Schoolyard Farms

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454725836
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5035675682
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,516
Expenses
$142,746
Assets
$1,639
Liabilities
$15,380

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terry Gibson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Courtney Leeds (Executive Dir.)
  • Stacey Malstrom (Secretary)
  • Elizabeth Robillard (Chairman)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Schoolyard Farms creates healthier communities by teaching kids how to grow nutritious food that goes from their schoolyard farm to their plate. They do this by building farms on unused schoolyards that serve as outdoor classrooms and as sources of fresh produce for the community.

What it reported doing in 2017

Schoolyard Farms served 1,324 students through their Food and Farms education program. 295 students from Candy Lane Elementary received 12 on-site garden lessons, with each student averaging 10.35 hours on the farm. Over 700 students tasted nine local fruits and vegetables through a monthly tasting program that lets students explore the diversity of our local produce. Ten students from New Urban High School spent 12 hours working on their school farm while receiving service learning credits. 8,708 pounds of fruits and vegetables were harvested and distributed to 68 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members over the course of 20 weeks. 110 pounds of produce was donated to the community. 335 students spent an average of 4.5 hours on the farm during field trips.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 57%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 9.38; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -175.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 57% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.