Nourish Farms Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454764323
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Sheboygan Falls, WI, USA
Phone
9205502020
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$875,870
Expenses
$1,039,767
Assets
$1,644,827
Liabilities
$315,942

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN DONOVAN JR (PRESIDENT)
  • PAUL BARTELT LEFT NOVEMBER 2024 (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JAMIE HAACK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RYAN LASWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RYAN LASWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $74,710 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Nourish empowers the community to make wholesome food choices through education and hands-on experiences that demonstrate how to grow, source, cook and enjoy good food.

What it reported doing in 2024

Farm to school programming: 3k through 12th grade programming delivering education based on seasonal monthly harvests including experiential activities and a snack component. Good food club (gfc) and early care and education (ece) programs include hands-on garden education, culinary education, nutrition eduction, and core academic topics. Nourish had approximately 16,000 engagements in the 2024 calendar year at schools, youth-serving agencies, and on-site at nourish.nourish together: nourish provided programming to local adults at nourish and at companies in the form of culinary and garden education and works on exposing people to more wholesome food choices during mealtime. Nourish provides opportunities for employees to attend classes with their peers, volunteer with nourish programs, and custom programs to help inspire the employees to consider eating more wholesome food choices, sourcing from local farmers, and being involved in supporting fellow community members about wholesome food choices.educational farm: provides hands-on good food education and demonstration spaces for workshop, farm-to-table tours, and corporate programming. Also provides some food for nourish's various programming and outreach.nourish general: nourish supports programming with youth serving agencies, fellow community not-for-profits, outreach to local emergency agencies, and grant implementation. General program funds may support a mixture of our set programs or be customized programs to meet the needs of clients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $835K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.