2019-11-15T15:07:04-06:00 2018-12-31 689372583 CROPPER ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATION 2977 YGNACIO VALLEY ROAD 460 WALNUT CREEK CA 94598 990 2018-01-01 942914745 COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS COMM 5307568518 PO BOX 363 DAVIS CA 95617 Paul Towers EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5307568518 2019-11-15 1 MARY ANN CROPPER P01709825 9259323860 2019-11-07 96.95.215.205 2019-11-15 13:05:55 PS P E6B1996E2100CE5AF9D411CF3664B5492A50B01F E6B1996E2100CE5AF9D411CF3664B5492A50B01F 2018 2020-04-17 16:48:07Z PAUL TOWERS PO BOX 363 DAVIS CA 95617 1311748 0 X www.caff.org X 1978 CA CAFF's mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities, and ecosystems. 10 10 20 33 0 0 1276617 1047353 238056 233570 0 0 8198 24098 1522871 1305021 35000 114078 0 0 1043344 909473 0 0 86459 461165 342633 1539509 1366184 -16638 -61163 300822 314091 138536 212968 162286 101123 X CAFF's mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities, and ecosystems. 0 0 755521 114078 Farm to Market: CAFF connects farmers and businesses, providing growers with a suite of tools and marketing materials - and also coordinating product availability with aggregated purchasing to ensure supply and demand grow together. The Farm to Market program couples consumer education with technical assistance in tracing value through the supply chain. CAFF works with food service leaders to provide staff trainings, education for students, and collaborative purchasing and resource sharing structures. 2018 Highlights in Farm to Market include:(1) Farm to Cafeteria targets school districts and hospitals that serve low-income communities and increases access to fresh fruits, vegetables and proteins within these institutions while simultaneously expanding market access for local family farmers. Purchasing Collaboratives are groups of school and hospital food service purchasing representatives from the same region, utilizing common distributors and farmers. In 2018 CAFF facilitated over $1,100,000 sales via Purchasing Collaboratives (of 38 family farms and 41 institutions). Farm Direct sales directly connect institutional purchasers with farms, resulting in increased transparency, more opportunities for communication and education, a high level of customer service, more access to local, family farm, and in season products, and increased community awareness in the food system. In 2018 CAFF facilitated over $64,000 Farm Direct sales to 32 family farms from 12 institutions. While our reach has grown, there is still significantly higher demand and opportunity to help cafeteria leaders increase access to local food. (2) Food Safety: Our food safety outreach in 2018 included workshops, webinars, and in-depth one-on-one guidance to over 600 growers--as well as the development of our new podcast which debuted in February 2019. The first few podcasts episodes were recorded at different farms discussing various food safety "quick tips" for small growers.(3) Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): In an effort to increase the economic viability of CSA operations, CAFF partnered with technical assistance groups from across the nation to develop a CSA Community of Practice so they can more easily share marketing innovations and other best practices. The Community of Practice allows for the combination of extensive marketing expertise and collation of resources for the betterment of CSA farmers across the United States. By providing space for collaborations, we can facilitate the exchange of hard-won lessons and innovative ideas between service providers and CSAs nationwide. This exciting national effort feeds into a noteworthy international CSA movement, in which CAFF also participates, aimed at improving social justice and solidarity economies throughout the world through CSA and other farm-direct models. 56740 Policy - CAFF continues work focusing on state and federal policies, defending the rights of family farmers, as well as educating them about new policies that affect their farms. CAFF is a strong advocate for family scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies, and promotes social justice. It is CAFF's goal to change the course of agriculture, and to do that we need to influence institutions, commodity boards, state and federal agencies, and legislators who set public policy. 2018 efforts focused on the Farm Bill; working with California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) on State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP), the Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP), and Healthy Soils Program; the Compost General Order; immigration reform; surface water; and groundwater (regulatory changes and water use efficiency); managing the California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative (CAWSI) website and resource library; and California legislation. 200151 Climate - The Climate Smart Farming program continued its work investigating and promoting climate smart farming practices that build farm productivity and resilience, conserve natural resources, and mitigate and adapt to climate change. CAFF works with growers and partners with organizations on winter cover cropping, on-farm applied research in integrated crop-livestock systems, dry farming, biointensive no-till systems, hedgerows, and water conservation. Highlights include publishing the second edition of CAFF's Hedgerow Manual, carrying out a barrier/motivations survey of grazing sheep vineyards, planting cover crops in nut orchards and hosting our first cover crop farmer-to-farmer event, interviewing irrigation/water districts on regulation and ag water use, and continuing our biointensive no-till pilot project with five farms differing by soil type and climate. CAFF started our Climate Resilience project which focuses on helping farms and farm communities adapt to the inevitable consequences of climate change, namely the increased number of wildfires California has suffered these past few years. 1012412 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 1 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X Frank Munzinger 5307568518 PO Box 363 Davis CA 95617 UDI LAZIMY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAWNIE ANDRAK ACTING BOARD CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 TOMMY IRVINE CPA TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 SHEV RUSH DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA LASHBROOK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BOB KNIGHT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PETE PRICE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL OLSON VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN BAILEY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 GOWAN BATIST DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DIANE DEL SIGNORE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 95846 0 0 95846 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21559 481042 544752 1047353 PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU 561000 233570 233570 233570 27840 0 27840 27840 27840 0 21559 6727 -6727 -6727 REIMBURSEMENTS AND OTH 110000 2985 2985 2985 1305021 264395 0 -6727 114078 114078 95846 95846 684260 589833 40465 53962 62463 47228 10914 4321 66904 50586 11690 4628 130729 61773 68059 897 352 352 19708 19336 267 105 13573 10262 2372 939 56489 42711 9871 3907 40514 30633 7079 2802 12786 9668 2234 884 6203 6203 6812 5150 1191 471 PRINTING AND PHOTOCOPYI 17396 13153 3040 1203 MISCELLANEOUS 12271 1269 11002 TELEPHONE 8968 6781 1567 620 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 6062 3031 3031 10770 7837 2215 718 1366184 1012412 267313 86459 X 25006 23301 31802 182992 219578 83491 19486 19457 201200 201200 0 0 4950 4850 300822 314091 61184 38928 4100 2150 73252 171890 138536 212968 X -253791 -194934 416077 296057 162286 101123 300822 314091 -61163 0 X 0 0 0 X 1296028 992260 998601 1276617 1047353 5610859 411179 355608 306810 218648 236555 1528800 1707207 1347868 1305411 1495265 1283908 7139659 0 0 0 7139659 19955 30277 19408 18128 87768 19955 30277 19408 18128 87768 915 -890 25 37219 2903 18950 8198 2985 70255 1765296 1349881 1354638 1522871 1305021 7297707 0.97830 0.98270 0.01200 0.01060 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 17751 17751 1348433 1366184 211618 52905 0 0 226419 205029 227996 211618 871062 1306593 16807 28119 20400 17751 83077 56605 51257 56999 52905 217766 326649 201200 201200 0 0 1311748 6727 6727 1305021 0 1305021 1372911 6727 6727 1366184 0 1366184 Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: DIRECT EXPENSES OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: DIRECT EXPENSES OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS ANNUAL DINNER 21559 21559 6727 21559 21559 6727 6727 -6727 1 Cash grant 8 114078 Cash value Part I, Line 2: The Board and Executive Director review and approve the grants made to Farmers. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 10b CAFF is in the process of formally documenting policies and procedures related to its chapters. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A draft of Form 990 was reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Treasurer prior to filing. A final Form 990 is then provided to each board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annually, all directors and key employees complete an affirmation and disclosure disclosing affiliations that could result in a conflict of interest or related compliance. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a An independent compensation committee reviews compensation of key employees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORM 1023 AND IRS FORM 990 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST, Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS,CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.