Barrington Farm School

What it reported doing in 2025

Farm Education, including composting and regenerative farming. The program is supported by 309 individuals providing 5,431 hours of support. The Compost environmental program teaches the processes of collecting food scraps from the local community to create organic fertilizer for the farm. Food safety regulations are followed with vegetable and fruit food scraps combined with leaves, wood chips and saw dust to be turned over frequently, with temperatures monitored for a complete process. Environmental education focuses on diverting food scraps from landfills and creating a valuable resource used to regenerate soil on the farm. More than 73,000 lbs. (32 tons) were diverted from landfills. Regenerative agricultural practices are supported by the Farm Volunteer Program. The volunteer program assists the farmer in all aspects of regenerative farming practices from seeding, planting, maintenance (watering, weeding), harvesting and farm stand marketing. Each task is an educational experience to learn how our food is grown using regenerative soil management, addressing environmentally safe growing practices without chemicals, and the importance of being good stewards to the land and creating biodiversity in native plantings. Volunteers included groups such as high school students, Day of Caring participants, HS Environmental Groups, Girl Scouts, School Groups and Field Trips by local elementary school students participated in farming tasks that teach regenerative farm practices including composting, planting and seeding. This hands-on environmental education is an invaluable lesson in farming and being good stewards to the land. School field trips involved 991 students from kindergarten to 8th grade and special needs high school groups. Other community engagement and education events promoting composting and regenerative farming were attended by 644 people. Interactions at our 734 events, with 2,426 members of the community, encompassed 9,886 hours. In addition, farm produce with a value of $20,055 was donated to food pantries.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $80.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 30.4%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.89; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 49.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings