Addison County 4-H Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237079216
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Middlebury, VT, USA
Phone
8023884969
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,470
Expenses
$36,354
Assets
$322,544

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elaine Desforges (President)

People named in this filing

  • Elaine Desforges (President)
  • Jake Jacobs (Secretary)
  • Shelly Smith (Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote 4-H in Addison County Vermont.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation runs a foods day program every year to promote4-H thru healthy living, an exercise class, cooking, and education classes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.4%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 72.9%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.87; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.4% of revenue deployed · 72.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.