Family Farm Defenders Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391814573
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6082600900
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,211
Expenses
$91,216
Assets
$103,762
Liabilities
$48,463

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN PECK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • PATTI NAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY PAHNKE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN PECK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • PATTI NAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY PAHNKE (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Our mission is to build a broad, grassroots movement to establish a fair, just and resilient agricultural system, rotted in good sovereignty, agroecology, peace and international solidarity. Through education and advocacy, we strive for systemic change that creates a social contract between peasants and family farmers and society, ends corporate profiteering from low commodity prices and resource-grabbing, and ensures opportunities for new generations of diverse family farmers to produce healthy local and regional foods with respect for mother earth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family farm defenders (ffd) supports agroecology, farm and food worker rights, racial justice, animal welfare, consumer safety and right to know, fair trade - both globally and domestically, as well as food sovereignty. Ffd has also worked to create opportunities for farmers to join together in new cooperative marketing endeavors and to bridge the socioeconomic gap that often exists between rural and urban communities.

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 - 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: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79

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: -65.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.