Rhode Island · Nonprofit
BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL
BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,021 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($53,883). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $551k
What Barrington Farm School does
Mission
To operate a community focused agricultural organization and learning center that teaches basic and sustainable farming skills to local learners.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Farm Education, including composting and regenerative farming. The program is supported by 309 individuals providing 5,431 hours of support. The Compost environmental program teaches the processes of collecting food scraps from the local community to create organic fertilizer for the farm. Food safety regulations are followed with vegetable and fruit food scraps combined with leaves, wood chips and saw dust to be turned over frequently, with temperatures monitored for a complete process. Environmental education focuses on diverting food scraps from landfills and creating a valuable resource used to regenerate soil on the farm. More than 73,000 lbs. (32 tons) were diverted from landfills. Regenerative agricultural practices are supported by the Farm Volunteer Program. The volunteer program assists the farmer in all aspects of regenerative farming practices from seeding, planting, maintenance (watering, weeding), harvesting and farm stand marketing. Each task is an educational experience to learn how our food is grown using regenerative soil management, addressing environmentally safe growing practices without chemicals, and the importance of being good stewards to the land and…
$103,750 spent100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,750.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $150k to $501k (+234%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
79% of BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $27k → $3k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 99% · 2020 90% · 2021 100% · 2022 89% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
57% of BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $40k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $54k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL?
- BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,021 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($53,883). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $94,021 in grants to BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $53,883 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing