The Fruitful Field
Legal name: The Fruitful Field Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273202720
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Deerfield Beach, FL, United States
- Phone
- (954) 942-8310
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Interfaith Coalitions
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $327,441
- Expenses
- $300,874
- Assets
- $82,503
- Liabilities
- $26
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAIME CASTORO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JAIME CASTORO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $51,764 total reported compensation
- NOAH SIEGEL (FARM MANAGER): $49,400 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to grow and distribute nutrient-dense produce to food-insecure individuals, foster connection through nature, and empower communities through education. As a nonprofit organization we depend on the help of foundations, corporation, and community members to allow is to fulfill our mission. We are reimagining our food and health system to benefit our community by utilizing Regenerative Organic Agriculture. By donating, your support goes way beyond just feeding the hungry. ROA has the potential to sequester 100% of the worlds co2 emissions, restore our oceans reefs, clean our air, filter our water reverse climate change, and restore health and harmony in the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
(1) management of community garden sites for municipalities and other organizations allowing us to expand our mission by operating and programming market gardens that advance food security. (2) field sponsorship encourage food security-minded corporations and individuals to sponsor a field. The amount of food distributed is based on the sponsorship level. The fresh produce is allocated to the non-profit organization designated by the sponsor. (3) grow city youth a paid internship program designed for youth (14-17 yo). This is a first-time job skills training program based on the food production cycle from soil to marketing products. Additionally interns learn financial literacy public speaking as well as resume development skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 55
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 33.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $301K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.