Society of Commercial Seed Technologists Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391655801
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2028702412
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $171,546
- Expenses
- $165,344
- Assets
- $470,364
- Liabilities
- $157,178
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- QUINN GILLESPIE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- QUINN GILLESPIE (PRESIDENT)
- BRAD JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDE)
- MOLLY RICHESON (DIRECTOR)
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 purpose of this society shall be to maintain and encourage the highest proficiency and professional standards among its members; to promote seed technology research, teaching and extension activities; to promote improvements in seed testing rules and procedures; to promote domestic and international seed trade; to encourage cooperation between regulatory and commercial entities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Foster professionalism among seed analysts and seed technologists in private sector by presenting educational programs, promoting regional workshops, and newsletters. The society provides comprehensive examinations on seed testing rules and regulations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.8%; rating input score 1
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.84; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 52.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.