Oregon Farm to School Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991113116
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dallas, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5035071336
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $442,656
- Expenses
- $324,588
- Assets
- $152,792
- Liabilities
- $25,724
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rebecca Slosberg (Board President)
- Melina Barker (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Melina Barker (Executive Director): $115,866 total reported compensation
- Reeba Daniel (Board Co-Secretary): $8,093 total reported compensation
- Kelso Brasunas (Board Treasurer): $5,835 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We bring together educators, producers, and school nutrition staff to create a thriving local food system that benefits Oregon's children, communities, and economy.
What it reported doing in 2024
The 2026 Oregon Farm to School & School Garden Conference brought together educators, producers, food service staff, and community partners from all across Oregon for two inspiring days of learning, networking, and collaboration. From innovative procurement strategies to culturally responsive garden education, our community shared the knowledge and passion that makes Oregon's farm to school programs thrive.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.2%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $61.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.2% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $236K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.