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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROJECT BEETROOT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,204,173
Total expenses
$1,447,814
Contributions and grants received
$1,069,584
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$73,453
Investment income
$61,071
Other revenue
$65
Total assets, end of year
$1,787,403
Total liabilities, end of year
$234,428
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,552,975
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,073,251
Management and general expenses
$314,575
Fundraising expenses
$59,988
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,073,251

Program services were 74.1% 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)

    $823,095

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $246,489

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,399

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCHOOL PROGRAMS

    total $42,865 · related or exempt $42,865

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FOOD TRUCK

    total $30,588 · related or exempt $30,588

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $61,071 · excluded $61,071

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $35

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $35 · excluded $35

  • 11a · Other revenue: WORK GROUP STIPEND

    total $30 · excluded $30

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $30

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $104,586 · program services $88,863 · management and general $10,698 · fundraising $5,025

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $654,656 · program services $556,239 · management and general $66,970 · fundraising $31,447

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,239 · program services $15,610 · management and general $12,564 · fundraising $11,065

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $73,647 · program services $63,250 · management and general $4,714 · fundraising $5,683

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,384 · program services $44,916 · management and general $9,845 · fundraising $4,623

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,367 · management and general $62,367

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $34 · management and general $34

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,550 · program services $1,617 · management and general $7,933

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,202 · program services $49 · management and general $1,776 · fundraising $1,377

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,313 · program services $7,163 · management and general $3,996 · fundraising $154

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $49,284 · program services $32,926 · management and general $16,358

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,838 · program services $10,060 · management and general $1,453 · fundraising $325

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,243 · management and general $31,243

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,383 · management and general $5,383

  • 24a · Other expenses: SERVE WA REIMBURSEMENT

    total $150,807 · program services $150,807

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $91,890 · program services $87,512 · management and general $4,378

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $50,673 · management and general $50,673

  • 24d · Other expenses: SERVICE MEMBER ADMIN FEES

    total $20,250 · management and general $20,250

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,468 · program services $14,239 · management and general $3,940 · fundraising $289

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $328,749 · end of year $223,568

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $500,597 · end of year $90,727

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $211,613

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $78,180 · end of year $101,379

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,762 · end of year $6,380

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,309 · end of year $14,457

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

    $191,947

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

    $126,864

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $88,826 · end of year $65,083

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $546,484 · end of year $1,240,639

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $72,888 · end of year $45,170

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $123,249 · end of year $216,522

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $45,624 · end of year $17,906

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,667,535 · end of year $1,552,975

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO JOYFULLY CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HEALTHY FOOD THROUGH HANDS ON SEED- TO-TABLE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

  • COMMON THREADS COMPLETED FOUR (4) SCHOOL GARDEN PROJECTS AND SUSTAINED GARDENING AND COOKING PROGRAMS AT A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) SCHOOLS, IN GRADES K-8, ACROSS SIX (6) SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WHATCOM COUNTY. COMMON THREADS FACILITATED SCHOOL COOKING AND GARDENING PROGRAMS FOR 6,460 CHILDREN ACROSS 25 PROGRAMMING SITES, WITH A FOCUS ON SERVICES TO YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES WITH LESS RESOURCES.

    Expenses $1,018,628 · Revenue $42,865

  • COMMON THREADS' FOOD TRUCK SERVED OVER 26,921 FREE, FRESH, NUTRITIOUS, DELICIOUS MEALS TO LOW-INCOME KIDS IN HARD TO REACH TIMES AND PLACES DURING ITS SECOND YEAR OF SERVICE. THE FOOD TRUCK VISITED AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEXES, MIGRANT FARM WORKER HOUSING AND RURAL COMMUNITY CENTERS.

    Expenses $54,623 · Revenue $30,588

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LAURA PLAUT

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $76,655
    From this org
    $68,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,579
    Hours/week
    40
  • STEPHANIE PAL

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $27,930
    From this org
    $26,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,060
    Hours/week
    40
  • ALI JENSEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LINDSEY MACDONALD

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NOLAN DAVIDSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARIA MACPHERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JANET ENGLEHART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521339349307312

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