Totals
- Total revenue
- $502,846
- Total expenses
- $457,522
- Contributions and grants received
- $379,271
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $109,185
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $14,390
- Total assets, end of year
- $407,787
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,786
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $396,001
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $374,953
- Management and general expenses
- $59,142
- Fundraising expenses
- $23,427
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $374,953
Program services were 82.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$5,154
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$374,117
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUES
total $109,185 · related or exempt $109,185
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$24,269
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$5,154
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$11,133
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $13,136 · excluded $13,136
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $1,254 · related or exempt $1,254
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,254
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $238,711 · program services $191,254 · management and general $30,011 · fundraising $17,446
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $33,002 · program services $26,072 · management and general $4,290 · fundraising $2,640
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $19,256 · program services $15,212 · management and general $2,503 · fundraising $1,541
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11b · Fees: legal
total $713 · management and general $713
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,677 · management and general $5,677
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11g · Fees: other
total $17,865 · program services $17,865
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,221 · management and general $6,221
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $14,076 · program services $13,678 · management and general $398
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23 · Insurance
total $1,815 · management and general $1,815
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $38,617 · program services $38,617
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24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $30,470 · program services $29,501 · management and general $969
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24c · Other expenses: FARM MANAGEMENT EXPENSE
total $11,975 · program services $11,975
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24d · Other expenses: AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES
total $11,067 · program services $11,067
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24e · All other expenses
total $28,057 · program services $19,712 · management and general $6,545 · fundraising $1,800
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $247,961 · end of year $244,323
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,516
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $14,475 · end of year $14,475
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$161,420
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$22,947
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $92,498 · end of year $138,473
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,257 · end of year $11,786
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $287,594 · end of year $285,966
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $63,083 · end of year $110,035
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
JUST ROOTS CHICAGO WAS INCORPORATED AS AN ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AND IS LOCATED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACCESS TO LOCAL, SUSTAINABLY GROWN FOOD. JUST ROOTS CHICAGO GROWN CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD WITH AND FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THOUGH SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
JUST ROOTS CHICAGO WAS INCORPORATED AS AN ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AND IS LOCATED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACCESS TO LOCAL, SUSTAINABLY GROWN FOOD. JUST ROOTS CHICAGO GROWN CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD WITH AND FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THOUGH SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.JUST ROOTS CHICAGO FACILITATES HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT EQUIPS PARTICIPANTS WITH THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO GROW FOOD SUSTAINABLY AND WORK TOWARDS LEADING A HEALTHIER LIFE. THE ORGANIZATION USES ITS TWO FARMS AS COMMUNITY BUILDING SPACES TO FORGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS THROUGH SHARED SPACE, EVENTS AND GOOD FOOD.
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JUST ROOTS WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACCESS TO LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE GROWN FOOD. IN FIVE YEARS OF OPERRATION, JUSTROOTS HAS BUILT TWO SUSTAINABLE URBAN FARMS AND CURRENTLY PRODUCES OVER 30,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE/YEAR. THE FARMS ARE UTILIZED TO FACILITATE FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, VOLUNTERER OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS FOR OVER 1,500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON ANNUAL BASIS.
Expenses $374,953 · Revenue $110,439
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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TAMMY REED TRAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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RENEE VUILLUAME
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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EILEEN PALIAKAS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JAMES ALEXANDER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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KAREN JOY DIZON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ROB JACKSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ALISON ORBIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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BEVERLY PRICE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ELIZABETH SIMPKIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 12 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202433179349302338
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