Nonprofit · EIN 91-1276578
AGROS INTERNATIONAL
Tax-exempt · SEATTLE, WA 98105
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $8,490,845 | $3,973,735 | $4,517,110 | $9,696,407 | $1,149,633 | $8,546,774 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,667,303 | $3,334,784 | $332,519 | $5,255,313 | $1,225,649 | $4,029,664 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,742,700
- Program service revenue
- $37,722
- Investment income
- $79,048
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $25,793
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$120,885
- Other revenue
- $631,375
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $348,526
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $353,447
- Other salaries and wages
- $911,381
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,530,535
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $92,815
- Accounting fees
- $381,795
- Occupancy
- $117,184
- Travel
- $349,899
- Depreciation
- $107,328
- Program services (functional)
- $2,572,772
- Management and general (functional)
- $226,844
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,174,119
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,255,313
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,696,407
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,149,633
- Net assets, end of year
- $8,546,774
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $589,296
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,453,075
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $6,093,699
- Gross receipts
- $8,653,891
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 1984
- State of legal domicile
- WA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERTO SOLANO | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $188,350 | $10,951 |
| KEN KIERSTEAD | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $137,701 | $16,445 |
| KRISTI DRAKE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN SPARE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES KOVAC | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA ROWLAND | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BART BRYNESTAD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROGER WRIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHI-DOOH LI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT KOPP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN SYWULKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALAN GARCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL WOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE SIRICH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER LI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERTO SOLANO | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $169,167 | $7,200 |
| KEN KIERSTEAD | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 50 | $135,049 | $7,200 |
| KIMBERLY CUEVAS | DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEVEL Highest-paid employee | 45 | $129,812 | $7,750 |
| BART BRYNESTAD | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTI DRAKE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL MOULTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK WEBER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLY DELAMARTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHI-DOOH LI | FOUNDER AND TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT KOPP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALFRED KALTSCHMITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES KOVAC | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN SPARE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTEBAN SYWULKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALAN GARCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROGER WRIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA ROWLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4719 16TH AVE NE, SEATTLE, WA 98105-4208
- In care of
- % AGROS INTERNATIONAL
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ALBERTO SOLANO, 4719 16TH AVENUE NE, SEATTLE, WA 98105
- Signed the 990
- KENNETH B KIERSTEAD, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (206) 528-1066
- Website
- WWW.AGROS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LARSON GROSS ADVISORS LLC
Mission
AGROS' MISSION IS TO SEE RURAL POOR FAMILIES OWN AGRICULTURAL LAND, ATTAIN ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY, REALIZE THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL, AND PASS ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS THE VALUES AND RESOURCES THAT ENABLE THEM TO FLOURISH.
Program accomplishments
- AT AGROS, WE BELIEVE THAT RURAL FAMILIES ARE NOT DEFINED BY POVERTY, BUT BY POTENTIAL. FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, WE HAVE WALKED ALONGSIDE FARMING FAMILIES ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA, PUTTING LAND AND BUSINESS OWNERSHIP INTO THEIR HANDS AND EMPOWERING THEM TO CREATE LASTING WEALTH AND DIGNITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. GUIDED BY OUR FAITH IN CHRIST AND BY THE CONVICTION THAT EVERY FAMILY HAS THE RIGHT TO WRITE AND LEAD THEIR OWN STORY, AGROS HAS TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 23,000 INDIVIDUALS SINCE OUR FOUNDING.2024 MARKED A YEAR OF BOTH CELEBRATION AND BOLD BEGINNINGS. AS WE COMMEMORATED AGROS' 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR AN AMBITIOUS FIVE-YEAR IMPACT PLAN DESIGNED TO REACH 50,000 PEOPLE BY 2034. THANKS TO THE TRUST AND GENEROSITY OF OUR SUPPORTERS, IN 2024 WE SECURED THE RESOURCES TO PURCHASE LAND AND PREPARE FOR AGROS' HISTORIC RETURN TO HONDURAS, AND TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS IN NICARAGUA AND GUATEMALA.ACROSS 99 VILLAGES AND TWO COUNTRIES, AGROS SERVED 10,706 PEOPLE THROUGH FOUR KEY PROGRAMS: LAND OWNERSHIP, MARKET-LED AGRICULTURE, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, AND HEALTH & WELL-BEING. THESE EFFORTS ARE NOT SIMPLY SERVICES - THEY ARE PATHWAYS TO OWNERSHIP AND PROSPERITY. FAMILIES IN OUR LA BENDICIN HARVEST OF HOPE CENTER, AGROS AGRIBUSINESS TRAINING HUB IN NICARAGUA, BROKE RECORDS IN AGRIBUSINESS REVENUES, WITH SOME PAYING OFF THEIR LAND IN THEIR VERY FIRST YEAR, AN ACHIEVEMENT ONCE UNIMAGINABLE.OUR WORK ALSO DELIVERED MEASURABLE VALUE: AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION IN THREE NICARAGUAN COMMUNITIES SHOWED THAT EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN AGROS GENERATED $3.62 IN SOCIAL VALUE, PROVING THE EXTRAORDINARY RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT YOUR PARTNERSHIP MAKES POSSIBLE.2024 WAS ALSO A YEAR OF INNOVATION. THROUGH CLIMATE-SMART PRACTICES, RURAL FAMILIES INCREASED CROP YIELDS BY UP TO 32% WHILE CAPTURING OVER 200 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS - TURNING VILLAGES INTO RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.IN GUATEMALA, OUR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM (WEP) REMAINED A CORNERSTONE OF AGROS' INITIATIVES IN 2024, PROVIDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN-LED BUSINESSES. THE WEP GREW TO SERVE 912 CLIENTS - 100% OF WHOM LIVE IN MARGINALIZED RURAL AREAS AND 80% OF WHOM ARE WOMEN - WITH AN AVERAGE LOAN SIZE OF $605, ABOUT 15% OF THE COUNTRY'S PER CAPITA INCOME, REFLECTING A HIGH LEVEL OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND REACHING ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTED OVER 90 VILLAGE BANKS ACROSS 80 COMMUNITIES - REINFORCING ITS COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS.LIKEWISE, WE SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR AGRO-EMPRENDE, OUR FIRST YOUTH-ORIENTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM.THESE STEPS REFLECT HOW 2024 SERVED AS A PIVOTAL YEAR OF PREPARATION AND MOMENTUM FOR WHAT IS NOW BECOMING A NEW ERA OF IMPACT.Expenses $2,572,772 · grants $348,526 · revenue $151,024
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 91-1276578
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1985
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q300)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $9,696,407
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,653,891
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $8,490,845 | $3,973,735 | $9,696,407 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,667,303 | $3,334,784 | $5,255,313 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $4,954,613 | $3,733,066 | $4,632,722 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 91-1276578).
Questions about AGROS INTERNATIONAL
- What is the EIN of AGROS INTERNATIONAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AGROS INTERNATIONAL is 91-1276578.
- Is AGROS INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1985.
- Are donations to AGROS INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AGROS INTERNATIONAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AGROS INTERNATIONAL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AGROS INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AGROS INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ALBERTO SOLANO.
- Who are the officers and directors of AGROS INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 15 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $188,350 (ALBERTO SOLANO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does AGROS INTERNATIONAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $8,490,845, expenses of $3,973,735 and total assets of $9,696,407 at year end.
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