National Farmer's Trust Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263176721
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Thorsby, AL, USA
Phone
2055150088
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Farmland Preservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,194
Expenses
$32,421
Assets
$1,567,385
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTTIE JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTTIE JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • T ATKINS ROBERTS JR (DIRECTOR)
  • SCOTT CANTERBURY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To work and promote for the benefit of the general public the preservation and improvement of critical natural resources throughout the southeastern united states. This is done primarily by supporting private landowners who wish to place conservation easements.

What it reported doing in 2025

To acquire, dispose of and manage land in a manner designed to protect its natural, scenic, historic, productive, recreational and/or educational value; to acquire, by donation, purchase or otherwise, any interest or right in real or personal property and any interest or rights as deemed appropriate by the board of directors; to work with private land owners, government agencies, private organizations, and others interested in the preservation of these natural resources; and to maintain prime farmland and forestry land managed according to the current "best management practices" as defined by each state's applicable governing commission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 77% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 48.34; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.