Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← JUST ROOTS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUST ROOTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,672,529
Total expenses
$2,395,914
Contributions and grants received
$494,171
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,167,884
Investment income
$8,824
Other revenue
$1,650
Total assets, end of year
$1,534,122
Total liabilities, end of year
$293,436
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,240,686
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,038,095
Management and general expenses
$357,819
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,038,095

Program services were 85.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $307,751

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $186,420

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Farm/CSA

    total $2,167,884 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,824 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $8,824

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,650

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,650

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,650 · related or exempt $1,650

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,317 · program services $106,503 · management and general $21,814 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $544,447 · program services $451,891 · management and general $92,556 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,686 · program services $26,299 · management and general $5,387 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $88,034 · program services $73,069 · management and general $14,965 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,618 · program services $46,993 · management and general $9,625 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,755 · program services $0 · management and general $11,755 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,385 · program services $0 · management and general $51,385 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $92,076 · program services $0 · management and general $92,076 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,520 · program services $0 · management and general $3,520 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,422 · program services $0 · management and general $7,422 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,715 · program services $0 · management and general $2,715 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,531 · program services $0 · management and general $2,531 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $896 · program services $0 · management and general $896 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,087 · program services $0 · management and general $1,087 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,930 · program services $53,930 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,591 · program services $12,301 · management and general $2,290 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $6,300 · program services $6,247 · management and general $53 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contract Labor

    total $661,841 · program services $661,841 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Lease Expense

    total $13,000 · program services $1,000 · management and general $12,000 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Licenses & Fees

    total $13,547 · program services $12,493 · management and general $1,054 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $610,216 · program services $585,528 · management and general $24,688 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $637,807 · end of year $643,652

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $408,677 · end of year $562,870

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,029 · end of year $9,350

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

    $534,285

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

    $255,111

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $215,400 · end of year $279,174

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,617 · end of year $39,076

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $222,857 · end of year $173,086

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $35,950 · end of year $27,555

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $93,652 · end of year $92,795

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $964,071 · end of year $1,240,686

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Create equitable access to healthy, local food in western Massachusetts

  • Operates a Community Farm in Greenfield, MA that serves as both a local food production and distribution hub and a site for community-based education

    Expenses $1,800,618 · Revenue $1,915,284

  • Our Franklin county community supported agriculture (CSA) program began in 2013 and is one of the largest low-income CSAs in MA. In 2020, we launched the farm to family CSA program, partnering with healthcare organizations to provide our CSA model to low-income, food insecure patients statewide.

    Expenses $237,477 · Revenue $252,600

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Meryl LaTronica

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $72,849
    From this org
    $72,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Donna DuSell

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bob Sunderland

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kirsten Levitt

    Clerk

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle Bostrom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alden Booth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia Crosby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Westover

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joshua Faller

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $55,468
    From this org
    $55,468
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511429349300046

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.