Mitchell County Farm Bureau Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561009554
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Bakersville, NC, USA
- Phone
- 8286883745
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $142,460
- Expenses
- $141,484
- Assets
- $122,874
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LONNIE CUTHBERTSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LONNIE CUTHBERTSON (PRESIDENT)
- RODNEY BUCHANAN (MEMBER-BOD)
- KENNETH WOODY (VICE-PRESIDE)
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
Private, non-profit organization created to develop, foster, promote and protect programs for the welfare of farm people, including their economic, social and educational well-being.
What it reported doing in 2025
Agricultural leadership development -planned, conducted and supported activities for youth and adults involved in agriculture that provided opportunities to explore the agricultural industry and develop leadership skills. These activities included college scholarships for students majoring in an agricultural field of study, institute for future agricultural leadership and various leadership conferences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 6
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.6%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 9.6% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.