Texas Seed Trade Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 741895140
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Marcos, TX, US
- Phone
- 210-740-0244
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $413,995
- Expenses
- $271,733
- Assets
- $714,091
- Liabilities
- $50,728
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DREW MORANO (PRESIDENT)
- RACHEL HORTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BRETT BAMERT (PAST PRESIDENT)
- PAT MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DREW MORANO (PRESIDENT)
- RACHEL HORTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BRETT BAMERT (PAST PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's primary mission centers on supporting the seed industry's vital role in agriculture. Seeds are essential not only for farms, ranches and dairies, but also for forage and even fuels, while wildlife habitats, ecosystem restoration and soil conservation would falter without robust, consistent seed. TSTA actively works on advocacy to ensure fair trade practices both domestic and internationally, and to continue the industry’s commitment to producing high quality seeds recognized the world over for excellence. The organization also supports education through scholarships, reflecting the association's commitment to developing future industry professionals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Encourage students to pursue seed-related studies in secondary education; raise funds and distribute scholarships monies to university funds in support of seed-related studies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.8%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.4%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.63; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 58.8% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $250K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.