Flatirons Farmers Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883530529
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Phone
7208291112
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,547
Expenses
$156,840
Assets
$111,809

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC KNUTSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERIC KNUTSON (PRESIDENT)
  • LIZA MCCONNELL (VICE PRESIDE)
  • ADAM WASCHOLL (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ffc creates a thriving and inclusive local agricultural community rooted in regenerative agriculture, food security, and land stewardship.

What it reported doing in 2025

Flatirons foodshed partnership: the flatirons foodshed partnership (ffp) leverages the power of broad collaboration to identify and launch policies and programs that benefit agricultural producers in the boulder, left hand and st vrain watersheds. We believe that the differences among our members give us strength, catalyzing positive changes that none of our organizations could make on our own. In 2024/2025 we led surveys, hosted focus groups and published a report on the needs of producers and consumers in our region. We also provided small amounts of funding and staff time toward pilot projects and feasibility studies that were highlighted in the report.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98

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: -14.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 128.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.