATION - TO INCREASE CONSUMERS' AWARENESS/KNOWLEDGE OF ORGANIC AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT/EXPANSION OF THE ORGANIC/REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL MODEL.

  • TO INCREASE CONSUMERS' AWARENESS/KNOWLEDGE OF ORGANIC AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT/EXPANSION OF THE ORGANIC/SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL MODEL.THE MAIN GOALS OF THIS ORGANIZATION ARE:1) TO DEVELOP A NEWSLETTER CALLED THE ORGANIC CONSUMER, FOR U.S. CONSUMERS2) TO CREATE AN INTERACTIVE NETWORK OF U.S. CONSUMERS CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD SAFETY AND SUPPORTIVE OF SUSTATINABLE, ORGANIC AGRICULTURE3) TO INCREASE PEOPLE'S AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF ORGANIC FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION4) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MODEL.WE REALIZE THAT CONSUMER AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND RESPONSIVENESS IS AN ISSUE OF BROADER SCOPE THAN JUST EDUCATION; IT ALSO INVOLVES FOCUSING ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF SOCIETAL GOALS AND CONSENSUS BUILDING.

    Expenses $1,155,563 · Grants $504,042 · Revenue $8,867

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ROSEMARY WELCH

    TREASURER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $71,400
    From this org
    $71,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

  • ANDRE LEU

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 2 related

  • ROGER JONES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • ROBIN SEYDEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • MORGAN WEYRENS WELCH

    SECRETARY

    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349309248

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