Oregon · Nonprofit
UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL
UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,724 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($201,168). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $327k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $269k
- Net assets
- $125k
What Umpqua Valley Farm to School does
Mission
We believe food security begins with a strong community connection to the land and its food. By supporting local food systems and providing education to Douglas County youth, UVF2S cultivates skills and passion to build food-community connections. UVF2S aims to achieve an equitable and sustainable food system that nurtures and strengthens Douglas County's people and economy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Umpqua Valley Farm to School (UVF2S) provided direct school garden education programs which include our "Three Pillars of Wellness: Mindfulness, Physical Activity, and Nutrition" to 2,768 youth in Douglas County in 2024. 466 community members participated in our community classes which include Family Cooking Nights featuring traditional foods from global cultures. Over $40,000 went back into local farms by purchasing produce for rural, underserved communities. UVF2S assisted schools in Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties in procuring over $100,000 in locally grown, raised, and caught products for school meals. 147 volunteers helped us build and maintain six school gardens and carry out community events. UVF2S hosted four workshops for producers to assist with grant writing and expanding their businesses, and Rainbow Kitchen, a shared, commercial kitchen, helped incubate six, small, food-based businesses which allowed them to sell at events and retail establishments. UVF2S Co-chaired 12 Food Systems Committee meetings with local food systems stakeholders and partnered with other organizations to host a Southern Oregon Food Systems Convening.
$189,033 spent$101,240 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $189,033.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $74k to $118k (+59%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 13% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Erin Maidlow
Executive Director
Board chair
Lucy Valadez
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $35k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO 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
UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% 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 UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 59% · 2023 86% — 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
75% of UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO 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 $68k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $485k on record — $234k federal, $251k state.
- Department of Agriculture$234k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$230k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$20k
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 UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO 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 UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL?
- UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,724 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($201,168). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $268,724 in grants to UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $201,168 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UMPQUA VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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