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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROJECT GROWS.

Totals

Total revenue
$640,201
Total expenses
$607,755
Contributions and grants received
$423,257
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$216,675
Investment income
$269
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$509,687
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,716
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$492,971
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$486,156
Management and general expenses
$52,433
Fundraising expenses
$69,166
Program service expenses (Part III)
$486,156

Program services were 80.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $163,073

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $260,184

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,011

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FOOD EDUCATION

    total $115,245 · related or exempt $115,245

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ANNUAL GALA

    total $58,699 · related or exempt $58,699

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EQUITABLE ACCESS

    total $34,610 · related or exempt $34,610

  • 2d · Program service revenue: WHOLESALE REVENUE

    total $6,004 · related or exempt $6,004

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PLANT SALE REVENUE

    total $2,017 · related or exempt $2,017

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $100 · related or exempt $100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $269 · related or exempt $269

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,800 · program services $27,810 · management and general $18,540 · fundraising $15,450

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $318,110 · program services $283,174 · management and general $15,837 · fundraising $19,099

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,826 · program services $2,826

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,637 · program services $23,605 · management and general $2,482 · fundraising $2,550

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,008 · program services $2,252 · management and general $4,504 · fundraising $2,252

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,174 · program services $10,168 · fundraising $8,006

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,801 · program services $3,041 · fundraising $760

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,447 · program services $3,970 · management and general $2,154 · fundraising $1,323

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,863 · program services $13,452 · management and general $5,411

  • 17 · Travel

    total $125 · program services $125

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,516 · program services $43,516

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,385 · program services $9,908 · management and general $2,477

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES - MARKET

    total $32,535 · program services $32,535

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES - FARM

    total $17,065 · program services $17,065

  • 24c · Other expenses: GALA EXPENSES

    total $13,526 · fundraising $13,526

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES- EDUCATI

    total $11,203 · program services $11,203

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,734 · program services $1,506 · management and general $1,028 · fundraising $6,200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $82,374 · end of year $137,214

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,392 · end of year $7,327

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,350

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

    $549,283

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

    $184,137

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $408,662 · end of year $365,146

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $5,092

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,253 · end of year $11,624

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $435,525 · end of year $487,879

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $5,092

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STAUNTON, WAYNESBORO AND AUGUSTA COUNTY THROUGH FOOD EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.

  • EQUITABLE ACCESS - PROJECT GROWS PROVIDES EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO SUPPORT HEALTHY CHOICES FOR ALL AGES IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE A MOBILE MARKET THAT DELIVERS OVER 13,000 POUNDS OF FRESH FOOD ANNUALLY TO SENIOR CENTERS,PUBLIC HOUSING, AND CHILDCARE SITES; REGULAR DONATIONS OF FARM-GROWN PRODUCE, SUPPORTED BY 120+ VOLUNTEERS; AND NUTRITION INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT HELP 2,400+ PEOPLE ACCESS HEALTHIER FOOD EACH YEAR. WE ALSO STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM BY SOURCING FROM 16+ LOCAL PRODUCERS THROUGH OUR MOBILE MARKET, MANAGING THE WAYNESBORO FARMERS MARKET TO SUPPORT 35+ SMALL FARMS AND BUSINESSES, AND PROMOTING FEDERAL AND STATE NUTRITION INCENTIVES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

    Expenses $298,620 · Revenue $42,731

  • FOOD EDUCATION - PROJECT GROWS PROVIDES FOOD EDUCATION BOTH ON OUR FARM AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND CONFIDENCE IN GROWING, COOKING, AND EATING HEALTHY FOODS. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE HANDS-ON FARM AND GARDEN EXPERIENCES SUCH AS FIELD TRIPS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND SCHOOL GARDEN LESSONS, AS WELL AS FIRST-TIME JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH OUR YOUTH LEADERS IN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM. WE ALSO OFFER COOKING CLASSES, FOOD TASTINGS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS. EACH YEAR, YOUTH AND ADULTS RECEIVE MORE THAN 7,000 HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $187,536 · Revenue $115,245

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Pereles

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Jean Brand

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Geiman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Clara Metzler

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $61,800
    From this org
    $61,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Aycock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Griffin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shaun Mooney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • Susan Buchan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Sophie Cantell Lambert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Diana Black

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kay Manchester

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
202541339349300924

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