2025-11-05T15:32:18-08:00 2024-12-31 261726741 WatsonRice LLP 31 West 34th Street 7006 New York NY 10001 990 2024-01-01 134150082 Stone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri STON 9143666200 630 Bedford Road Pocantico Hills NY 10591 Peggy Dulany Board Chair 2025-11-06 true true Baruti Bediako CPA P00740658 2124477300 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Jason Grauer 630 Bedford Road Pocantico Hills NY 10591 21317365 false X www.stonebarnscenter.org X 2000 NY STONE BARNS CENTER IS A NONPROFIT FARM, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH CENTER WITH A MISSION TO CATALYZE AN ECOLOGICAL FOOD CULTURE.THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN DIVERSIFIED, REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND EXPLORES THE PATTERNS OF EATING NEEDED TO SUPPORT IT. WE ENGAGE IN THESE PRACTICES IN THE BIOREGION OF THE HUDSON VALLEY AND SEEK TO BROADCAST OUR KNOWLEDGE TO COLLABORATORS AND PARTNERS IN OUR BIOREGION. ULTIMATELY, OUR WORK ASPIRES TO INFORM OTHER REGIONS IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECOLOGICALLY-GROUNDED FOOD SYSTEMS. 11 10 53 31 0 2406295 3720984 1326883 1260926 1721579 1945528 2647670 2590189 8102427 9517627 0 0 5053619 4210840 115670 400000 802789 7676188 9184483 12845477 13795323 -4743050 -4277696 96207943 95585477 1097042 1709058 95110901 93876419 X STONE BARNS CENTER IS A NONPROFIT FARM, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH CENTER WITH A MISSION TO CATALYZE AN ECOLOGICAL FOOD CULTURE. SINCE 2004, WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES AND MINDFUL FOOD CHOICES THAT BENEFIT HUMAN HEALTH, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. OUR HUDSON VALLEY CAMPUS, SHARED WITH THE RESTAURANT BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS, IS A PLACE WHERE FARMERS, CHEFS, VISITORS, DINERS, EDUCATORS, researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, AND ARTISANS COME TOGETHER TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING AND EATING. true false 5508335 637290 PUBLIC PROGRAMS (Community Engagement and Education) Engaging and educating the community on regenerative agriculture and healthy eating. See Schedule O. 4596045 527253 Agroecosystems Research and Production and Innovation IMPROVING AND SPREADING SUSTAINABLE GROWING PRACTICES. See Schedule O. 305799 96383 The advisory services program is designed to support agricultural, hospitality, and other enterprises in adopting agroecological, sustainable, and climate-resilient practices. Through this initiative, we provide tailored guidance, technical expertise, and strategic support to help organizations align their operations with environmental and social goals. The program is open to a wide range of clientsfrom farms and food producers to hospitality providers and mission-driven businessesseeking to improve ecological outcomes, strengthen community resilience, and contribute to more sustainable local economies. 10410179 true true false false false false true false false true true false false false true true true false false false false false false true true false false false false true false false false false false true false true true false false false false false false false false true 44 0 true 53 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 11 10 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false true true false NY X Jason Grauer 9143666200 630 BEDFORD ROAD POCANTICO HILLS NY 10591 X Jack Algiere Director of Agroecology 40.00 0.00 190414 0 117808 Jason Grauer Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 180989 0 50804 John McCormick Senior Director of Operations 40.00 0.00 196237 0 31226 Peter Bradley Director of Facilities 40.00 0.00 181848 0 8248 Fernando Olivas Senior HR Manager 40.00 0.00 113190 0 27471 Elijah A Goodwin Dir. Ecological Mo 40.00 0.00 107562 0 7909 Caitlin Taylor Former Managing Director 0.00 0.00 115385 0 0 Peggy Dulany Board Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kathleen Merrigan Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Barber Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Adrian Miller Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Diane Holland Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dawn Smalls Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Rockefeller Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Zia Khan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Rosenzweig Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Mac Cormac Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Heard Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 1085625 243466 7 true true false Blue Hill LLC 630 Bedford Road Tarrytown NY 10591 catering & prog. services 4382012 Your Part-Time Controller 1500 Walnut St Ste 1200 Philadelphia PA 19102 Accounting Services 218913 Morgan Lewis & Bockluis LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Legal Services 223987 Trident DMG LLC 1120 20th Street NW - Ste 700N Washington DC 20036 Public Relations Consult 100000 3 217523 727316 8399 2767746 27435 3720984 Advisory/Consulting 900099 96383 96383 Farm Operations 900099 527253 527253 Public Programs 900099 637290 637290 1260926 1127029 1127029 0 0 1926071 324883 1601188 1601188 1601188 11187056 12000 10380557 806499 12000 818499 818499 139684 727316 354666 -214982 -70252 0 1943615 739632 1203983 1203983 0 9517627 2464909 3476464 X 0 0 0 0 993363 523428 466561 3374 0 2270351 1820598 404318 45435 72643 61344 10646 653 592164 404866 176782 10516 282319 208005 70462 3852 0 375730 608 375122 245649 245649 0 400000 400000 223250 223250 3886956 3626051 214670 46235 89488 69921 1527 18040 401398 222483 55191 123724 169031 78411 62532 28088 0 462270 345716 111688 4866 95784 36912 48143 10729 0 5432 4384 1048 0 0 2083754 2077605 5918 231 223200 129570 89712 3918 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 625858 503594 19136 103128 LIVESTOCK and Other Farm Exp 296683 296683 0 13795323 10410179 2582355 802789 195608 5217 4426877 6752945 795998 658818 826167 906978 0 0 0 11568 21447 83880 179123 64233167 25790021 40040679 38443146 48137405 46712726 1689761 1905077 0 0 0 96207943 95585477 1092445 1706123 4597 2935 1097042 1709058 X 94282766 92583889 828135 1292530 95110901 93876419 96207943 95585477 -4277696 3008214 35000 X false true X true false X 5463947 4263787 6895093 2406295 3720984 22750106 0 0 5463947 4263787 6895093 2406295 3720984 22750106 6610349 16139757 1916072 1459732 3293680 2962563 3053100 12685147 0 814 12989 29 13832 35449085 12710300 0.45530 0.44230 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 1 93 1 true 25 1451124 false 4421865 453583 176860 4698588 3811792 763073 153000 4421865 4738451 -737159 189500 3811792 4544821 375430 181800 4738451 4145007 565614 165800 4544821 1.00000 false false false 10956400 10956400 50173007 23054791 27118216 2534192 2214604 319588 569568 520626 48942 38443146 ROU Lease Liability 2935 2935 X 13381459 3008214 35000 1064515 4107729 9273730 243897 243897 9517627 14615941 1064515 1064515 13551426 243897 243897 13795323 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy All costs associated with this easement are rolled into the farm budget. Staff time is captured in the farm compenstation costs; any other costs are included in the respective functional chart of account category. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. All costs associated with this easement are rolled into the farm budget. Staff time is captured in the farm compensation costs; any other costs are included in the respective functional chart of account category. The esaement is included in fixed assets on the balance sheet. Part X : FIN48 Footnote Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Center and recognize a tax liability if the Center has taken an uncertain tax position that more likely than not would be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Center is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. Management believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations prior to 2021. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Rental income Related expenses $324883 Cost of Goods Sold $739632 Special event exp.netted against revenue $0 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Rental income Related expenses $324883 Cost of Goods Sold $739632 Special event exp.netted against revenue $0 X X X X X X true Blue Hill LLC 630 Bedford Rd Tarrytown NY 10591 Fundraising consultation false 3678145 400000 3278145 false false 3678145 400000 3278145 NY Gala/Dinner 547000 471290 75710 85856 134584 Festival 320000 256026 63974 82030 52196 867000 727316 139684 167886 186780 354666 -214982 X true X X true false false false false false false false true false Caitlin Taylor Former Managing Director 115385 115385 Jack Algiere Director of Agroecology 190114 300 8037 109771 308222 Jason Grauer Executive Dir. 158297 22692 8006 42798 231793 John McCormick Senior Director of Operations 196237 31226 227463 Peter Bradley Director of Facilities 181848 7274 974 190096 Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a. letter and lease in personnel file regarding residence for personal use. Part I, Line 8: Amounts reported on 990 VII pursuant to initial contract exemption described in Regs STONE BARNS CENTER ENTERED A TERMINATION CONTRACT WITH CAITLIN TAYLOR DATED SEPTEMBER 2023. THE AGREEMENT STATES BI-WEEKLY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,615 FOR A TOTAL SEVERANCE OF $145,833. Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 3778259 See supplemental info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 387886 See Supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 288787 See Supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 735228 See Supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 1387750 See Supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 231668 See Supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 294000 See supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 41224 See Supplemental Info. false Blue Hill LLC See Suppl. Info. 400000 See Supplemental Info. false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Line 1-9 column (b) - Entity more than 35% owned by David Barber, current Director and Dan Barber, Former Director.Line 1, column (d) - Stone Barns Restoration Corp (SBC) paid Blue Hill LLC for consulting on various programmatic work and supplies, Innovation Labs, Caf & Community Table, Public Programming including tours and classes.Line 2, column (d) - Blue Hill LLC paid SBC for sales of farm livestock and Labs products.Line 3, column (d) - SBC paid Blue Hill LLC for catering events held by SBC.Line 4, column (d) - SBC PURCHASED FOOD AND SUPPLIES FROM BLUE HILL LLC FOR Caf and programming RESIDENCE.Line 5, column (d) - Blue Hill LLC paid SBC for event rental space.Line 6, column (d) - Blue Hill LLC paid SBC for shared services including utilities.Line 7, column (d) - Blue Hill LLC paid SBC for Rent. Line 8, column (d) - SBC paid Blue Hill LLC for staff time spent on SBC's charitable programs.Line 9, column (d) - SBC paid Blue Hill LLC for Fundraising Services. X 1 24167 FMV X 4 3268 FMV false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 2 An advisory services program was launched to provide guidance and expertise to agricultural, hospitality and other enterprises seeking to implement agroecological, sustainable, and climate-reliant practices. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Peggy Dulany, Officer and Susan Cohn Rockefeller, Director family relationshipDavid Barber, Director is one of the co-owners of Blue Hill LLC, a major vendor of Stone Barns. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The full Board will be provided with an advance copy of the 990 and will be given the opportunity to provide the organizations Finance Director and Board Finance Committee Chair comments. Following comments from the Board, the Finance Director and Finance Committee Chair will review the final draft of the 990 before it is submitted to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Each member of the Board of Directors signs off on the conflicts policy each year at the organizations annual meeting. Each member is asked to disclose any known conflicts, if they exist, to the organizations Audit Committee. Conflicts are reviewed, discussed and addressed by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors evaluated the candidacy of and set the salary of the Executive Director based on the job description and recent comparability data. The Executive Director's compensation is reviewed periodically and may be modified by the Board of Directors based upon performance benchmarks. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Salary ranges will target the median (50th percentile) using a blend of both nonprofit and, when appropriate, for-profit survey data while considering Living Wage Certification standards within the Westchester County commuting zone. Availability of financial resources will influence our ability to target pay at these levels.Human Resources partners with leadership to maintain fair and consistent salary administration practices in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and requirements of regulatory agencies. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Stone Barns Center for Food & Agricultures governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part III, 4a - Public Programs Public Programs (Community Engagement and Education) Engaging and educating the community on regenerative agriculture and healthy eating. THE GOAL OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO WHAT THEY EAT AND AWAKEN THEM TO THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR CONSUMPTION PRACTICES. LEAF - Launched in 2023, The SBC Leading an Ecological Food System (L.E.A.F) program was created in collaboration with community leaders in the South Bronx. The program is designed to engage community members facing food insecurity in order to grow, eat, and connect with local, seasonal growing cycles. The program educates participants by providing fresh, locally grown produce while simultaneously fostering local food system engagement through step-by-step guidance and plant materials to grow their own food. During ongoing community education events, participants learn about soil health, sustainable farming, directly from Stone Barns farmers, and about simple and healthy ways to prepare the food they're growing and receiving directly from Blue Hill cooks. Participants complete surveys for the organization to modify and improve the program throughout the season and collect data on program impact as part of ongoing collaborative, scientific research efforts.Open House - Open House launched in May 2022 with our partner restaurant Blue Hill as a way to display the breadth of research projects, culinary experiments, and farming endeavors being executed by both organizations. Each Open House featured a pop-up farm and artisan market, a research showcase with tastes and explanations of current projects, culinary and beverage demonstrations, and additional property tours throughout the day.Cafeteria - The Cafeteria is a dining space meets orientation center, where visitors are invited to taste the collaborative research between Stone Barns and our restaurant partner, Blue Hill. The Cafeteria is open to the public five days a week and hosts breakfast, lunch, and dinner service, as well as the Market, a retail outlet for farm products and local artisan goods.Farm Store - Located inside the Cafeteria, the Farm Store is a retail outlet with produce, meat, eggs, cut flowers, and farm merchandise, as well as preserves and kitchen tools by Blue Hill. Weekly educational tours and monthly events focusing on specific areas of experimentation are offered to the public. Approximately once per month, we host outdoor Markets in the campus Courtyard, where visitors can meet our farmers, chefs, and butchers and we periodically invite outside local vendors. Form 990, Part III, 4b - ON-FARM LABORATORY Agroecosystems Research and Production and Innovation IMPROVING AND SPREADING SUSTAINABLE GROWING PRACTICES.ON THE FARM AT STONE BARNS CENTER, WE EXPERIMENT WITH, TEST, AND DEVELOP NEW TOOLS, MONITORING PROTOCOLS, BREEDS OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK, AND crop production and GRAZING METHODS TO RESTORE HEALTH TO THE SOIL. OUR FARMERS ARE DEDICATED TO CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IN PURSUIT OF A TRULY RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE FARMING ENTERPRISE FROM WHICH WE CAN EDUCATE THE next GENERATION. WE CONTINUE TO REFINE OUR PRACTICES, SUCH AS MULTI-SPECIES ROTATIONAL GRAZING, various rotational cropping systems and agroforestry/orchard management TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OUR OPERATION AND PRESERVE ENERGY AND MATERIAL WITHIN THE SYSTEM. WE CONVENE AND PARTNER WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTS, FROM UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO INNOVATIVE BUSINESS LEADERS AND INDEPENDENT FARMERS. OUR EXPERIMENTS LEAD TO NEW METHODS, VEGETABLE VARIETIES, TOOLS AND MODELS THAT OTHER FARMERS CAN LEARN FROM AND ADAPT TO THEIR OWN CONTEXT.INNOVATION - FOSTERING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION THAT DRIVES FOOD CULTURE CHANGE. THE FARMERS, scientists, LAND STEWARDS, AND ARTISANS AT STONE BARNS CENTER BUILD ON THEIR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OUR PARTNER CHEFS IN THE KITCHEN AT BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS THROUGH INNOVATION THAT SUPPORTS ONGOING RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. THIS FRAMEWORK INCLUDES SEED LAB, MEAT PROCESSING CENTER, PRESERVATION LAB, COLD STORAGE LAB, A BAKERY & MILL. THE WORK THAT WE DO ALLOWS FOR A MORE DEMOCRATIC AND COOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR R&D AMONG THE PRODUCERS, DISTRIBUTORS, PROCESSORS, AND RESEARCHERS, BEYOND THE FARMERS AND CHEFS OF STONE BARNS AND BLUE HILL. WE TEST IN REAL WORLD SETTINGS THE INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES AND RESEARCH.EXAMPLES OF OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK INCLUDE GRAIN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND TRIALS, SEED BREEDING AND TRIALS FOR GRAIN, FLORAL, AND VEGETABLES, AND PRESERVATION AND STORAGE. AS PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, ECOLOGY AND FARM DIRECTORS WORK WITH THEIR CULINARY AND ARTISAN COUNTERPARTS ON INNOVATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS.