Madera County Ag Boosters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770044963
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Madera, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5593522590
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Secondary, High School
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,763
- Expenses
- $44,293
- Assets
- $308,392
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DON FARNESI (PRESIDENT)
- DAVE LOQUACI (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- STAN SAMUELSON (SECRETARY)
- DON FARNESI (PRESIDENT)
- BRUCE NORTON (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission is to support youth agricultural programs in Madera County, California
What it reported doing in 2024
Continued to support Madera County Youth interested in Agriculture through 4H & FFA and Madera & Chowchilla Fairs. In addition, the organization makes grants & donations to Madera Unified School District and other local schools for their School Farm Program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.5%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 45.3%; rating input score 45
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: 28.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.96; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.5% of revenue deployed · 45.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.