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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SUSTAINABLE FOOD LAB.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,358,047
Total expenses
$3,852,038
Contributions and grants received
$1,836,712
Grants paid
$72,222
Program service revenue
$2,333,292
Investment income
$150,082
Other revenue
$37,961
Total assets, end of year
$4,959,343
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,020
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,956,323
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,540,811
Management and general expenses
$147,966
Fundraising expenses
$163,261
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,540,811

Program services were 91.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $130,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,706,712

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $2,299,781 · related or exempt $2,299,781

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENT REGISTRATION/ TI

    total $33,511 · related or exempt $33,511

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $150,082 · excluded $150,082

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $200

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSED EXPENSES

    total $37,761 · related or exempt $37,761

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $37,761

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $72,222 · program services $72,222

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $164,887 · program services $140,154 · management and general $16,489 · fundraising $8,244

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,197,793 · program services $1,006,168 · management and general $82,554 · fundraising $109,071

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $40,881 · program services $34,392 · management and general $2,975 · fundraising $3,514

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $229,938 · program services $193,438 · management and general $16,737 · fundraising $19,763

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,769 · program services $88,979 · management and general $7,699 · fundraising $9,091

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,079 · program services $22,781 · management and general $1,971 · fundraising $2,327

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,353 · management and general $5,353

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,730 · program services $19,122 · management and general $1,654 · fundraising $1,954

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $810 · program services $681 · management and general $59 · fundraising $70

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $33,260 · program services $24,060 · management and general $6,742 · fundraising $2,458

  • 17 · Travel

    total $285,187 · program services $285,187

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61,519 · program services $56,068 · management and general $2,500 · fundraising $2,951

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,970 · program services $8,970

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,494 · program services $14,717 · management and general $1,273 · fundraising $1,504

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS

    total $1,548,926 · program services $1,548,926 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $11,301 · program services $9,507 · management and general $823 · fundraising $971

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $5,000 · program services $4,206 · management and general $364 · fundraising $430

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION SERVICES

    total $3,214 · program services $2,704 · management and general $234 · fundraising $276

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,705 · program services $8,529 · management and general $539 · fundraising $637

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,419,536 · end of year $1,041,447

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $3,894,897

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

    $11,615

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

    $6,407

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,011 · end of year $5,208

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,958 · end of year $17,791

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $298

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,191 · end of year $2,722

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,490,192 · end of year $3,996,201

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $960,122 · end of year $960,122

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVISE ON SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY AND PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS, DESIGNS AND MANAGES PRE-COMPETITIVE COLLABORATIONS, AND PROVIDES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. DEVELOP AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY, WATER QUALITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, LIVABLE WAGES AND AFFORDABILITY AND HEALTH OF FOOD PRODUCTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM BY ADVISING ON SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY AND PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS, DESIGNING AND MANAGING PRE-COMPETITIVE COLLABORATION, AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

  • ACCELERATE PROGRESS TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH CONSULTING, ORGANIZING COLLECTIVE ACTION, DEVELOPING MEASUREMENT TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS, AND CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $3,540,811 · Grants $72,222 · Revenue $2,371,253

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JED DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • WHITNEY KAKOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • BRITT LUNDGREN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • CHERYL PINTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • COLLEEN POPKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,800
    From this org
    $4,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • ELIZABETH TEAGUE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • DON SEVILLE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $195,657
    From this org
    $164,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,770
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,887
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,763
    Filer's total
    $195,657
  • STEPHANIE DANIELS

    SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,122
    From this org
    $147,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,809
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,313
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,354
    Filer's total
    $170,122
  • DANIELLA MALIN

    SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,209
    From this org
    $140,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,239
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,763
    Filer's total
    $170,209
  • SETH PETCHERS

    SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,272
    From this org
    $129,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,702
    Hours/week
    40
  • ELIZABETH REAVES

    SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,976
    From this org
    $129,094
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,882
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,094
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,119
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,763
    Filer's total
    $158,976
  • KELLY RINCON

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,657
    From this org
    $107,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349303993

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