Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271943466
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7173460849
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,142,758
Expenses
$1,028,767
Assets
$2,174,460
Liabilities
$43,099

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAYNE SEBRIGHT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAYNE SEBRIGHT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $156,012 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We build and invest in programs that cultivate and inspire the next generation of producers, consumers, and advocates for the Pennsylvania dairy industry.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization invests in innovative, educational programs in strategic opportunity areas including youth development, consumer awareness, continuing education, and leadership development resulting in a vibrant and prosperous Pennsylvania dairy industry. Discover dairy: an engaging, interactive, multi-level lesson series that reached 1.7 million students and 42,000 educators to show students how dairy farms contribute to our communities. See additional information on schedule odairy leaders of tomorrow: an online curriculum designed to prepare students to work in the dairy industry that reached 38,143 students and 805 educators to offer students industry certification in dairy, dairy herd management, dairy business management, and dairy technologies. In addition, two farm tour days were planned in blair county (fall 2024) and lebanon county (spring 2025) with a total of 129 students and 16 educators participating in the day long programs which featured dairy farm tours and career rotations. Lastly, two exploration experiences were planned in the area of veterinary science (november 2024 and april 2025) with 54 students and 9 educators participating in hands-on activities and career exploration during the event.scholarships: several different scholarship opportunities are made available through the foundation, including a student leader scholarship, a dairy leaders of tomorrow scholarship, a dlt teacher scholarship, and a young professional scholarship, all designed to support and prepare the next generation to work in Pennsylvania's dairy industry. In 2024-25, the foundation awarded scholarships to 14 students and 1 educator. In addition, 42 young professionals and two advisors attended the dairy summit through the young professionals scholarships.internships: a program that pairs college students interested in dairy careers with dairy farm operations to complete a 10 to 12 week internship. Eight on-farm interns participated in the summer of 2025.calving corner: an educational exhibit at the Pennsylvania farm show that is designed to increase understanding among farm show attendees of how dairy farm families care for their animals and their farms. The calving corner was held in conjunction with the 2025 Pennsylvania farm show and reached more than 100,000 people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 41.3%; rating input score 41; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.2% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $992K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $156K · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.