Georgia Pecan Growers Association

Legal name: Us Pecan Growers Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273922465
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2022
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Tifton, Georgia, USA
Phone
229-382-2187
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$572
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brad Ellis (PRESIDENT)
  • Les Daviet (1st VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • Lenny Wells (2nd VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • Kevin Ivey (3rd VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • JANICE DEES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • Brad Ellis (PRESIDENT)
  • Les Daviet (1st VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • Lenny Wells (2nd VICE-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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Mission of the Georgia Pecan Growers Association is to encourage research, education, health benefits and promotion of all phases of production and marketing in the interest of our Pecan Growers in the increasing global market. Recognizing the contribution to the pecan industry made by other pecan organizations the Georgia Pecan Growers shall aid th

What it reported doing in 2022

In 2019, the u.s. Pecan growers council successfully completed several projects. Countries targeted for said projects were turkey, south korea, china, uae, and india. The missons/projects were funded by usda through the map(market access program). As in the past several years, china, including all of asia continues to be a targeted market for pecans. Marketing efforts including e-commerce promotions, trade shows, bakery seminars and educational tours have been very successful in promoting the health attributes of pecans. In the middle east, efforts to stimulate sales have been through one of the worlds largest venues, known as "gulfood". The impact of this promotion stretches throughout europe, northern africa, and the rest of the middle east.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 10 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX DepreciationDepletion column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.