Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE NFP.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 13 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue: $925,088
Total expenses: $803,435
Contributions and grants received: $912,280
Grants paid: $99,444
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $12,262
Other revenue: $546
Total assets, end of year: $1,413,653
Total liabilities, end of year: $7,034
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,406,619
Program services expenses (Part IX): $699,646
Management and general expenses: $72,612
Fundraising expenses: $31,177
Program service expenses (Part III): $699,646

Program services were 87.1% 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

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$136,604
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$775,676
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
3 · Investment income

total $12,262 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $12,262
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11d · All other revenue

total $546 · related or exempt $546 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$546

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $96,111 · program services $96,111
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $3,333 · program services $3,333
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $361,511 · program services $336,093 · management and general $2,903 · fundraising $22,515
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $3,381 · program services $3,311 · fundraising $70
9 · Other employee benefits

total $101,700 · program services $94,383 · management and general $841 · fundraising $6,476
10 · Payroll taxes

total $28,150 · program services $26,171 · management and general $225 · fundraising $1,754
11c · Fees: accounting

total $53,471 · management and general $53,471
11g · Fees: other

total $53,705 · program services $47,024 · management and general $6,681
13 · Office expenses

total $43,648 · program services $39,917 · management and general $3,403 · fundraising $328
14 · Information technology

total $2,332 · program services $1,393 · management and general $939
16 · Occupancy

total $3,271 · program services $2,696 · management and general $575
17 · Travel

total $3,209 · program services $3,133 · management and general $42 · fundraising $34
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $1,671 · program services $1,167 · management and general $504
23 · Insurance

total $2,040 · management and general $2,040
24a · Other expenses: STIPENDS

total $28,356 · program services $28,356 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

total $9,985 · program services $8,997 · management and general $988 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: SOIL FEES

total $7,561 · program services $7,561 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $813,540 · end of year $281,622
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $190,936 · end of year $928,414
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $182,508 · end of year $196,050
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $370 · end of year $426
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$9,521
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$2,380
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $1,813 · end of year $7,141
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $31,200 · end of year $7,034
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $556,266 · end of year $693,325
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $601,701 · end of year $713,294

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AUA TRANSFORMS FOOD ACCESS, LOCAL ECONOMIES, COMMUNITY WELLNESS, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN CHICAGOLAND, THROUGH POLICY ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO SAFELY GROW MEDICINE AND FOOD.

GENERAL PROGRAMS - EMPOWERS URBAN GROWERS TO FOSTER THRIVING COMMUNITIES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.

Expenses $301,795 · Grants $5,000
CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT - PROVIDES FARMERS WITH CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO CREATE A RESILIENT, PRODUCTIVE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY URBAN FARMING ECOSYSTEM.

Expenses $135,272
SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM - PARTNERS WITH URBAN FARM BY CO-CREATING EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, ZINES, RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION (AMENDMENTS, MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE), 1:1 ASSESSMENTS, MONITORING SOIL BIOLOGY (INCLUDING MICROBES), PRE AND POST FREE SOIL TESTING FOR HEAVY METALS AND NUTRIENTS, AS WELL AS CROP NUTRIENT DENSITY FOR URBAN FARM PARTNERS.

Expenses $107,981 · Grants $94,444
FARMED ANIMALS, WATER ACCESS, FARMER MENTORSHIP, WORKSHOPS & EVENTS, ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY.

Expenses $154,598

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Rosie FitzROSIE FITZ

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Elena TerryELENA TERRY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Megan WellsMEGAN WELLS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Fawn PochelFAWN POCHEL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
Dakarai HowardDAKARAI HOWARD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
Alex FranzALEX FRANZ

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
Akilah Martin PhDAKILAH MARTIN PHD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1

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

GODLY FARMING LLC

$22,222

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
SUNFLOWER SOULE FARM LLC GERTRUDE CARTER

$20,000

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
RUN-A-WAY BUCKERS CLUB INC

$11,111

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
LIMES SMILES FOR MILES INC

$5,556

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
MUSAU HOUSE GARDEN

$5,556

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
RELISH CHICAGO FARM

$5,556

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
ROSEMARY W NGUGI-CONDON

$5,556

SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 12 December 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.0
Source object: 202523589349300222

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