Mandy's Special Farm
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850436516
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Phone
- 5058731187
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,276,394
- Expenses
- $5,100,960
- Assets
- $3,189,131
- Liabilities
- $1,150,278
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PEGGY GRAHAM JD (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MELISSA MCCUE (EXECUTIVE DI): $100,514 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mandy's special farm (dba mandy's farm) mission is to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling, meaningful lives by providing a foundation of supportive housing, rewarding employment opportunities, and strong community connections. We offer accessible, residential supportive housing designed to foster independence while ensuring that each individual has the resources they need to thrive. Our approach goes beyond simply providing a roof; we build a true sense of home, where everyone feels valued and included. Our employment training and placement services help individuals find meaningful work, allowing them to contribute to their community and build self-esteem. Through our agriculture apprenticeship program, we provide classroom and hands-on field education using a holistic approach to agriculture, focused on improving the environment through regenerative farming practices. After completing the two-year program, the apprentices are career
What it reported doing in 2024
Mandy's farm empowers intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals by providing support and resources to help them lead fulfilling lives. The organization fosters independence and inclusion through accessible housing, meaningful employment, and community connections. Services include residential supports, customized community supports, and integrated employment services, all designed to help individuals identify, develop, and achieve personal goals while building skills and confidence. In the fiscal year ending 3/2024, mandy's farm served over 120 intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals in the day program, 11 residents in residential housing, 130 individuals through medicaid services, 68 participants in pre-vocational and vocational supports, and 150 individuals through therapeutic horsemanship. Enhanced programming includes therapeutic swimming, gardening and farmers market participation, visual arts, service learning, and pre-vocational and on-site vocational supports. Through its diverse programs, mandy's farm creates a community where individuals are valued, respected, and encouraged to reach their goals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 3.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.