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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$49,062,378
Total expenses
$46,485,429
Contributions and grants received
$34,740,315
Grants paid
$34,756,756
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$40,023,434
Management and general expenses
$5,243,217
Fundraising expenses
$1,218,778
Program service expenses (Part III)
$40,023,434

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DR MARK KEENUM

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DOUGLAS BUHLER

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CHRIS MALLETT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANITA RODIBAUGH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR ALTON THOMPSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN NOBLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CAROLYN LAWRENCE-DILL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HON DAN GLICKMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID DONNAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE DEL BOSQUE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DENISE HEARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DONALD NKRUMAH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DOUGLAS CAMERON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KYSTA HARDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KYLE BRIDGEFORTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MICHAEL LADISCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR PAM MARRONE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • POLLY RUHLAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR STANLEY PRUSINER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR VENKATA KISHORE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR NANCY CREAMER

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM ENDED)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR SAHARAH MOON CHAPOTIN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $517,683
    From this org
    $480,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,721
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $430,962
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,046
    Filer's total
    $517,683

  • DR ANGELA RECORDS

    CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $315,298
    From this org
    $283,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,735
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,494
    Bonus
    $7,069
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,088
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,647
    Filer's total
    $315,298

  • KATHERINE AYERS

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $315,308
    From this org
    $272,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,327
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,981
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,911
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,416
    Filer's total
    $315,308

  • SERGIO FURMAN

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $163,835
    From this org
    $150,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,871
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,771
    Bonus
    $5,366
    Other
    $51,827
    Deferred
    $5,626
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,245
    Filer's total
    $163,835

  • JONNA DAVIS

    OPERATIONS & IMPACT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $252,176
    From this org
    $231,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,043
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,819
    Bonus
    $5,449
    Other
    $15,865
    Deferred
    $13,541
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,502
    Filer's total
    $252,176

  • LAKISHA ODOM

    SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $248,466
    From this org
    $227,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,129
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,608
    Bonus
    $6,229
    Other
    $500
    Deferred
    $13,237
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,892
    Filer's total
    $248,466

  • JOHN REICH

    SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $240,188
    From this org
    $220,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,271
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,408
    Bonus
    $7,009
    Other
    $500
    Deferred
    $9,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,396
    Filer's total
    $240,188

  • SARAH GOLDBERG

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $217,520
    From this org
    $205,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,454
    Bonus
    $9,840
    Other
    $47,499
    Deferred
    $11,727
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $217,520

  • MAGDA GALINDO

    DIRECTOR OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $236,534
    From this org
    $205,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,340
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,176
    Bonus
    $13,517
    Other
    $501
    Deferred
    $10,886
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,454
    Filer's total
    $236,534

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 — 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 3
TO DETERMINE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION, THE FOUNDATION USES SEVERAL TOOLS: 1 - THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT EACH YEAR. 2 - THE FOUNDATION DETERMINES THAT KEY EMPLOYEES' SALARIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES IN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
PART I, LINE 7
BONUS AMOUNTS ARE DETERMINED BASED ON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW RATINGS AND ARE AWARDED WITHIN THE FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH'S SALARY REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES A REVIEW AGAINST THIRD PARTY SURVEY DATA.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349312816

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