New Haven Farms Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451794893
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2013
Location
New Haven, CT, USA
Phone
2039976152
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$337,777
Expenses
$348,274
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACQUELINE MAISONPIERRE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACQUELINE MAISONPIERRE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $71,654 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To conduct, promote and carry out programs to establish, maintain, cultivate and support small farms in urban or semi-urban communities in the greater new haven, Connecticut area. Will own or lease small parcels of land that will be available to individuals and organizations for farming. To educate local community about nutrition, agriculture, healthy eating habitats and develop a source of affordable and fresh produce.

What it reported doing in 2019

Wellness program new haven farms delivered our 18-week farm-based wellness program to 100 medically referred families, or approximately 500 individuals, who live within 200% of the federal poverty level and suffer from at least two risk factors for diabetes or diet-related chronic disease. Participants and their families learned cooking, nutrition, and farming for 2 hours/week on our urban farms. Each week of the program, participants receive a shared meal and a family-sized share of fruits and vegetables, along with culturally relevant recipes and handouts. Participant outcomes include 47.4% reported change in food insecurity status; 50% of program participants had a decrease in bmi, with average percent decrease of 30% in bmi score; 60 minute increase in weekly exercise per person; increase of 1.27 servings of fruits and vegetables per day per person; 91% reported changes in eating habits, including trying more vegetables after the program. Outside the growing season, participants gathered in monthly support groups to continue supporting participants' health goals and provide exercise classes. 80 families have gone on to grow their own food in the incubator garden program, demonstrating long-term steps for food security and behavior change.community health ambassadors the community health ambassador program is a leadership program available to graduates of the farm based wellness program. Exemplary graduates apply for the program and are selected to join the staff as community health ambassadors (cha). Chas undergo training and participate in workshops to further develop their leadership skills and learn behavior change methodologies to become the next generation of community change-makers. The following spring, they return to the farm-based wellness program as leaders and help the next generation of participants reach their goals and work through challenges that arise. They also provide program support and run additional exercise programming. This experience develops job skills and opportunities, as well as developing the communities in which the community health ambassadors live. Currently 16 graduates of the farm based wellness program are working as part-time paid staff through the community health ambassadors program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -3.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $214K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.