Good Courage Farm

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871092418
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hutchinson, MN, USA
Phone
6512064322
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,708
Expenses
$109,384
Assets
$95,431
Liabilities
$2,171

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Peter Dowd (President)
  • Rev Kerri Meyer (Secretary & Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Peter Dowd (President)
  • Craig Allen (Treasurer)
  • Rev Kerri Meyer (Secretary & Executive Director)

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

The organizations primary exempt purpose is 1) religious: to establish, organize, facilitate, promote, and carry out the functions of a Christ-centered agrarian ministry in cooperation with the Episcopal Church in Minnesota; and 2) charitable: to provide opportunities for people to witness Gods renewing love for all of Creation through work that includes but is not limited to: a) the tending of soil, crops, animals, and human relationships; b) using sustainable and regenerative methods, growing healthful food for people while growing faithful disciples for Christ; c) offering spiritual enrichment and environmental education to people of all faiths and none. We gather in worship, fellowship, community-building, and labor as Christian partners

What it reported doing in 2025

Sharing Food: With the help of volunteers, the ministry provides farm produce to several food justice partners, including emergency food shelves and meal programs. More than 90 people participated in growing, harvesting, packing and delivering more than 12,730 USDA servings of local fruit, vegetables and eggs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 84

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: 37.7%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 64.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.4% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.