Flying Pig Farm
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854214762
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Manitou Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7193603589
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $163,177
- Expenses
- $140,738
- Assets
- $63,196
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Monica Marchant (Board Chair)
- Ruth Markwardt (Board Secretary)
- Doug Edmundson (Board Member)
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
At Flying Pig Farm our mission is to cultivate resilient relationships with food and natural systems through land-based learning. We primarily focus on three areas: youth development, food access and education, and land restoration and stewardship. We offer farm-to-school programming on a historic 3 acre property in Manitou for K-12 school groups including STEM integrated core content, social emotional learning groups, programming for youth with disabilities, internships and apprenticeships for high school and college age youth, and workshops for learners of all ages.
What it reported doing in 2024
At Flying Pig Farm our mission is to cultivate resilient relationships with food and natural systems through land-based learning. We primarily focus on three areas: youth development, food access and education, and land restoration and stewardship. We offer farm-to-school programming on a historic 3 acre property in Manitou for K-12 school groups including STEM integrated core content, social emotional learning groups, programming for youth with disabilities, internships and apprenticeships for high school and college age youth, and workshops for learners of all ages. Our work and capacity have grown significantly since our founding in 2014, and we now offer a wide range of programs, reaching a record 1,739 community members in 2024, including 1,278 youth, with over 5,500 total farm visits. We've consistently observed that our students and gardeners are enthusiastic about healthy, fresh foods and forays into culinary arts and want more opportunities to experience these. Impact surveys developed in partnership with El Paso County Public Health from 2023-24 indicated a 44% increase in likelihood to eat fresh vegetables or fruit among participants. Additionally, we have measured 80% increases in social and emotional learning and 73% increases in feelings of connection and responsibility to the natural world among participants.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.3%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
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: 13.8%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 107.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 60.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.3% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.