Farm Conference

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 680079922
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2010–2019
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2019
Location: Concord, CA, USA
Rating: 83
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Farm Bureau, Grange

Reported finances

Revenue: $15
Expenses: $1,151
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Carle Brinkman (Vice President)
ALLEN MOY (President)

People named in this filing

Carle Brinkman (Vice President)
REX DUFOUR (SECRETARY)
ALLEN MOY (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Plan and coordinate

What it reported doing in 2019

Plan and coordinate annual farm conference which has a variety of programs with primary emphasis on direct marketing, improving production and sustaining programs, and are open to

Operating model

Revenue model: Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 8
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -7,573.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -20.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
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.

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High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.