Virginia Farm Bureau Federation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
540419002
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Phone
8042901000
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,213,604
Expenses
$12,840,753
Assets
$68,427,991
Liabilities
$15,553,922

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT E SINK (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT J MILLS JR (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT E SINK (PRESIDENT): $251,948 total reported compensation
  • MARTHA MOORE (HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYE): $224,947 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN EARLY (SECRETARY): $188,936 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We will enhance, primarily through advocacy, education and communication, the agricultural interests of farm bureau members through economic, political and social programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

A magazine for producer members, farm bureau news, is published four times a year. A magazine for associate members, cultivate, is published four times a year. The purpose of the farm bureau news is to keep producer members (farmers) abreast and aware of agricultural issues and provide them with educational materials. The purpose of cultivate is to promote the importance of agriculture to our associate (non-farmer) members. A weekly television program produced by Virginia farm bureau, real Virginia, iairs weekly on 40 local access, government access, public television and network affiliate stations, and on rfd-tv and the dish and directv satellite networks. The purpose is to promote the importance of agriculture.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 4.8%; rating input score 5; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.4%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.33; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $252K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $406K reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 5/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.