ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B60

Classification

2000

Street

38 HAWK HILL RD

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• WNC FOOD SYSTEMS COALITION INC

  EIN 93-2918410

Mission and programs · 2024

• Spring Conference: For over 30 years OGS has hosted an annual Spring Conference which is one of the largest grassroots gatherings of this kind in the Southeastern US with over 1000 people participating over a three day period. The conference inspires and educates people to farm garden and live organically by providing affordable practical and hands-on education. Farmer Programs: OGS offers a complete farm education curriculum from aspiring to new to experienced farmers through the following programs: Farm Dreams is for those in the exploratory stages of starting their own farm. This entry-level workshop provides practical common sense information on sustainable farming and how to move forward. Farm Beginnings is training for the next generation of farmers in the many skills required to start and expand a successful farm business: clear goals production experience financial and marketing know-how and more. Farm Beginnings will help build these skills through a one year of farmer-led training mentoring and networking. CRAFT Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training is a peer-to-peer farmer-led effort to bring established farmers farm apprentices and aspiring farmers together for year-long training in the art and science of sustainable agriculture. Journeyperson Program is designed for farmers who have been independently farming for three or more years and are serious about operating farm businesses in the Southern Appalachian region. Forest Farming is a series of workshops aimed to train beginning forest farmers and land stewards to understand the opportunities and sustainable production of woodland botanicals and forest products. Organic Crop Management is a webinar series that provides growers with strategies and tools to manage soil health weeds pests and diseases for the whole farm. Organic Growing and Living: Programs such as Homegrown Dreams and Gardening Series help people gain knowledge on sustainable living and growing through various workshops designed to meet their needs. Fiscal Sponsorship: OGS is a fiscal sponsor of the Food Justice Planning Initiative FJPI. FJPI transitioned to a stand alone 501c3 in 2025 called WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc. They are primarily funded through grants. Grant income of $153,525 and program expenses of $31,026 related to these fiscal sponsorships are included in the OGS financial results

  Expenses $568,644 · Grants $128,972 · Revenue $77,589

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $751,086

  Expenses

  $692,224

  Contributions

  $673,052

  Grants paid

  $128,972

• 2023

  Revenue

  $550,881

  Expenses

  $742,430

  Contributions

  $436,173

  Grants paid

  $21,014

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,169,519

  Expenses

  $1,090,937

  Contributions

  $1,047,642

  Grants paid

  $283,516

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $994,444

  Expenses

  $897,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $281,092

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $442,497

  Expenses

  $391,404

  Assets (EOY)

  $238,120

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $490,386

  Expenses

  $519,596

  Assets (EOY)

  $172,228

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $427,718

  Expenses

  $407,285

  Assets (EOY)

  $132,823

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $397,095

  Expenses

  $404,485

  Assets (EOY)

  $146,300

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $393,144

  Expenses

  $356,724

  Assets (EOY)

  $269,844

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $268,789

  Expenses

  $307,593

  Assets (EOY)

  $56,531

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $143,194

  Expenses

  $151,055

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,644

• 2013 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $139,933

  Expenses

  $134,130

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,945

• 2012 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $141,565

  Expenses

  $145,683

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,017

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

  $148,866

  2022 · Incubator Farmer Program

• WNC Food Systems Coalition Inc

  $124,137

  2024 · Donation to WNC Food Systems Coalition who we fiscally sponsored

• NC Farmlink (NCSU)

  $80,700

  2022 · Farm Seeker/Farmland Owner Matching Services

• Patchwork Alliance

  $5,500

  2022 · Hub formation

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $107,250

  2022 · BUILDING COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC VITALITY

• WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION

  $80,000

  2022 · AIM - FOOD INSECURITY

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $55,000

  2024 · ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT

• FLORIDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC GROWERS & CONSUMERS INC

  $47,608

  2025 · RESEARCH

• FLORIDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC GROWERS & CONSUMERS INC

  $30,388

  2023 · RESEARCH

• WALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC

  $10,000

  2023 · EDUCATION & WELFARE

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $9,999

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $9,999

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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