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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ROGUE FARM CORPS.

Totals

Total revenue
$878,517
Total expenses
$824,045
Contributions and grants received
$846,541
Grants paid
$151,267
Program service revenue
$18,255
Investment income
$2,084
Other revenue
$11,637
Total assets, end of year
$414,429
Total liabilities, end of year
$128,956
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$285,473
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$641,396
Management and general expenses
$97,250
Fundraising expenses
$85,399
Program service expenses (Part III)
$641,396

Program services were 77.8% 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)

    $385,552

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $460,989

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING

    total $14,755 · related or exempt $14,755

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FUTURE FARMS

    total $3,500 · related or exempt $3,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,084 · excluded $2,084

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONTRACT INCOME

    total $4,137 · excluded $4,137

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $7,500 · excluded $7,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,637

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $151,267 · program services $151,267

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $87,277 · program services $49,011 · management and general $24,506 · fundraising $13,760

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $327,923 · program services $266,788 · management and general $4,072 · fundraising $57,063

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,719 · program services $3,391 · management and general $52 · fundraising $1,276

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,727 · program services $34,610 · management and general $150 · fundraising $6,967

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,122 · program services $23,436 · management and general $12,605 · fundraising $5,081

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,885 · program services $1,525 · management and general $18,360

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,954 · program services $1,288 · management and general $8,133 · fundraising $533

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,986 · program services $485 · management and general $12,114 · fundraising $387

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,459 · management and general $3,459

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $663 · program services $663

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,488 · program services $10,295 · management and general $5,861 · fundraising $332

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,065 · program services $5,685 · management and general $380

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $180 · management and general $180

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,426 · management and general $2,426

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM CONTRACTORS

    total $47,029 · program services $44,529 · management and general $2,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION EVENTS

    total $29,482 · program services $29,463 · management and general $19

  • 24c · Other expenses: HOST FARM STIPENDS

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $3,960 · program services $3,960

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,433 · management and general $2,433

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $105,275 · end of year $95,344

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $58,848 · end of year $55,701

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $149,193 · end of year $262,762

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $899

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

    $869

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $210 · end of year $30

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $592

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $81,822 · end of year $128,956

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $703

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $231,001 · end of year $208,359

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $77,114

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OREGON FARM CORPS TRAINS AND EQUIPS THE NEXT GENERATION OF REGENERATIVE FARMERS AND RANCERS THROUGH HANDS-ON SKILL BUILDING, EDUCATION, AND BUSINESS SUPPORT.

  • FUTURE FARMS PROGRAMTHE FUTURE FARMS PROGRAM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL BUSINESS EDUCATION AND SUPPORT TO NEW AND BEGINNING FARMERS IN OREGON. WE BELIEVE THAT KEEPING FARMERS ON THE LAND WITH SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND SECURE WAY TO PRESERVE FARMLAND. IN 2025, FUTURE FARMS SERVED 281 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH FOUR BRANCHES OF WORK: FARM LAUNCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CHANGING HANDS LAND CONNECTION WORKSHOPS, AND THE COLLABORATIVE FARMING INITIATIVE. IN 2025, FARM LAUNCH WORKED WITH A TOTAL OF 32 BEGINNING FARM BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH OR GROW THEIR BUSINESS AND WRITE THOROUGH BUSINESS PLANS THROUGH 20 COHORT LEARNING SESSIONS PLUS ADDITIONAL ONE-ON-ONE COACHING. RESULTS FROM OUR COHORT THAT WRAPPED UP IN MARCH 2025 INCLUDE:- 100% OF PARTICIPANTS FEEL BETTER PREPARED WITH FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS SKILLS TO BEGIN OR EXPAND A FARM OPERATION THAN BEFORE FARM LAUNCH.- 100% OF PARTICIPANTS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THEIR FARM BUSINESS PLAN.- 85% OF PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED A FULL BUSINESS PLAN DURING THE PROGRAM.- 4 NEW BUSINESSES LAUNCHED IN 2025.IN ADDITION TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED THROUGH FARM LAUNCH, THE FUTURE FARMS PROGRAM PROVIDED 15 HOURS OF ONE-ON-ONE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO AN ADDITIONAL 13 BEGINNING FARMERS THROUGHOUT OREGON.OFCS ANNUAL CHANGING HANDS WORKSHOPS PROVIDE EDUCATION AND FACILITATED NETWORKING TO FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO ARE SEEKING LAND, AND FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO ARE SEEKING TO PASS ON OR LEASE THEIR LAND AND/OR BUSINESS. IN 2025 WE PROVIDED 2 CHANGING HANDS WORKSHOPS IN GRESHAM AND EUGENE, SERVING 40 LAND SEEKERS AND LANDHOLDERS. OVERALL, THE WORKSHOPS ACHIEVED THEIR PRIMARY GOAL OF PREPARING PARTICIPANTS TO PURSUE LAND ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS. SIXTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS MET A POTENTIAL LAND MATCH AT THE WORKSHOP, 76% PLANNED TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOMEONE THEY MET AT THE WORKSHOP, AND 86% REPORTED BEING BETTER PREPARED FOR LAND ACCESS CONVERSATIONS.THE COLLABORATIVE FARMING INITIATIVE PROVIDES EDUCATION, NETWORKING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS SEEKING TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND OVERCOME BARRIERS. THIS INITIATIVE SERVED 114 PARTICIPANTS IN 2025. THE INITIATIVE CREATED 4 NEW RESOURCE LIBRARY CHAPTERS FOR A TOTAL OF 12 NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, HOSTED 4 WEBINARS ON VARIOUS COLLABORATIVE FARMING TOPICS, AND FACILITATED THREE IN-PERSON EDUCATION AND NETWORKING EVENTS IN EUGENE, OREGON CITY, AND CENTRAL POINT. WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE COLLABORATIVE FARMING CONSULTING PROGRAM, PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT FARMERS IN CREATING NEW COLLABORATIVE ENTITIES OR PROJECTS.THE DEMOGRAPHICS SERVED THROUGH OUR FUTURE FARMS PROGRAMMING WERE: 54% FEMALE, 17% NON-BINARY, 28% BLACK, INDIGENOUS OR PERSON OF COLOR, 26% LGBTQIA2S+, 33% INCOME QUALIFIED FOR SNAP, 16% LIVING WITH A DISABILITY, AND 3% MILITARY VETERAN STATUS.

    Expenses $334,454 · Grants $120,405 · Revenue $3,500

  • BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING PROGRAMOREGON FARM CORPS BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDES HANDS-ON TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO ASPIRING FARMERS IN OREGON THROUGH APPRENTICESHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS AT SMALL TO MID-SIZED SUSTAINABLE FARMS, AS WELL AS OUR BEGINNING FARMER EDUCATIONAL EVENT SERIES (BFEES) THAT INCLUDES FARM TOURS, CLASSES, AND DISCUSSIONS. IN 2025, WE SERVED 64 ASPIRING AND BEGINNING FARMERS WITH 79 HOURS OF BFEES EVENTS. TWENTY-FOUR WERE APPRENTICES AT ONE OF OUR 18 HOST FARMS LOCATED EITHER IN OUR PORTLAND, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, AND ROGUE VALLEY REGIONAL CHAPTERS, OR THROUGH A DISTANCED PROGRAM ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE. APPRENTICES COMPLETED AT LEAST 500 HOURS OF TRAINING VIA EMPLOYMENT AT THEIR HOST FARM. FOUR PARTICIPANTS WERE FELLOWS AT OUR REGENERATIVE FARMING FELLOWSHIP SITE IN THE ROGUE VALLEY, WHERE THEY RECEIVED 300 HOURS OF HANDS-ON TRAINING AS EMPLOYEES OF OUR FARM PARTNER, THE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER. THE FELLOWS CONTRIBUTED TO PRODUCING 9,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE, WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 3,000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH THE FAMILY NURTURING CENTERS FOOD DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS. THE REMAINING 36 BFEES PARTICIPANTS WERE BEGINNING FARM OWNERS/OPERATORS, BEGINNING FARM EMPLOYEES, AND PARTICIPANTS IN OTHER BEGINNING FARMER PROGRAMS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, SUCH AS ZENGER FARM, ADELANTE MUJERES, BLACK OREGON LAND TRUST, FREEDOM FARMS, AND HEADWATERS FARM INCUBATOR PROGRAM. NINETY PERCENT OF 2025 BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING PARTICIPANTS PLAN TO CONTINUE FARMING AND 92% FEEL PREPARED FOR THEIR NEXT CAREER STEPS.THE DEMOGRAPHICS SERVED IN OUR BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2025 WERE: 62% FEMALE, 19% GENDER NONBINARY, 27% BLACK, INDIGENOUS OR PERSON OF COLOR, 46% LGBTQIA2S+, 48% INCOME QUALIFIED FOR SNAP, 21% LIVING WITH A DISABILITY, 6% MILITARY VETERAN STATUS.

    Expenses $306,942 · Grants $30,862 · Revenue $14,755

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matt Gordon

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $87,520
    From this org
    $75,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,536
    Hours/week
    40
  • Teagan Moran

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dominica Navarro Martinez

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Riley Nelson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claire Cekander

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carly Boyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Misty Earisman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobbie Peyton

    Director

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
28 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202622109349301607

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