Organic Farming Research Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$2.6m
$1.4m liabilities
Net assets
$1.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.5y av
Staff
20
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
3
30% of the board
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Organic Farming Research Foundation's network
10 people4 organisationsi10 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (4) 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
10 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 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April Thatcher | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Bryan Hager | President/Ch | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cathy Greene | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Darryl Wong | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Heather Darby | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Keith Richards | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kokoasse Kpomlekou | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| LOU Kozma | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Mary Phipps | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| TIM Schultz (also filed as Tim Schultz) | Vice Chair/S | 2018 | 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brise Tencer | Executive Director | since 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brise Tencer | Executive Di | 40 | $149k | ||
| Keith Richards | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| April Thatcher | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lou Kozma | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Darryl Wong | Vice Chair/S | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bryan Hager | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Tim Schultz | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Cathy Greene | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Kokoasse Kpomlekou | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Mary Phipps | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Heather Darby | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Nichelle Harriott | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Charlotte Vallaeys | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Mike Dill | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Carrie-Anne Palmeri | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Bryan Wood | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Stinner | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
Colorado roster
15 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253036303). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| April Thatcher | President |
| Lou Kozma | |
| Brise Tencer | Executive Director |
| Harn Soper | Director |
| Carolyn Dimitri | Director |
| April Thatcher | Director |
| Kokoasse Kpomblekou | Director |
| Bryan Hager | Chair |
| Keith Richards | Treasurer |
| Katrina Heinze | Director |
| Deborah Stinner | Director |
| Mary Phipps | Director |
| Tim Schultz | Vice Chair, Secretary |
| Lou Kozma | Director |
| Jeremey Barker Plotkin | Director |
About
- Legal name
- Organic Farming Research Foundation
- EIN
- 770252545
- Address
- Po Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA, 95061-0440
- State
- California
- Mission
- To sponsor research related to organic farming, disseminate research results to organic farmers and growers interested in transitioning to organic, and educate the public and decision makers about organic farming issues. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- Z99Z Unknown
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Unknown
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1990
- Principal officer
- Brise Tencer (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 1995
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBryan Hager
≥8years on the filingsHeather Darby
≥8years on the filingsKeith Richards
≥8years on the filingsTIM Schultz
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
- $2.6m
- Total liabilities
- $1.4m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.2m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $37k
- Employees
- 20
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.Organic Farming Research Foundation 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: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 20 May 2026
- Registered agent
- Colorado Registered Agents Inc (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.