Fertile Groundworks
Donations deductibleRevenue
$200k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$134k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$280k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$280k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
5.3 years on average
Staff
6
583 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Fertile Groundworks' network
7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) 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
7 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Ko | Vice President and Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Barbara Kraybill | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Bob Cowgill | CFO and Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Brooke Beyer | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jay Desai | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Richard Crawford | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Teresa Win | President and Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Brenda Kusler | Executive Director | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Kusler | Executive Director | 40 | $49k | ||
| Brooke Beyer | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Richard Crawford | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Barbara Kraybill | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jay Desai | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Bob Cowgill | CFO and Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Angela Ko | President and Director | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Fertile Groundworks
- EIN
- 455415064
- Address
- 4743 East Ave, Livermore, CA, 94550-9683
- State
- California
- Mission
- Our mission is to teach and empower people and communities to increase their health, wellbeing, and self-reliance by growing food for themselves and others, organically and sustainably. (Continued on Schedule O, line 07.) (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- K99 Food, agriculture and nutrition
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2012
- Principal officer
- Brenda Kusler (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2012
- 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
≥7years on the filingsBrooke Beyer
≥7years on the filingsTeresa Win
≥6years on the filingsAngela Ko
≥6years on the filingsBarbara Kraybill
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $280k
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $280k
- Contributions and grants received
- $157k
- Program service revenue
- $2k
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 583
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $200k | $134k | $65k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.