2025-11-17T09:22:55-05:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 842223405 MAD AGRICULTURE MADA 8052317462 728 PEARL ST BOULDER CO 80302 SARA CLOW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 4157265010 2025-11-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Philip Taylor 728 Pearl St BOULDER CO 80302 2534101 false X madagriculture.org X 2019 CO Mad Agriculture catalyzes farmers transition to organic and regenerative agriculture with systemic and individual support. 4 3 13 10 0 0 2271215 2290251 71748 203658 307 19727 175431 20465 2518701 2534101 77563 391896 0 0 1493259 1530514 0 0 135806 536261 467275 2107083 2389685 411618 144416 835677 1791096 13485 23349 822192 1767747 Mad Agricultures mission is to create a regenerative revolution in agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is a place-based relational approach to farming that restores soil health increases biodiversity and renews the ecological cultural and economic vitality of working lands. It draws from many traditions including scientific and ancestral to heal relationships between people land and the systems that sustain us. false false 524519 391896 796711 Regenerative Catalyst Fund: The Regenerative Catalyst Fund RCF is a nationwide program designed to help farmers implement regenerative and organic practices on their land. The fund aims to provide financial and technical assistance to farmers who are committed to transitioning from conventional farming practices to regenerative agriculture methods. The program is designed to be highly accessible and flexible facilitating a farmers move from design to action by covering the costs of inputs equipment labor and expert consultation. In 2024 Mad Agriculture provided $391,896 across 37 projects that impacted 122,799 acres of land. This program is supported by a USDA Conservation Innovation Grant CIG and is poised to become a major resource for the farmers ranchers and land stewards Mad Agriculture supports in our work. 467008 0 533571 Mad Lands: Our Mad Land and Business team provides comprehensive support to farmers ranchers and land stewards through thought partnership business strategy financial assistance network connection and access to other regenerative experts. We specialize in annual and perennial system design with expertise in agroforestry grazing staple crops and wilding. Our team offers guidance in holistic management enterprise budgeting and regenerative organic transitions ensuring that farmers have the strategic tools to build resilient operations. We support project design and management while connecting farmers with technical assistance for implementation. Additionally we provide access to financial assistance through Mad Ags internal Regenerative Catalyst Fund RCF Restore Colorado and grant identification and writing support ensuring that regenerative projects receive the resources needed to thrive. In 2024 we began two major projects with wide ranging benefits and great potential for regeneration our Wilding Program and Bison Project with the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes in Oklahoma. In 2024 we piloted the program on 4 farms in 3 states with 110 acres of newly perennialized diverse plantings adjacent to annual cropland. The bison project aims to restore native prairies and expand bison herds in and around Concho Oklahoma in partnership with Collaborative Earth and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. 399128 0 54217 Mad Media: The revolution in agriculture must be irresistible and it requires a movement of people businesses and land to create a new system. Our media work is igniting engagement in the regenerative movement by sharing its stories. Through a variety of storytelling mediums we are helping to explore and create the new agrarian culture. In these efforts we are dedicated to living the questions trusting that in the living we will find the answers. The art that we promote illuminates a connection to place to ecology and to a community of food. We lift up new voices. We spotlight the work of farmers who take radical and thoughtful approaches to their work. The Mad Agriculture Journal continued to serve as a cornerstone of MAD!s storytelling in2024 offering a biannual collection of essays photography and interviews that celebrate the people practices and philosophies driving the regenerative movement. Across the country our team hosted 17 Mad Agriculture events and spoke at 35 industry gatherings sharing insights with over 6,000 people in person. In 2024 Mad Media created Cultivating Conservation a dynamic storytelling platform that highlights the critical role of USDA conservation programs in supporting farmers and ranchers across the nation. The platform blends data with farmers stories to showcase the impact of these programs amplify the voices of regenerative farmers and allow viewers to explore both the quantitative and qualitative realities of leveraging USDA conservation dollars towards regeneration. 451256 0 0 Other program services were aggregated and added to line 4d to ensure total in line 4e ties to total in part IX. 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TAX OR WITHOLDING 6966 17938 true Fitzgerald Family Farms 14564 110ST GLENCOE MN 55336 874144072 77729 0 CASH N A For the establishment of perennial ecological zones on farmland and the advancement of farm management tracking systems to enhance organic certification procedures and management efficiencies Lineage Seeds 60C N SHINING SUN SANTA FE NM 87506 921329654 20000 0 CASH N A Contribution to the purchase of a buried cistern to enhance irrigation efficiencies and distribution systems Zero Foodprint 2370 MARKET ST STE 103 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114 473642630 30000 0 CASH N A Contribution to a small portfolio of perennial plantings for carbon accrual and ecological benefit in the Pacific Northwest region Wild Wellspring Farm PO BOX 18147 BOULDER CO 80308 881919567 29000 0 CASH N A Perennial plantings for pollination and wind protection and a contribution towards crop zone fencing to manage elk pressure Grama Grass and Livestock PO BOX 19583 BOULDER CO 80308 845047049 20000 0 CASH N A To support the hiring of an employee that increases the number of grazing-as-a-service partnerships A Frame Farm 3123 230TH ST DAWSON MN 56232 477174771 18000 0 CASH N A To establish perennial plantings and ecological corridors on farmland as part of a Wilding pilot JOIA FOOD FARM 2038 MARCH AVE CHARLES CITY IA 50616 483881373 14410 0 CASH N A Contribution towards the purchase of additional mobile fencing and other mobile grazing equipment for holistic managed grazing practices Nettle Valley Farm 23970 COUNTY 19 SPRING GROVE MN 55974 454217240 10000 0 CASH N A Contribution towards the purchase of additional mobile fencing and other mobile grazing equipment for holistic managed grazing practices Holly Hock Livestock 124 280TH ST OSCEOLA WI 54020 473295556 8139 0 CASH N A Contribution towards the purchase of additional mobile fencing and other mobile grazing equipment for holistic managed grazing practices DRYLANDS AGROECOLOGY RESEARCH 12191 FOOTHILLS HWY LONGMONT CO 80503 822651409 7161 0 CASH N A Perennial tree planting implementation and earth works design and implementation Speedwell Farm and Gardens 3128 BELL DR BOULDER CO 80301 814671608 5000 0 CASH N A Contribution to shared farm infrastructure including greenhouse and row cover materials Aquila Cellars 41050 LAMBORN MESA RD PAONIA CO 81428 843532484 5034 0 CASH N A Perennial tree plantings for pollinator habitat and wind mitigation KILT FARMS 3812 HOWE CT BOULDER CO 80301 270397840 15571 0 CASH N A Contribution to a soil amendment program involving compost and trace mineral balancing ZAFA WINES 1227 E SHORE RD ISLE LA MOTTE VT 05463 825006511 35000 0 CASH N A Operational support and bridge financing to help business process inventory into marketable formats 0 14 Farm Irrigation Improvements 1 0 10884 Book Value Irrigation supplies and contractor installation Farm Tree Plantings 1 0 9161 Book Value Trees compost and contract installation Farm Business Support 1 0 1261 Book Value Business modeling contractor and educational event Part I Line 2 Mad Agriculture is committed to ensuring that all expenditures are directly tied to advancing its tax-exempt purpose: to heal the relationship of people and the planet through a regenerative revolution in agriculture. This includes supporting initiatives such as land and business consulting providing catalytic funding to accelerate the adoption of regenerative practices and systems and community activation and story telling. The organization maintains a careful accounting process to ensure that funds are used in accordance with IRS regulations for 501c3 organizations and GAAP. Specifically funds are allocated across various departments and activities-such as Mad Land and Business the Regenerative Catalyst Fund and Mad Media-to ensure that each program receives appropriate financial support and the mission is advanced with integrity. X X false false false false false false false false false PHILIP TAYLOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 183061 0 0 0 0 0 3502 0 10000 0 196563 0 0 0 TANNER STARBARD CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE 146971 0 0 0 0 0 2750 0 10000 0 159721 0 0 0 HALEY BARON CHIEF OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT 139358 0 0 0 0 0 2496 0 10000 0 151854 0 0 0 Mad Market PBC 35% Controlled entity of a Mad Agriculture Officer START UP COSTS X 580175 142744 false true true 142744 Part VI, Line 11a Form 990 digitally distributed to Board to review prior to submission. Part VI, Line 12c The board of directors have been asked to disclose conflict of interest during board meetings. Part VI, Line 15 Executive Directors salary and any increases to that salary must first be approved by the Board of Directors who have understanding of that persons capacity and comparable salary information for that type of leadership position. Part VI, Line 19 Documents available for public review upon request. Part XI, Line 9 | Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| CHANGE IN VALUE RELATED TO CURRENT YEARS ACTIVITY, CHANGE IN VALUE, $801140|