Regen Brands Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993645341
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Phone
3173731132
Rating
33
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$600
Expenses
$12,637
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN DOWDELL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KEVIN DOWDELL (PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN FENTON (TREASURER)
  • CAROLINE NOBLE (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The regen brands institute is a nationwide educational organization dedicated to increasing the adoption of regenerative agriculture by encouraging consumer packaged goods brands who purchase regeneratively farmed ingredients.

What it reported doing in 2025

The ReGen Brands Institute operates two primary program areas that support our exempt purpose of increasing the adoption of regenerative agriculture: Research & Education and Capital. Research & Education accounts for approximately 75% of our activity and is designed to educate, inform, and equip stakeholders across the food system. Through original research, content production, and educational outreach, we help consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands better understand and adopt regenerative ingredient sourcing. Key initiatives include the ReGen Brands Podcast (interviews with regenerative CPG leaders), the ReGen Brands Blog (written articles), the ReGen Brands Weekly Newsletter (a news digest with over 4,900 subscribers), the ReGen Brands Reports (long-form studies on consumer demand and market performance), and the ReGen Brands Databases (interactive online tools aggregating regenerative brand data). All educational content is offered for free online and aims to build shared knowledge t

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2,006.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -197.9% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.