Feed Seven Generations
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822874353
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Enumclaw, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2534553730
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,619,332
- Expenses
- $995,699
- Assets
- $871,352
- Liabilities
- $113,173
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Louie Ungaro (President)
- Lisa Wilson (Vice President)
- Romajean Thomas (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Romajean Thomas (Executive Director): $136,546 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
FEED Seven Generations is dedicated to revitalizing the health and wellness of Tribal communities by amplifying Native voices reconnecting ancestral food and health practices and advancing sustainable land and water stewardship. Through education advocacy and direct support we strengthen Indigenous food systems expand access to traditional and culturally relevant foods and foster economic opportunity for Native food producers. Our initiatives including the Native Grown & Gathered Program and the Native Plants & Foods Institute connect Native producers to markets resources and networks; provide technical assistance and training; and cultivate intergenerational learning that sustains cultural resilience food sovereignty and environmental stewardship for the next seven generations and beyond.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Native Grown & Gathered Program supports Indigenous food systems by linking producers with markets resources and technical aid. In 2025 FEED expanded its network improved traditional food access and offered business development through workshops direct support and a Native Grown & Gathered Food Expo fostering economic growth for Native-owned food businesses and advancing Tribal food sovereignty in the Northwest Region.
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 99% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.1%; rating input score 50
- Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $46.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 38.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 61.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 74.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 50.1% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $811K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 4 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $318K reported
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.