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THE ORGANIC CENTER INC

EIN 02-0626006 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$1,046,491
Expenses 2024
$998,618

Program services were 64.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C41
Classification
1200
Street
444 N CAPITOL ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIC CENTER'S MISSION IS TO CONDUCT AND CONVENE CREDIBLE, EVIDENCE-BASED SCIENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING AND COMMUNICATE THE FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC. WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR MISSION THROUGH: - EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. COMMUNICATE CREDIBLE, EVIDENCE-BASED SCIENCE THAT SUPPORTS THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING. ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. IMPROVE THE EFFICACY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF ORGANIC FARMING METHODS THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR UNIQUE MISSION IS TO CONDUCT CREDIBLE, EVIDENCE-BASED SCIENCE ON THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING AND COMMUNICATE THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

  • THE ORGANIC CENTER (THE CENTER) COLLABORATES WITH ACADEMIC AND GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS TO FILL GAPS IN THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE BASE ABOUT THE MANY BENEFITS OF ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING. THE CENTER COMPILES REPORTS SUMMARIZING THE LATEST PUBLISHED RESEARCH ON TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE TO ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING. THE CENTER COVERS UP-TO-DATE STUDIES ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH AND PROVIDES NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARIES TO THE ORGANIC INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $644,117 · Revenue $495,928

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.

  • PAUL SCHIEFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TRACY FAVRE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANN MARIE HOURIGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRITT LUNDGREN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KELLEE JAMES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DOUG CRABTREE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ADAM WARTHESEN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LEONARD FREEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DANIELLA VELAZQUEZ DE LEON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SUZANNE SENGELMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOHN MCKEON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HEIDI DEISTEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL E MENES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LUKE HOWARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • EDWARD FISH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TOM CHAPMAN

    CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $247,854
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $247,854
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $247,854 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $247,854 related

  • MATTHEW DILLON

    CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,720
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $181,720
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $181,720 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $181,720 related

  • AMBER SCILIGO

    SR. DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $103,880
    From this org
    $103,880
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,046,491
    Expenses
    $998,618
    Contributions
    $550,563
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $778,780
    Expenses
    $665,100
    Contributions
    $448,975
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,240,985
    Expenses
    $986,178
    Contributions
    $1,006,336
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $597,562
    Expenses
    $469,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $348,501

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $601,578
    Expenses
    $662,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $303,967

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $810,961
    Expenses
    $663,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $366,697

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $670,400
    Expenses
    $657,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $206,009

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $705,368
    Expenses
    $737,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,473

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $512,742
    Expenses
    $571,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $189,578

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $642,536
    Expenses
    $651,339
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,523

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $645,542
    Expenses
    $631,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $331,411

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $424,144
    Expenses
    $383,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $419,468

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $728,088
    Assets (EOY)
    $212,973

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.