Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$630,682

Total expenses

$1,286,451

Contributions and grants received

$570,645

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$56,419

Investment income

$131

Other revenue

$3,487

Total assets, end of year

$301,588

Total liabilities, end of year

$115,230

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$186,358

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,075,209

Management and general expenses

$207,564

Fundraising expenses

$3,678

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,075,209

Program services were 83.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• SWEET FARM,ESTABLISHED IN 2016, INITIALLY BEGAN AS A FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT OUR FOOD AND CLIMATE SYSTEMS ARE SO DEEPLY INTERTWINED THAT THEIR STORIES CANNOT BE TOLD INDIVIDUALLY. TO DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, OUR CO-FOUNDERS REALIZED IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM AND ITS TIES TO ENERGY, WASTE AND MATERIAL SYSTEMS. BY 2017, SWEET FARM HAD EXPANDED ITS INITIATIVES TO ENCOMPASS REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND TECH & INNOVATION, DRIVING IMPACT FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES. AS THE FIRST CLIMATE SANCTUARY, OUR FOCUS REMAINS ROOTED IN FOSTERING CLIMATE-CONSCIOUSNESS AND AMPLIFYING IMPACT THROUGH HOLISTIC, SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACHES.SWEET FARM HAS EXPERIENCED THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FIRST HAND; EVACUATING OUR ANIMALS DUE TO WILDFIRES IN 2020 AND BEING FORCED TO CLOSE OUR AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS IN 2021 DUE TO CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT. WITH NO END TO THESE CLIMATE DISASTERS IN SIGHT, IN 2021 WE MADE THE DECISION TO RELOCATE OUR FARM, ANIMALS AND PROGRAMS TO THE MORE CLIMATE SECURE REGION OF UPSTATE NEW YORK. THIS MOVE WILL BE COSTLY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT OUR NEWLY BUILT 50 ACRE FARM WILL PROVIDE A MORE SUSTAINABLE HOME TO ALLOW US TO GROW THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS IN THE LONG TERM.OUR EXPERIENCE AS CLIMATE REFUGEES PUTS US IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO CONNECT OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO THE REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WE ALWAYS TAKE A PRAGMATIC AND POSITIVE APPROACH IN OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AMPLIFYING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD TOWARDS A MORE COMPASSIONATE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD.CENTRAL TO OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE THE STORIES OF OUR FARM ANIMAL RESCUE ANIMALS ALSO KNOWN AS OUR ANIMAL AMBASSADORS. AS OF 2022, SWEET FARM NOW CARES FOR OVER 100 RESCUED FARM ANIMALS ON THE FARM. THIS YEAR WE RESCUED 2 ELDERLY FARM PIGS FROM A MEAT PRODUCTION FARM, 5 FERAL BARN CATS AND 9 SHEEP AND GOATS FROM ANOTHER SANCTUARY THAT WAS CLOSING DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS.IN ADDITION TO THESE RESCUES, SWEET FARM KICKED OFF A TRANSFORMATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSION BARNS. LOCATED IN SAN FRANCISCO, MISSION BARNS IS A FOOD COMPANY CULTIVATING PORK FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM. ITS PRODUCTS ARE AMDE WITH CULTIVATED PORK AND PLANT PROTEIN, REQUIRING ONLY A SINGLE ANIMAL COMPONENT-A HARMLESS STARTER SAMPLE FROM A PIG-WHIC IS FED PLANT BASED NUTRIENTS IN A CULTIVATOR. TWO PIGLETS, NAMED DWN AND DUSK, PROVIDED A SMALL SAMPLE TO DONATE THE INITIAL CELLS TO MISSION BARNS FOR ITS PRODUCTS, THE JOINED A PIG SOUNDER HERE ON THE FARM. THIS TRANSFORMATIVE TECNNOLOGY COULD PRODUCE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MEAT AS MILLIONS OF FARM ANIMALS, HELPING TO CREATE A WORLD WITH FEWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, REDUCED LAND AND WATER USAGE, AND FREE FROM ANIMAL HARM-ALL WHILE KEEPING US SAFER ANUMAL-BORNE DISEASES. MEANWHILE, DAWN AND DUSK LIVE HAPPY, HEALTHY LIVES AT SWEET FARM. TOGETHER WITH MISSION FARMS, SWEET FARM WILL TELL THE STORY OF HOW THESE TWO PIGS WILL CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM FOR THE BETTER. ADDING NEW RESCUES TO OUR SWEET FARM FAMILY WAS DONE THROUGH CAREFUL INTEGRATION. THE CARE OF OUR ANIMALS IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, WHICH INCLUDES DAY-TO-DAY CARE, MEDICAL CARE AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SURE OUR ANIMALS ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY. IN 2022 WE ALSO HAD TO CONTEND WITH HIGH COSTS FOR MEDICAL CARE FOR OUR ANIMALS. MANY OF OUR ANIMAL AMBASSADOR SPECIES ARE TRADITIONALLY RAISED FOR FOOD AND NOT FOR LONG LIFE, WHICH LEADS TO A HIGH FREQUENCY OF MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS AS THE ANIMALS AGE.IN 2022, OUR VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS REMAINED STRONG, WHILE IN PARALLEL WE WERE ABLE TO RAMP UP OUR IN-PERSON EDUCATION IN OUR NEW LOCATION. WE DEVELOPED A WIDE VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS RANGING FROM: A) TECH AND INNOVATION TRENDS IN FARMING, B) MUSHROOM CULTIVATION AND FORAGING, C) DEBUNKING PLANT BASED MYTHS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO SHIFT TO A MORE PLANT BASED DIET, D) BACKYARD COMPOSTING AND WINDOWSILL HERB PLANTING, AND, E) KIDS PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THE PLANET. WE WERE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR THREE COLLEGES (KEUKA COLLEGE, HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH, AND STANFORD) THAT ARE BRINGING STUDENTS TO THE FARM FOR VOLUNTEER WORK AND SEMESTER-LONG INTERNSHIPS. ON THE POLICY SIDE, SWEET FARM ENGAGED THE PUBLIC IN AN EVENT THAT WELCOMED NEW JERSEY SENATOR COREY BOOKER ALONG WITH FARMERS, STUDENTS, AND ENTREPRENEURS TO DISCUSS WHAT IS BEING DONE ON CAPITOL HILL TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE AND HOW EACH OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE BEING SUPPORTED IN THE TRANSITION TO A MORE JUST FOOD SYSTEM.OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PROGRAM REMAINS A CORNERSTONE OF HOW WE SCALE OUR IMPACT GLOBALLY. START-UPS THAT ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SWEET FARM HAVE NOW COLLECTIVELY RAISED OVER $500M AND ARE BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT WILL DISRUPT OUR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE BETTER, WITH IMPACT AT A GLOBAL SCALE. IT'S EXCITING FOR US TO SEE SOME OF OUR EARLIEST TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM PARTNERS MAKING THEIR IDEAS A REALITY IN 2022. THIS YEAR THE EVERY COMPANY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST PRODUCTS TO MARKET, WITH A CULTIVATED EGG PROTEIN, CREATED IN PART BY COMPARING PROTEINS TO THOSE FROM EGGS FROM THE SWEET FARM ANIMAL AMBASSADOR CHICKENS. AS CULTIVATED MEAT NEARS ITS FDA APPROVAL IN THE COMING YEAR, WE EAGERLY ANTICIPATE OTHER SIMILAR PARTNERSHIPS REACHING CONSUMERS' HANDS.IN 2022, OUR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IS GROWING ROOTS AS WE PREPARE TO KICK OFF OUR FIRST FULL SEASON OF GROWING AT OUR NEW LOCATION IN NEW YORK STATE. WE HAVE ALREADY PLANTED OVER 1,000 GARLIC BULBS TO OVERWINTER, WITH HUNDREDS OF PEONY AND DAHLIA TUBERS IN THE GROUND FOR THE FLOWER PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE OVER 4,000 HEIRLOOM PLANT SEEDS WARMING IN THE SOIL AT THE GREENHOUSE. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THESE PLANTS TO SHOWCASE THE BEAUTY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY IN OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR, WITH THE PRODUCE GOING TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.AS WE LOOK TOWARD OUR FIRST FULL YEAR IN ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING CLIMATE STABLE REGIONS IN AMERICA: THE FINGER LAKES REGION IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, WE SEE OUR VISION BECOMING REALITY. SWEET FARM IS TRULY BECOMING A ONE OF A KIND LOCATION THAT TELLS THE STORY OF A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND PLANET.

  Expenses $1,075,209 · Revenue $59,906

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

Listed in Part VII

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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