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The Farm School

EIN 22-2959081Education Massachusetts Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Spend a year with us, launch a lifetime of farming

Since The Farm School first began providing practical farm training for adults, its Learn to Farm program has graduated over 100 students into lives enriched by agriculture. Outside of one's own family farm, there really is no other place that comes close to The Farm School in providing training in the myriad of skills needed to operate an economically viable small farm. Forestry, animal husbandry, carpentry, mechanics, business planning and marketing join organic vegetable production at the center of the year-long program. Here, every day and in every way, students learn to farm by farming. Growing food for a 175 member CSA, a vibrant Farmers' Market and a 50 member meat and egg CSA and managing 150 acres of productive forest land is the core of life and learning on the farm.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.10Overall score
out of 100

94.98Financial score
out of 100

81.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,826,894

Total expenses · USD$1,772,558

Program expenses

$1,350,689.20 recorded amount

76.2%

Fundraising expenses

$166,620.45 recorded amount

9.4%

Administrative expenses

$253,475.79 recorded amount

14.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Patrick Connors
Recorded compensation: $67,983.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.83%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Farm School
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	81.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Since The Farm School first began providing practical farm training for adults, its Learn to Farm program has graduated over 100 students into lives enriched by agriculture. Outside of one's own family farm, there really is no other place that comes close to The Farm School in providing training in the myriad of skills needed to operate an economically viable small farm. Forestry, animal husbandry, carpentry, mechanics, business planning and marketing join organic vegetable production at the center of the year-long program. Here, every day and in every way, students learn to farm by farming. Growing food for a 175 member CSA, a vibrant Farmers' Market and a 50 member meat and egg CSA and managing 150 acres of productive forest land is the core of life and learning on the farm.
`ein` EIN	22-2959081
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1772558.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14300000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.094
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.762
`fscore` Financial score	94.98
`leader` Recorded leader	Patrick Connors
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	67983.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0383
`motto` Tagline	Spend a year with us, launch a lifetime of farming
`name` Charity name	The Farm School
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1826894.0
`score` Overall score	86.1
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Adult Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1350689.196
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	166620.452
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	253475.79400000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2959081
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Adult Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.