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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ROOTS RISING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$814,715
Total expenses
$529,944
Contributions and grants received
$736,057
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,242
Investment income
$456
Other revenue
$49,960
Total assets, end of year
$932,999
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,834
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$899,165
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$277,839
Management and general expenses
$158,181
Fundraising expenses
$93,924
Program service expenses (Part III)
$277,839

Program services were 52.4% 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)

    $398,211

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $337,846

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,392

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VENDOR FEES

    total $15,445 · related or exempt $15,445

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $12,797 · related or exempt $12,797

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $709 · excluded $709

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,139

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,392

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$253

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$253 · related or exempt -$253

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $46,878

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $46,878

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,723

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,641

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,082 · related or exempt $3,082

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,896 · program services $36,305 · management and general $23,402 · fundraising $27,189

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $195,278 · program services $78,409 · management and general $67,125 · fundraising $49,744

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,127 · management and general $9,127

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,179 · program services $10,999 · management and general $7,655 · fundraising $6,525

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,600 · management and general $18,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,123 · program services $17,242 · management and general $22,881

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,049 · program services $770 · management and general $1,017 · fundraising $262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,613 · program services $20,946 · management and general $3,622 · fundraising $4,045

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,093 · program services $4,152 · management and general $816 · fundraising $5,125

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,080 · program services $4,080

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,411 · program services $7,411

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,332 · program services $8,332

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,912 · program services $6,863 · management and general $2,049

  • 24a · Other expenses: STIPEND-CREWS

    total $37,399 · program services $37,399

  • 24b · Other expenses: MARKET MATCH-MARKET

    total $36,971 · program services $36,971

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLASSES & TRAINING

    total $4,250 · program services $4,250

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS/TRAVEL-CREWS

    total $1,942 · program services $1,942

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,689 · program services $1,768 · management and general $1,887 · fundraising $1,034

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $992,984 · end of year $531,951

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $21,400 · end of year $55,998

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,430 · end of year $16,078

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

    $365,313

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

    $36,341

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $42,437 · end of year $328,972

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,793 · end of year $33,834

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,592

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $407,472

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $364,107 · end of year $699,705

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,287 · end of year $199,460

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ROOTS RISING IS AN AWARD-WINNING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO EMPOWER YOUTH AND BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD AND FARMING. THE VISION IS TO LIFT UP TEENS AS COMMUNITY CHANGEMAKERS AND TO STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF MEANINGFUL WORK.

  • YOUTH CREWS HIRE PITTSFIELD TEENS TO WORK ON FARMS AND IN FOOD PANTRIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AS WELL AS AT OUR OWN FARMERS MARKET. IT'S NOT JUST A JOB. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENS TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL WORK-WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO A LARGER SOCIAL GOOD. ROOTS RISING BELIEVES THAT MEANINGFUL WORK IS TRANSFORMATIONAL. IT LEAVES YOUTH FEELING PURPOSEFUL, CAPABLE, AND CONNECTED. WE RUN THREE SEASONAL FARM CREWS A YEAR: SUMMER, FALL, AND SPRING, AS WELL AS MARKET CREW, WHICH IS A GRADUATE LEVEL CREW. THESE CREWS ARE BOTH EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THEIR HOURS WORKING IN THE FARM FIELDS OR IN THE FARMERS MARKET, YOUTH ALSO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, CULINARY AND FINANCIAL LITERACY LESSONS, AND FEEDBACK CIRCLES.

    Expenses $154,264

  • THE PITTSFIELD FARMERS MARKET, FOUNDED IN 2013, OPERATES WITH THE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD. WE ARE A YEAR-ROUND AND PRODUCER-ONLY MARKET, WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS SELLING PRODUCTS THAT THEY GROW, RAISE, OR PRODUCE THEMSELVES. LIVE MUSIC, CHEF DEMOS AND WORKSHOPS HAVE HELPED MAKE THE MARKET A TRUE COMMUNITY HUB. ROOTS RISING RUNS SEVERAL FOOD JUSTICE INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR MARKET MORE AFFORDABLE TO ALL- INCLUDING MARKET MATCH, WHICH DOUBLES THE PURCHASING POWER OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS USING SNAP, WIC, AND SENIOR BENEFITS. THE PITTSFIELD FARMERS MARKET IS THE FIRST TEEN-RUN MARKET IN THE REGION. OUR TEEN MARKET CREW IS INVOLVED WITH EVERY ASPECT OF RUNNING THE MARKET, FROM VENDOR SUPPORT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE TO CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $68,703 · Revenue $15,445

  • GENERAL OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR ROOTS RISING.

    Expenses $54,872

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Regina Burgio

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Marko

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandra Thomas

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Kelly

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marlee Barry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Naomi Mersky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Penny Bridges

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ginger Cruz-Rosario

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andr Lynch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Whitman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Vecchia

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $71,173
    From this org
    $71,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36

  • Jamie Samowitz

    CO EXEC DIRE

    Total calculated
    $15,723
    From this org
    $15,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403209349307260

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