Future Farmers of America State Associations & Local Chapter
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452781180
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Weaverville, NC, USA
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,363
- Expenses
- $118,924
- Assets
- $62,546
- Liabilities
- $2,812
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shawn Burleson (President)
- Camden Pegg (Vice- President)
People named in this filing
- Shawn Burleson (President)
- Elizabeth Hale (Secretary)
- Jodi Candler (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
To support and promote the FFA organization FFA activities and agricultural education on local state and national levels. To Provide a tie to the FFA and to assist FFA and agricultural education personnel to involve former members and others interested in supporting worthy activities. To promote greater knowledge of agricultural industry and support education in agriculture. To cooperate with the North Buncombe Chapter and the State and National Alumni Association. To promote and maintain an appreciation of the American Free enterprise system. To promote the personal development aspect of the FFA.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide funding for student agricultural education through purchasing livestock barn equipment and supplies classroom supplies and funding CDE entries and fees This benefits 125 middle and high school students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 78% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 9
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: 3.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 15% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.