Zero Foodprint

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473642630
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5102138608
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,393,459
Expenses
$3,479,186
Assets
$4,337,608
Liabilities
$1,163,319

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTHONY MYINT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANTHONY MYINT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $157,112 total reported compensation
  • LEO BECKERMAN (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $154,637 total reported compensation
  • TIFFANY NURRENBERN (DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS): $113,598 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Zero foodprint is mobilizing the food world around agricultural climate solutions. Our work aims to create a circular economy that incentivizes practices that actively draw down carbon dioxide and offer our best hope of addressing the climate crisis.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2024, zero foodprint (zfp) continued and grew restore California with support from the state of California, other governmental entities, and financial support from numerous businesses. Restore California makes grants to implement agricultural practices that build healthy soil, as defined by California's healthy soils program. Similarly, zfp expanded restore Colorado, in conjunction with boulder and denver county governments as well as numerous local stakeholders. Zfp continued a fundraising mechanism for restore California and restore Colorado with dozens of restaurants nationwide donating a percentage of income or collecting a surcharge on diners' bills for the purpose of funding healthy soil projects. Zfp awarded nearly $750k in restore grants to 53 farm projects, including 18 in California and 27 in Colorado. Restore also expanded to the pacific northwest, opening applications to farmers in Oregon and Washington, and awarding 8 projects in the northwest. Zfp continued expansion of our membership opportunities, expanding options beyond 1% of sales, and has begun recruiting consumer packaged goods brands and grocers to join the zero foodprint membership program and rotating annual campaigns. Zfp continued our crowdfunding mechanism for individuals to donate to the restore fund through our featured projects section on the website www.zerofoodprint.org. Zfp began engaging large corporations in California to commit their food service programs to regenerative agriculture and restore California through participation in an accelerator program in which numerous food & beverage companies participate. Zfp continued and grew the compost connector program, which is designed to help California jurisdictions meet California sb1383 recycled organic waste procurement requirements by facilitating compost and mulch purchase. Compost connector solicits requests for compost and mulch from agriculture businesses including small working farms, vineyards, and ranches, and provides reduced cost compost and mulch in compliance with sb1383.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.4%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $74.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94%; rating input score 94; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.4% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $157K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 104 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 99 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.