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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.

Totals

Total revenue
$665,440
Total expenses
$599,022
Contributions and grants received
$550,270
Grants paid
$9,409
Program service revenue
$115,168
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$229,722
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,055
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$200,667
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$526,502
Management and general expenses
$72,520
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$526,502

Program services were 87.9% 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)

    $211,333

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $338,937

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER MISC INCOME

    total $78,515 · related or exempt $78,515

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALE OF PRODUCT

    total $36,653 · related or exempt $36,653

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · related or exempt $2

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $9,409 · program services $9,409

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $62,849 · program services $56,564 · management and general $6,285

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $300,598 · program services $270,538 · management and general $30,060

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,045 · program services $20,603 · management and general $3,442

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,693 · program services $25,824 · management and general $2,869

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $109 · program services $109

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,524 · program services $34,524

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,635 · program services $2,635

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $151 · program services $151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,154 · program services $3,577 · management and general $3,577

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,588 · program services $23,294 · management and general $23,294

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,993 · management and general $2,993

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,088 · program services $3,088

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $49,600 · program services $49,600

  • 24b · Other expenses: MILEAGE AND OTHER REIMB

    total $22,310 · program services $22,310

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE EXPENSES

    total $4,276 · program services $4,276

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,488 · end of year $188,332

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,016 · end of year $4,530

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

    $47,966

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

    $11,106

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,947 · end of year $36,860

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $9,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $16,553 · end of year $15,622

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,649 · end of year $4,433

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $134,249 · end of year $200,667

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE AND JUST LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM IN AJO, ARIZONA AND THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION LONGER. WE ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN GOVERNED 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, REDUCES BARRIERS TO HEALTHY AND CULTURALLYAPPROPRIATE FOODS, PRESERVES AND REVITALIZES AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS, FOSTERS LOCAL, FOOD-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHES VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS.

  • AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN GOVERNED 501 (C)3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE AND JUST LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM IN AJO, ARIZONA AND THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION. WE DO THAT BY PROVIDING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, REDUCING BARRIERS TO HEALTHY AND CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE FOODS, PRESERVING AND REVITALIZING AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS, FOSTERING LOCAL, FOOD-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $526,502 · Grants $9,409 · Revenue $115,170

  • N/A

  • N/A

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pati Martinson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,023
    From this org
    $44,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jesse Garcia

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $18,826
    From this org
    $18,826
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mara Branson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cynthia Sandoval

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512809349300831

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