EIN 39-1824623

Marbleseed

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
10
Year formed
1999
Most recent tax filings
2022-08-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Marbleseed educates, inspires, and empowers farmers to thrive in a sustainable, organic system of agriculture. Moses educates, inspires, and empowers farmers to thrive in a sustainable, organic system of agriculture.
Also known as...
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services
Total revenues
$1,402,118
2022
Total expenses
$1,345,025
2022
Total assets
$667,483
2022
Num. employees
10
2022

Program areas at Marbleseed

With the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic, moses held the annual organic farming conference with reduced attendance in 2022. There were 1616 attendees, 66% of pre-pandemic levels. The conference offered 54 workshops and 7 full-day, pre-conference courses, including one focused on farmers addressing racism in addition to farm business and production topics. Forty-four percent of attendees identified as farmers. This year the attendees trended younger and more diverse with a robust offering of affinity group meetings and translation services to meet their needs. We also offered a virtual option of the conference and 120 people attended that way, getting access to live streamed keynotes, 2 live streamed workshops and all of the recorded workshop content.
This past fiscal year moses became Marbleseed. This name change is indicative of how we view our work as adding the network and connections to strengthen and bring the organic movement together. Critical to this approach is centering equity, and the health of people, animals and the planet. The board and staff recognize the need to embrace organic as a 'movement'. Marbleseed utilized private grants and commitments from secured funding and partnerships to launch the ag solidarity network, a farmer-led social networking platform. Since the launch in summer 2022, the network has over 400 farmers and food system advocates signed up, dispersed across various production focused groups. The farmer advancement program addressed organic production and farm finances through education and mentorship for beginning farmers which included field days as well as a new farmer university held in Minnesota. Marbleseed also worked to develop programs and advocate for policies to mitigate the systemic challenges identified by the organic specialists on staff who come from historically underserved communities. Programs underway include efforts around land access, mental health, leadership with national policy partners, and direct funding of farmers via mini-grants.
In may of 2022, we re-branded as an organization, emerging as Marbleseed: farmer-led, rooted in organic. A new and improved website launched as the fiscal year ended. This year Marbleseed, through the "grow organic" program, hosted or co-hosted 7 on -farm field days with 321 participants. Hundreds of calls and emails were answered through the "ask a specialist" organic answer line program. Six issues of the twenty-page organic broadcaster newspaper had a circulation of 15,000 farmers, agricultural professionals and local food advocates. The monthly enews subscription went to over 11,000 email addresses. The farmer-to-farmer mentoring program had 13 mentor/mentee pairs. The Marbleseed youtube channel that includes podcasts, educational events, and conference keynotes had 42,000 plays. And the "in her boots" (support for women and nonbinary farmers) program's podcast, updated this year to more specifically include the experiences of black, indigenous, women of color in farming, had 3,101 plays. The new website now enables visitors to search for specific resources via a comprehensive database on the site.

Who funds Marbleseed

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Clif Family FoundationExpanding Organic Food and Farming$7,500
AmazonSmile FoundationGeneral Support$54
Roger L and Laura D Zeller Charitable FoundationCharitable$50

Personnel at Marbleseed

NameTitleCompensation
Lori SternExecutive Director$85,763
Audrey AlwellCommunications Director
Jenica CaudillDirector of Development and Marketing
Sarah BroadfootProject Manager
Lauren LangworthyPast Interim Executive Director$71,250
...and 2 more key personnel

Financials for Marbleseed

RevenuesFYE 08/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,027,277
Program services$260,398
Investment income and dividends$40
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$2,345
Miscellaneous revenues$112,058
Total revenues$1,402,118

Form 990s for Marbleseed

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-082023-01-11990View PDF
2021-082022-01-10990View PDF
2020-082021-04-14990View PDF
2019-082021-01-27990View PDF
2018-082019-06-19990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
June 20, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 17, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
June 12, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
May 21, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $7,500 from Clif Family Foundation
September 23, 2021
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from The McKnight Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsSchoolsCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingReceives government fundingGala fundraisersAuction fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
PO Box 339
Spring Valley, WI 54767
Metro area
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
County
Pierce County, WI
Website URL
marbleseed.org:443/ 
Phone
(888) 906-6737
IRS details
EIN
39-1824623
Fiscal year end
August
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1999
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B00: Education: General
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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