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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PLANTING JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,413,336
Total expenses
$4,114,461
Contributions and grants received
$2,995,702
Grants paid
$111,758
Program service revenue
$226,010
Investment income
$87
Other revenue
$191,537
Total assets, end of year
$3,802,203
Total liabilities, end of year
$833,864
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,968,339
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,377,637
Management and general expenses
$662,517
Fundraising expenses
$74,307
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,377,637

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $670

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $374,416

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,620,616

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,162

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fiscal Sponsorship

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Food Justice Education

    total $54,250 · related or exempt $54,250

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Transform Your Yard

    total $171,760 · related or exempt $171,760

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $87 · related or exempt $87

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $453,611

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $264,770

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $188,841 · related or exempt $188,841

  • 11a · Other revenue: Fiscal Sponsorship Fee

    total $2,096 · related or exempt $2,096

  • 11b · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $600 · related or exempt $600

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,696

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,250 · program services $3,250

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $108,508 · program services $108,508

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $137,013 · management and general $137,013

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,243,011 · program services $2,014,434 · management and general $199,538 · fundraising $29,039

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $360,064 · program services $299,876 · management and general $47,284 · fundraising $12,904

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $198,923 · program services $175,073 · management and general $15,900 · fundraising $7,950

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $100,670 · management and general $100,670

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,950 · management and general $33,950

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,713 · program services $88,188 · management and general $12,276 · fundraising $249

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $105 · management and general $105

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,102 · program services $24,656 · management and general $37,208 · fundraising $18,238

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $65,211 · program services $61,728 · management and general $3,093 · fundraising $390

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,085 · program services $59,512 · management and general $7,470 · fundraising $2,103

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $26,393 · program services $26,393

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $30,559 · program services $30,390 · management and general $113 · fundraising $56

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,130 · program services $46,314 · management and general $28,711 · fundraising $2,105

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies & Materials

    total $223,728 · program services $198,964 · management and general $24,764

  • 24b · Other expenses: Taxes,Fees and Licences-Other

    total $115,524 · program services $106,342 · management and general $8,195 · fundraising $987

  • 24c · Other expenses: Shipping, Freight & Delivery

    total $100,566 · program services $100,056 · management and general $510

  • 24d · Other expenses: Recycling & Other Service Cost

    total $30,784 · program services $29,994 · management and general $528 · fundraising $262

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,172 · program services $3,959 · management and general $5,189 · fundraising $24

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $220,744 · end of year $24,072

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $657,000 · end of year $166,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,040 · end of year $10,429

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $40,599 · end of year $41,502

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,928,930

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $96,348

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,850,946 · end of year $2,832,582

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $179,131 · end of year $73,526

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $634,685 · end of year $654,092

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,640 · end of year $20,182

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,420

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $50,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $481,543 · end of year $481,543

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $347,080 · end of year $282,139

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,112,462 · end of year $2,802,339

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $657,000 · end of year $166,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Planting Justice is democratizing access to affordable, nutritious food by empowering disenfranchised urban residents with the skills, resources, and inspiration to maximize food production, economic opportunities, and environmental sustainability in our neighborhoods.

  • Commercial Organic Nursery: In fall of 2015, Planting Justice purchased Rolling River Commercial Organic Nursery, in order to create more jobs and demonstrate the organizations ability to promote and manage social benefit enterprises that can accomplish the mission without necessarily requiring charitable support or public funding. In addition to the commercial nursery, Planting Justice will construct and operate aquaponics greenhouses, which can be replicated on urban lots, paved areas, or toxic soils, using an innovative technique to grow vegetables above self-contained fish tanks.

    Expenses $1,685,811 · Grants $646 · Revenue $453,611

  • Aquaponics Farm. Planting Justice acquired the historic Neishi Brothers Nursery site at 359 105th Avenue just down the block from PJ nursery, which has been vacant for 15 yrs, as the site for its Aquaponics Incubator Farm. With support from UC Davis Aquaponics program, PJ will build an educational aquaponics farm that is estimated to produce 170,000 lbs of certified organic vegetables herbs and over 150,000 nursery starts, each year, in a community that currently has zero access to organic, affordable produce. Like PJ nursery, this farm will be led by long-term residents in deep East Oakland with barriers to employment, and as an educational incubator farm, its goal is to create a replicable and scalable model for sustainable organic food production, economic justice, re-entry job creation, frontline BIPOC leadership, and cooperative land business ownership in Environmental Justice communities. Upon completion, PJ will open-source its technology and model to support a Producers Cooperative that can replicate this project on empty lots throughout East Oakland, owned and operated by long-term residents most impacted by economic social injustice. This farm is projected to create approximately at least 12 full-time living-wage benfitted jobs for formerly incarcerated youth and adults, recent immigrants, and others with barriers to employment, while serving as an educational center that will serve over 1,000 youth and adults per year with hands-on learning in sustainable urban agriculture.

    Expenses $502,475

  • Food Justice Education: The Planting Justice Education Team leads workshops using its self-designed curriculum in food justice, culinary arts, and permaculture design that empowers participants with the skills and knowledge they need to transform their common spaces into productive and educational organic gardens.

    Expenses $484,456 · Grants $103,262 · Revenue $54,250

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Raders Gavin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $75,873
    From this org
    $75,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Salvador Mateo

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $70,451
    From this org
    $70,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Chahrour Andrew

    Director

    Total calculated
    $61,139
    From this org
    $61,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Luis Ortega

    Director

    Total calculated
    $49,666
    From this org
    $49,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lynn Vidal

    President

    Total calculated
    $44,864
    From this org
    $44,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Curry Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $15,480
    From this org
    $15,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Zandi Haleh

    President

    Total calculated
    $14,588
    From this org
    $14,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Butler Amy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Garcia Cora Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jacobs Jennifer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sheldon Paul

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Smith Erica Meta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Stavropoulos Alexis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Wires Nicole

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Garzo Marcelo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Moore Joy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ramrez Vernica

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Boas Chris

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Vo Hai

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • DeWayne Hendrix

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
5 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312789349300511

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