Organic Farmers Association

Analysis

Organic Farmers Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Spirit Lake, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2025. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Organic Farmers Association reported income of $924k and spending of $743k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $263k to $924k (+251%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Organic Farmers Association sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Counseling Services of Northern Illinois ($924k), New Hope Center Inc ($925k) and Forsyth Farmers Market Inc ($924k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $55k (7.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $495k against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $425k.