Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Assoc
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What it says it does
TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC - PARTICULARLY VEGETABLE, POTATO, AND BERRY FARMERS ABOUT THE RESOURCES OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE METHODS BY WHICH RESOURCES MAY BE CONSERVED, UTILIZED, AND IMPROVED.
- Income
- $416,497
- Spending
- $365,813
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 285
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $175,383 spent. NEWSLETTER - THE ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED A NEWSLETTER TO KEEP MEMBERS INFORMED ABOUT TRENDS AND NEWS AFFECTING THE STATE'S VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES AND NEWS ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION. REGULAR EDITIONS ARE MAILED TO ABOUT 800 PEOPLE, AND SPECIAL EDITIONS ARE MAILED TO OVER 3,340 PEOPLE. CONVENTION - THE ASSOCIATION SPONSORS THIS EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW TO HELP EDUCATE MEMBERS ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES. APPROXIMATELY 900 TO 1,000 PEOPLE NORMALLY REGISTER WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CONVENTION. RESEARCH GRANTS - THE ASSOCIATION ANNUALLY FUNDS SEVERAL VEGETABLE AND SMALL FRUIT RESEARCH PROJECTS, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA VEGETABLE MARKETING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. IN 2024, THE ASSOCIATION HELPED FUND NINE VEGETABLE RESEARCH PROJECTS. TWILIGHT AND GROWER EDUCATION MEETINGS - THE ASSOCIATION SPONSORS THESE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ORGANIZED BY LOCAL PENN STATE EXTENSION EDUCATORS AT FARMS AROUND THE STATE TO HELP EDUCATE MEMBERS. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES - THE ASSOCIATION SEEKS TO KEEP ITS MEMBERS INFORMED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS TO INFORM GOVERMENT OFFICIALS HOW LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES AFFECT GROWERS. PROMOTION - THE ASSOCIATION HELPS FUND SPECIAL PROMOTION EFFORTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO RAISE THE PUBLIC AND PRODUCE BUYERS AWARENESS OF THE STATE'S VEGETABLE INDUSTRY. DONATIONS - THE ASSOCIATION GIVES DONATIONS TO VARIOUS CAUSES OR EVENTS TO HELP PROMOTE THE VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES OR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN GENERAL. MAJOR DONATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO A GROUP THAT TRAINS TEACHERS HOW TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TO OUR SOCIETY AND TO HELP SUPPORT A MOBILE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION LABORATORY. THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES DONATIONS OF PLANTS AND SEEDS TO THE CAPITOL HUNGER GARDEN IN HARRISBURG, PA. WEBSITE - THE ASSOCIATION MAINTAINS A WEBSITE TO PROVIDE BOTH MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMANT ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION. SIMPLY SWEET ONION COMMITTEE - THIS PROGRAM HOLDS AND ADMINISTERS THE TRADEMARK FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA SIMPLY SWEET ONION ON BEHALF OF PENNSYLVANIA GROWERS. THE LICENSE FEES AND ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED FROM THE ONION GROWERS HELP FUND RESEARCH AND PROMOTION OF THE SIMPLY SWEET BRAND ONIONS. NEWSLETTER - THE ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED A NEWSLETTER TO KEEP MEMBERS INFORMED ABOUT TRENDS AND NEWS AFFECTING THE STATE'S VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES AND NEWS ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION. REGULAR EDITIONS ARE MAILED TO ABOUT 800 PEOPLE, AND SPECIAL EDITIONS ARE MAILED TO OVER 3,340 PEOPLE. CONVENTION - THE ASSOCIATION SPONSORS THIS EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW TO HELP EDUCATE MEMBERS ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES. APPROXIMATELY 900 TO 1,000 PEOPLE NORMALLY REGISTER WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CONVENTION. RESEARCH GRANTS - THE ASSOCIATION ANNUALLY FUNDS SEVERAL VEGETABLE AND SMALL FRUIT RESEARCH PROJECTS, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA VEGETABLE MARKETING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. IN 2024, THE ASSOCIATION HELPED FUND NINE VEGETABLE RESEARCH PROJECTS. TWILIGHT AND GROWER EDUCATION MEETINGS - THE ASSOCIATION SPONSORS THESE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ORGANIZED BY LOCAL PENN STATE EXTENSION EDUCATORS AT FARMS AROUND THE STATE TO HELP EDUCATE MEMBERS. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES - THE ASSOCIATION SEEKS TO KEEP ITS MEMBERS INFORMED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS TO INFORM GOVERMENT OFFICIALS HOW LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES AFFECT GROWERS. PROMOTION - THE ASSOCIATION HELPS FUND SPECIAL PROMOTION EFFORTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO RAISE THE PUBLIC AND PRODUCE BUYERS AWARENESS OF THE STATE'S VEGETABLE INDUSTRY. DONATIONS - THE ASSOCIATION GIVES DONATIONS TO VARIOUS CAUSES OR EVENTS TO HELP PROMOTE THE VEGETABLE, POTATO AND BERRY INDUSTRIES OR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN GENERAL. MAJOR DONATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO A GROUP THAT TRAINS TEACHERS HOW TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TO OUR SOCIETY AND TO HELP SUPPORT A MOBILE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION LABORATORY. THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES DONATIONS OF PLANTS AND SEEDS TO THE CAPITOL HUNGER GARDEN IN HARRISBURG, PA. WEBSITE - THE ASSOCIATION MAINTAINS A WEBSITE TO PROVIDE BOTH MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMANT ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION. SIMPLY SWEET ONION COMMITTEE - THIS PROGRAM HOLDS AND ADMINISTERS THE TRADEMARK FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA SIMPLY SWEET ONION ON BEHALF OF PENNSYLVANIA GROWERS. THE LICENSE FEES AND ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED FROM THE ONION GROWERS HELP FUND RESEARCH AND PROMOTION OF THE SIMPLY SWEET BRAND ONIONS.
- $44,618 spent. SAME AS 1ST EXEMPT PURPOSE ACCOMPLISHMENT
- SAME AS 1ST EXEMPT PURPOSE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1975.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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