National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530115150
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026268700
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,311,293
Expenses
$6,431,428
Assets
$13,046,662
Liabilities
$8,325,927

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

73 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES CONNER (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN NATZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JUSTIN DARISSEE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BONITA HARRISON (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES CONNER (PRESIDENT): $950,650 total reported compensation
  • MARLIS CARSON (SVP/TREASURER/SECRETARY): $360,301 total reported compensation
  • LISA KELLEY VAN DOREN (VICE PRESIDENT): $320,795 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance the business and policy interests of america's cooperatives and other farmer-owned enterprises.

What it reported doing in 2023

Cooperative business trade - formulate and advocate policies of common benefit to farmers and their cooperatives, represent best interests before government, further public understanding, foster climate of growth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 63 of 63 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $951K · 73 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $352K reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.