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US nonprofit · EIN 454031386 · Harlingen, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 454031386) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Hope for Small Farm Sustainability

Donations deductible
Revenue
$795k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$842k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$387k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$387k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
6.9y av
Staff
10
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
3
reported in Part VI
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2014. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2014 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

Hope for Small Farm Sustainability's network

4 people5 organisationsi4 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Diana Garcia-PadillaPresident2018
8 yrs
Kathryn E Polt (also filed as Kathryn Polt)Vice President2018
8 yrs
Martha SalvikTresurer2024
2 yrs
Michael GarrettDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Diana PadillaDirector20$116k
Saul PadillaDirector0$110k
Kathryn PoltVice PresidentSecretary5$0
Martha SlavikTreasurerDirector0$0

About

Legal name
Hope for Small Farm Sustainability
EIN
454031386
Address
19833 Morris Rd, Harlingen, TX, 78552-1724
State
Texas
Mission
The corporations mission is to promote economic development and educate and foster a new generation of farmers in sustainable and chemical-free farming for the health and safety of residents of the lower rio grande valley and the environment. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P20 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2013
Principal officer
Diana Padilla (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDiana Garcia-Padilla
≥8years on the filingsKathryn E Polt
≥8years on the filingsMichael Garrett
≥2years on the filingsMartha Salvik

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$387k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$387k
Contributions and grants received
$795k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$3
Employees
10

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$973k$653k$320k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Hope For Small Farm Sustainability likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Active
Formed
4 December 2011
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.