Umpqua Valley Farm to School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272043279
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Roseburg, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5416431213
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $326,752
- Expenses
- $288,232
- Assets
- $142,936
- Liabilities
- $18,316
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erin Maidlow (Executive Director)
- Lucy Valadez (Board President)
Highest reported compensation
- Erin Maidlow (Executive Director): $79,221 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We believe food security begins with a strong community connection to the land and its food. By supporting local food systems and providing education to Douglas County youth, UVF2S cultivates skills and passion to build food-community connections. UVF2S aims to achieve an equitable and sustainable food system that nurtures and strengthens Douglas County's people and economy.
What it reported doing in 2024
Umpqua Valley Farm to School (UVF2S) provided direct school garden education programs which include our "Three Pillars of Wellness: Mindfulness, Physical Activity, and Nutrition" to 2,768 youth in Douglas County in 2024. 466 community members participated in our community classes which include Family Cooking Nights featuring traditional foods from global cultures. Over $40,000 went back into local farms by purchasing produce for rural, underserved communities. UVF2S assisted schools in Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties in procuring over $100,000 in locally grown, raised, and caught products for school meals. 147 volunteers helped us build and maintain six school gardens and carry out community events. UVF2S hosted four workshops for producers to assist with grant writing and expanding their businesses, and Rainbow Kitchen, a shared, commercial kitchen, helped incubate six, small, food-based businesses which allowed them to sell at events and retail establishments. UVF2S Co-chaired 12 Food Systems Committee meetings with local food systems stakeholders and partnered with other organizations to host a Southern Oregon Food Systems Convening.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.9%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -26.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 36.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 38% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.9% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $189K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 58/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.