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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FARM AND RANCH FREEDOM ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$353,371
Total expenses
$331,738
Contributions and grants received
$239,865
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$109,033
Investment income
$1,878
Other revenue
$2,595
Total assets, end of year
$177,690
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,496
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$176,194
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$311,674
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$20,064
Program service expenses (Part III)
$311,674

Program services were 94.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $32,920

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,651

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $203,294

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUES

    total $104,868 · related or exempt $104,868

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONSULTING FEES

    total $2,500 · related or exempt $2,500

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION SERVICES

    total $1,665 · related or exempt $1,665

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,878 · related or exempt $1,878

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $3,651

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,595

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,595 · related or exempt $2,595

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $33,567 · program services $33,567

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $135,793 · program services $117,079 · fundraising $18,714

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,876 · program services $11,526 · fundraising $1,350

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,219 · program services $9,219

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,510 · program services $5,510

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,400 · program services $1,400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $85 · program services $85

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,011 · program services $7,011

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,602 · program services $2,602

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,806 · program services $1,806

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,839 · program services $8,839

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44,382 · program services $44,382

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $997 · program services $997

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT CARD FEES

    total $2,999 · program services $2,999

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,490 · program services $1,490

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONFERENCE REVENUE SHARE CFS

    total $47,230 · program services $47,230

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $1,742 · program services $1,742

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,190 · program services $14,190

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $145,578 · end of year $109,660

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,051 · end of year -$1,402

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $69,432

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,553 · end of year $1,496

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $161,076 · end of year $176,194

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT FAMILY FARMERS & PROTECTS A HEALTHY & PRODUCTIVE FOOD SUPPLY FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS. PROMOTES COMMON-SENSE POLICIES FOR LOCAL, DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. THROUGH ADVOCACY & EDUCATION, WORKS TO MAKE FARMERS BOTH ECOLOGICALLY & ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE.

  • CO-HOST SOUTHERN FAMILY FARMERS AND FOOD SYSTEMS CONFERENCE. 2024 WAS THE 19TH YEAR FOR FARFA CO-HOSTING AN ANNUAL GATHERING OF GROWERS, PRODUCERS, LOCAL FOOD ADVOCATES AND SMALL FARM SUPPORTERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WITH PROGRAMMING THAT COVERS REGENERATIVE FARMIMG METHODS, FEDERAL AND STATE POLICY, BUSINESS SKILLS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY, THE SFFFS CONFERENCE AIMS TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY OF PRODUCERS AND ADVOCATES AND FOSTER SHARED SUCCESS.

    Expenses $114,783

  • LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY: FARFA ADVOCATES IN CONGRESS,THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE,OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES, REGULATORY AGENCIES, AND IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF SMALL FARMERS THROUGH COMMON-SENSE LAWS AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT DIVERSIFIED LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS.SPECIFICALLY IN 2024, FARFA WORKED TO ADVANCE REFORMS TO SUPPORT SCALE-APPROPRIATE MEAT PROCESSING, CONSERVATION FARMING PROGRAMS, MCOOL AND CHECKOFF REFORM IN CONGRESS;CONTINUED TO PURSUE ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR OVERREACHING REGULATIONS UNDER THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT AND WORKED WITH MEMBERS, ALLIES AND REGULATORY AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT FAVORABLE LEGISLATION FROM THE TEXAS 2023 SESSION AND DEVELOP ITS PLATFORM FOR THE NEXT SESSION.

    Expenses $111,948 · Revenue $353,371

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: FARFA EDUCATES BOTH FARMERS AND THE PUBLIC ON FOOD SAFETY,SOIL HEALTH,FARMING METHODS, AND REGULATORY, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR FOOD SYSTEM. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM AREA, FARFA PROVIDES MATERIALS, CONSULTING AND SUPPORT FOR BOTH PRODUCERS AND ALLIED NONPROFITS ON THESE ISSUES. SPECIFICALLY IN 2024 FARFA PROVIDED ONE ON ONE CONSULTATIONS, WEBINARS, AND RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR FARMERS ON COTTAGE FOODS, MEAT PROCESSING AND OTHER REGULATORY ISSUES; SUPPORTED ALLIED NONPROFITS ORGANIZING TO SUPPORT FARMERS MARKETS AND DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKSPROGRAMS.

    Expenses $62,975

  • FUNDRAISING

    Expenses $21,968

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Judith McGeary

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $33,567
    From this org
    $33,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Doug Havemann

    PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Hutchins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Henslee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Racelis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Garcia-Prats

    TREASURER AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Wells

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Connie Hale

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Bednar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Trammel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivy Walls

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349310351

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