Rogue Farm Corps DBA Oregon Farm Corps

What it reported doing in 2025

Future farms programthe future farms program provides essential business education and support to new and beginning farmers in Oregon. We believe that keeping farmers on the land with successful businesses is the most effective and secure way to preserve farmland. In 2025, future farms served 281 participants through four branches of work: farm launch, technical assistance, changing hands land connection workshops, and the collaborative farming initiative. In 2025, farm launch worked with a total of 32 beginning farm businesses to help them establish or grow their business and write thorough business plans through 20 cohort learning sessions plus additional one-on-one coaching. Results from our cohort that wrapped up in march 2025 include:- 100% of participants feel better prepared with financial and business skills to begin or expand a farm operation than before farm launch.- 100% of participants made significant progress on their farm business plan.- 85% of participants completed a full business plan during the program.- 4 new businesses launched in 2025.in addition to technical assistance provided through farm launch, the future farms program provided 15 hours of one-on-one technical support to an additional 13 beginning farmers throughout Oregon.ofcs annual changing hands workshops provide education and facilitated networking to farmers and ranchers who are seeking land, and farmers and ranchers who are seeking to pass on or lease their land and/or business. In 2025 we provided 2 changing hands workshops in gresham and eugene, serving 40 land seekers and landholders. Overall, the workshops achieved their primary goal of preparing participants to pursue land access arrangements. Sixty-eight percent of participants met a potential land match at the workshop, 76% planned to follow up with someone they met at the workshop, and 86% reported being better prepared for land access conversations.the collaborative farming initiative provides education, networking, and technical assistance to farmers seeking to collaborate with each other to meet their needs and overcome barriers. This initiative served 114 participants in 2025. The initiative created 4 new resource library chapters for a total of 12 now available on our website, hosted 4 webinars on various collaborative farming topics, and facilitated three in-person education and networking events in eugene, Oregon city, and central point. We also launched the collaborative farming consulting program, providing individualized technical assistance to support farmers in creating new collaborative entities or projects.the demographics served through our future farms programming were: 54% female, 17% non-binary, 28% black, indigenous or person of color, 26% lgbtqia2s+, 33% income qualified for snap, 16% living with a disability, and 3% military veteran status.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73.1%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th 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; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings