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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,329,953
Total expenses
$5,752,420
Contributions and grants received
$5,258,420
Grants paid
$4,339,859
Program service revenue
$49,065
Investment income
$22,468
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,128,644
Total liabilities, end of year
$94,525
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,034,119
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,930,420
Management and general expenses
$774,954
Fundraising expenses
$47,046
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,930,420

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $47,860

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,210,560

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $49,065 · related or exempt $49,065

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $22,468 · excluded $22,468

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,339,859 · program services $4,339,859

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $331,000 · program services $75,483 · management and general $239,750 · fundraising $15,767

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $262,208 · program services $67,701 · management and general $180,347 · fundraising $14,160

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $75,818 · program services $8,788 · management and general $65,212 · fundraising $1,818

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,254 · program services $10,916 · management and general $32,058 · fundraising $2,280

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,757 · management and general $54,757

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $455,890 · program services $350,116 · management and general $105,774

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $106 · program services $79 · management and general $27

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,454 · program services $17,510 · management and general $3,944

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,315 · program services $3,313 · management and general $12,002

  • 17 · Travel

    total $113,491 · program services $41,320 · management and general $59,150 · fundraising $13,021

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $36,115 · program services $15,335 · management and general $20,780

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,153 · management and general $1,153

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,866,157 · end of year $987,837

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10 · end of year $10

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $245,000 · end of year $291,682

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,808 · end of year $218

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $427,056 · end of year $848,897

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $83,445 · end of year $94,525

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $608,212 · end of year $728,744

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,848,374 · end of year $1,305,375

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION IS TO FOSTER THE ECONOMIC, POLICY, AND KNOWLEDGE CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT LAND STEWARDSHIP, PROVIDE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, PROTECT FRESHWATER AND OCEANS, ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AND A JUST ECONOMY, SUPPORT THRIVING RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND SUSTAIN DIVERSE HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION IS TO FOSTER THE ECONOMIC, POLICY, AND KNOWLEDGE CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT LAND STEWARDSHIP, PROVIDE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, PROTECT FRESHWATER AND OCEANS, ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AND A JUST ECONOMY, SUPPORT THRIVING RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND SUSTAIN DIVERSE HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL LIFE."

  • RESTORYING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. RAF DISTRIBUTED $500,000 TO ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT ARE PROVIDING A CULTURAL LENS TO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. RAF ALSO PRODUCED A REPORT ON THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE BENEFITS THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE. GRASSROOTS FARM BILL CAPACITY BUILDING. THIS IS AN ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AG COALITION, RAFI-USA, AND WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION. RAF LED A PROCESS THAT DISTRIBUTED FUNDS TO ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AROUND CLIMATE AND EQUITY PROVISIONS IN THE US FARM BILL. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM LANGUAGE.THIS "RAPID RESPONSE FUND" DISTRIBUTED GRANTS OF UP TO $10,000 TO OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PROCESS WAS FACILITATED THROUGH A SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF STAFF FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON FARM BILL POLICY.

    Expenses $4,930,420 · Grants $4,339,859 · Revenue $48,065

  • GENERAL GRANTMAKING. RAF ADVANCED REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE BY PROVIDING OVER $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SALLIE CALHOUN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARAH BELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN BOYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • MARK MULLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,000
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,000

  • JENNIFER O'CONNOR

    DIRECTOR, FUNDERS FOR REGE

    Total calculated
    $176,000
    From this org
    $176,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,000

  • AHNA KRUZIC

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,608
    From this org
    $121,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KEVIN IRBY

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, FUNDERS FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICU

    Total calculated
    $139,000
    From this org
    $139,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

None.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442839349301659

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