Florida 4-H Club Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591000186
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Gainesville, FL, USA
Phone
3528464444
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Agricultural

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,819,800
Expenses
$1,789,897
Assets
$3,807,163
Liabilities
$303,334

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANITA THOMAS HEAGY (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • ISAAC CHANDLER (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SOPHIA MASSEY (STATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT (BEG 8/1/24))
  • TODD BUNDY (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDRA JOHNSON (CEO/DEAN & DIR IFAS EXT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDRA JOHNSON (CEO/DEAN & DIR IFAS EXT): $346,886 total reported compensation
  • MUTHUSAMI KUMARAN (UF/BOT APT): $161,532 total reported compensation
  • CAYLIN HILTON (SECRETARY): $117,436 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Florida 4-h provides educational opportunities for youth through local county 4-h programs, community clubs and groups, school-based enrichment and camps. The foundation builds on these programs by developing and managing financial resources supporting educational and public awareness activities for Florida 4-h youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

4-h university is a program for members from across the state focused on leadership and personal development alongside university faculty and professional leaders. Programs include competitive sessions along with educational and service learning workshops in a variety of subjects relating to academic and career exploration opportunities. Florida 4-h membership fees are $20 per child. This fee is for youth ages 8 and older (as of september 1st). $10.00 will go directly to the local county 4-h program. $10.00 will go to the state 4-h program (fl 4-h foundation) to help improve, update, and assist with state-level events, activities, competitions, and program expenses for 4-h youth. This money will also help cover the costs of things previously covered by the counties and state such as insurance and transporting youth to regional and state events. Cloverbuds (youth 4-h ages 5-7) and adults are not charged a state fee. Please do not make any payments for cloverbuds or adults at the community club membership fee payment site.

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 81% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 79.6%; rating input score 80; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.6%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $347K · 30 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.