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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FARMER VETERAN COALITION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,305,976
Total expenses
$2,434,104
Contributions and grants received
$2,182,685
Grants paid
$664,556
Program service revenue
$105,651
Investment income
$15,823
Other revenue
$1,817
Total assets, end of year
$868,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$643,834
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$224,554
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,847,108
Management and general expenses
$560,600
Fundraising expenses
$26,396
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,847,108

Program services were 75.9% 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)

    $811,683

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,371,002

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $243,731

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVALUATOR SERVICES

    total $56,613 · related or exempt $56,613

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $33,103 · related or exempt $33,103

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $6,997 · related or exempt $6,997

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CHAPTER FUNDS

    total $4,989 · related or exempt $4,989

  • 2e · Program service revenue: BEHAVIOR HEALTH SERVIC

    total $3,949 · related or exempt $3,949

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,823 · excluded $15,823

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $17,115

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $16,454

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $661 · excluded $661

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $965 · excluded $965

  • 11b · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $191 · excluded $191

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,156

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $48,000 · program services $48,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $616,556 · program services $616,556

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $186,099 · program services $115,361 · management and general $65,298 · fundraising $5,440

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $470,953 · program services $291,979 · management and general $165,233 · fundraising $13,741

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,307 · program services $12,588 · management and general $7,127 · fundraising $592

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,093 · program services $37,872 · management and general $21,437 · fundraising $1,784

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,775 · program services $35,195 · management and general $19,922 · fundraising $1,658

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,356 · management and general $26,356

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,464 · program services $46,164 · management and general $26,126 · fundraising $2,174

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $150,654 · program services $118,331 · management and general $32,323

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,509 · program services $3,922 · management and general $4,587

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $304,783 · program services $255,894 · management and general $48,889

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,936 · program services $29,486 · management and general $54,450

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,669 · program services $25,869 · management and general $15,890 · fundraising $910

  • 17 · Travel

    total $101,682 · program services $79,028 · management and general $22,654

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $133,049 · program services $123,314 · management and general $9,735

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,291 · management and general $13,291

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,106 · program services $2,051 · management and general $17,958 · fundraising $97

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $8,452 · program services $5,498 · management and general $2,954

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,911 · program services $0 · management and general $3,911

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATIONS TO OTHERS/SPO

    total $2,459 · management and general $2,459

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $471,888 · end of year $431,105

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,600 · end of year $25,003

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $455,428 · end of year $344,968

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $18,017 · end of year $16,440

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,853 · end of year $6,869

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

    $7,106

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

    $7,106

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $70,681 · end of year $44,003

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $117,571 · end of year $102,298

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $68,214 · end of year $41,536

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,692 · end of year -$48,479

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $317,990 · end of year $273,033

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE FARMVER VETERAN COALITION CULTIVATES A NEW GENERATION OF FARMERS AND FOOD LEADERS, AND DEVELOPS VIABLE EMPLOYMENT AND MEANINGFUL CAREERS THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF THE FARMING AND MILITARY COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT VETERANS POSSESS THE UNIQUE SKILLS AND CHARACTER NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. WE BELIEVE THAT AGRICULTURE OFFERS PURPOSE, OPPORTUNITY, AND PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS.FARMER VETERAN COALITION WAS FORMED TO HELP AT-RISK VETERANS AS THEY RE-ENTER CIVILIAN SOCIETY BY CONNECTING THEM WITH MEANINGFUL AND STABLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AND TO HELP VETERANS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM PARTICULARLY SEVERE COMBAT-RELATED INJURIES TO LOCATE SERVICES AND THERAPY OPTIONS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE FARMER VETERAN COALITION IS TO SERVE, EMPOWER, AND CONNECT MILITARY VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS WITH THE RESOURCES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND PARTNERSHIPS NECESSARY TO CULTIVATE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE.

  • MEMBER SERVICES - THE ORGANIZATION HAS FORMED A COALITION OF VETERANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO ASSIST EACH OTHER IN FINDING MEANINGFUL CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE. THE COALITION HAS ESTABLISHED OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND HAS DEVELOPED A HOMEGROWN BY HEROES TRADEMARK WITH LABELS AND PRODUCTS TO USE BY MEMBER VETERAN FARMERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. ADDITIONALLY FVC HAS A FELLOWSHIP FUND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS START-UP COSTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL AS INTERNSHIPS TO EDUCATE VETERANS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE.

    Expenses $1,652,681 · Grants $664,556 · Revenue $68,599

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATION - IN ADDITION TO THE MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITY, THE FARMER VETERAN COALITION DOES OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO FIND VETERANS WITH THE ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM MEMBERSHIP AND TO IDENTIFY FARMERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACT AS RESOURCES AND MENTORS AND TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS IN AGRICULTURE.

    Expenses $194,427 · Revenue $33,103

  • THE BEHAVORIAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT FARMER VETERAN COALITION IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF FARMER VETERANS, RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE COMBINATION OF MILITARY SERVICE AND AGRICULTURAL LIFE CAN CREATE SIGNIFICANT STRESS.

    Revenue $3,949

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Matteson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donn Teske

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Larry Jacobs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tasha Hargrove PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vicki Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Woods

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ken Devan

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jenny Mesirow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian Carpenter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liz Riffle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Sachse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alicia Ellis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanette Lombardo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $186,098
    From this org
    $168,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,568
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,530
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,506
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,062
    Filer's total
    $186,098

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612449349300746

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