West Virginia Future Farmers of America Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550649878
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Charleston, WV, USA
Phone
3043736086
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,364
Expenses
$16,948
Assets
$1,045,623
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CRAIG CANTEBURY (PRESIDENT - WVAAE)

People named in this filing

  • BEN CUMMINGS (CHAIRMAN)
  • LLOYD EARNEST (VICE CHAIR)
  • Katie FITZSIMMONS (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide support to WV Agricultural Education / Future Farmers of America program through various scholarships and awards made available to all enrollees at the secondary and undergraduate level.

What it reported doing in 2025

Scholarships and awards for WV FFA YOUTH. Scholarships range from $500 to $1,0000; Other awards for Leadership development, Proficiency and Parliamentary Procedure.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.5%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 81.5%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 61.7; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.