Liabilities / Assets
55th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Masa Seed Foundation
990EZ • Fiscal year 2020 • EIN 83-2720985
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
55th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
49th percentile
Higher net margin than 49% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
84th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 86.4% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
79th percentile
Faster asset growth than 79% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
13th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 13% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$3,695
Up $1,185 (+47%) from 2019
Net Assets
Down-$47,717
Down $50,227 (-2001%) from 2019
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2019
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$25,187
Down $57,023 (-69%) from 2019
Expenses
Down$24,002
Down $55,698 (-70%) from 2019
Net Income
Down$1,185
Down $1,325 (-53%) from 2019
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
- Signed
- Mar 26, 2022
- Return Version
- 2020v4.0
- Gross Receipts
- $72,432
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
The MASA Seed Foundation is a community based organization supporting projects in horticultural education, seed and plant propagation, strategic garden designs, outreach and the development of a bio-regional seed bank, while creating a network of social unity and food sovereignty for urban, suburban and rural people of the Front Range Colorado-addressing climate change with models that can be implemented throughout the world.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Service accomplishments include developing the seed inventory, education outreach, produce sales and CSAs, establishing the seed bank. Over 75 CSA members benefits, close to 25 memberships and over a 100 education participants. | $15,000 | $64,902 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Pecoraro | Executive Director | FT | $21,761 | - | $21,761 |
| Jonathan Smolens | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Ben Murray | Networking Adviser | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Masa Seed Foundation
- EIN
- 83-2720985
- Phone
- 3034449642
- Address
- 4576 47th Street, Boulder, CO 80301
Signing Officer
- Name
- Richard Pecoraro
- Title
- Executive Director
- Phone
- 3034449642
- Signed
- 2022-03-26
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Header, Line B
“The formal accounting support staff for MASA has left the company. I have picked up the work and was unable to determine if a 990 had been filed. I searched on Guidestar and could not locate the FY2020 990. Therefore, I recreated it based on the financials that were left for me. I would like to submit this return as the most updated and amended return.”
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16
“This is items such as travel, software subscriptions, repairs and maintenance on greenhouses, permit and banking fees.”
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20
“Owner deposit.”
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24
“Accounts receivables”
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26
“Covid10 Relief Loan, payroll liabilities”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 4 | Covid10 Relief Loan, payroll liabilities |
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| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z |
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Filings
Displayed year
2020 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $3,695
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- -$47,717
- Revenue
- $25,187
- Expenses
- $24,002
- Net income
- $1,185