Agricultural Development Organization
Legal name: ADO Bahamas Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920841163
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Delray Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 2428273741
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,223
- Expenses
- $100,301
- Assets
- $922
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Philip Smith (Chairman)
- Morris Freeman (Treasurer)
- James Farnum (Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Reawaken the hands-on joy of farming while making The Bahamas a more food-secure nation to reduce hunger and help create a healthier population by growing what we eat and eating what we grow.
What it reported doing in 2024
Backyard Farming - Distributed approximately 3,200 backyard kits throughout the Bahamas. These kits are given to community members to start a farm, making a more sustainable and economic impression on families and individuals. The kits serve as a startup for families, allowing them to progress to larger front or backyard farms. ADO has provided consultation videos, and individuals can get help via a visit or a call if they have questions or concerns. The Backyard initiative aims to assist individuals and the wider community with products that reduce their grocery bills, thereby enhancing greater economic impact for citizens.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 68.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 66.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 99.8% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.