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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,836,419
Total expenses
$2,255,746
Contributions and grants received
$2,675,568
Grants paid
$232,840
Program service revenue
$135,179
Investment income
$17,133
Other revenue
$8,539
Total assets, end of year
$4,147,464
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,520,790
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,626,674
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,935,575
Management and general expenses
$198,482
Fundraising expenses
$121,689
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,935,575

Program services were 85.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $21,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,064,134

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,589,934

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $112,435

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Asheville City Market

    total $44,769 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Food Guide Fees

    total $35,985 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Event Registration

    total $28,362 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Medicaid Services

    total $26,063 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,133 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $17,133

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $36,383

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $28,694

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,689 · related or exempt $7,689

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $850 · related or exempt $850 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $850

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $232,840 · program services $232,840

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,067 · program services $40,367 · management and general $47,950 · fundraising $9,750

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $887,259 · program services $742,891 · management and general $71,908 · fundraising $72,460

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,087 · program services $16,748 · management and general $2,570 · fundraising $1,769

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,343 · program services $59,891 · management and general $9,165 · fundraising $6,287

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,440 · program services $0 · management and general $21,440 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $20,000 · fundraising $20,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,426 · program services $66,383 · management and general $3,584 · fundraising $2,459

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,604 · program services $7,604 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $99,016 · program services $79,074 · management and general $15,922 · fundraising $4,020

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $42,093 · program services $40,722 · management and general $1,089 · fundraising $282

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $51,890 · program services $40,001 · management and general $7,452 · fundraising $4,437

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,783 · program services $19,783 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,618 · program services $4,600 · management and general $3,018 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,481 · program services $11,481 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,669 · program services $3,834 · management and general $3,835 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

    total $550,528 · program services $550,528 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $14,968 · program services $6,735 · management and general $8,008 · fundraising $225

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expenses

    total $3,224 · program services $683 · management and general $2,541 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: In Kind Goods Utilitzed

    total $11,410 · program services $11,410 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $273,676 · end of year $437,732

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,024,087 · end of year $1,292,638

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $601,712 · end of year $863,113

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $26,095 · end of year $16,300

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $33,193 · end of year $45,397

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,512 · end of year $5,022

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

    $1,578,256

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

    $92,225

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,642 · end of year $1,486,031

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $151,849 · end of year $1,231

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,310 · end of year $158,945

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $27,788 · end of year $24,868

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $1,336,977

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $154,690 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $905,646 · end of year $1,704,695

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $961,332 · end of year $921,979

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To help local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food.

  • ASAPs three programmatic areas are the Local Food Campaign, Growing Minds program and Local Food Research Center. The Local Food Campaigns capacity building work gives farmers and buyers skills, tools, resources, and connections they need to succeed. The Appalachian Grown regional branding and certification program certified over 850 farms. Those farms gain access to promotional and packaging materials to identify farm products as certified local. More than 450 partner businesses including grocers, restaurants, distributors, hospitals, colleges, and public schools also participate in the program. Local Food Campaign organizers help make connections between farmers and buyers, share stories about food and farms in our communities, and promote local food where consumers shop and dine. This includes events such as ASAPs Annual Farm Tour and publishing the Local Food Guide, of which 70,000 copies were printed and distributed. The program hosts its annual ASAP Business of Farming Conference, delivering over a dozen workshops to hundreds of participants. ASAP operates a weekly farmers market in downtown Asheville and assists more than 100 farmers markets to understand best practices for management, promotion, and navigation of the regulatory environment. To expand participation in the local food movement, ASAP operates two incentive programs, including Double SNAP for Fruits and Vegetables and a Farm Fresh Produce Prescription program to provide eligible participants with weekly incentives for local fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets. In 2024 the program supported farms with relief and recovery resources in response to Hurricane Helene, including offering immediate need funds and and reinstating Appalachian Farms Feeding Families to connect farmers with alternative market outlets.

    Expenses $1,935,575 · Grants $232,840 · Revenue $135,179

  • ASAPs Growing Minds program connects education, health, and wellness programming with local agriculture. This program provides support and resources in order to create healthy food environments and experiences to better the health of all members of our community, including children, their parents, teachers, and school staff. The program provides workshops and other training to educators so that they can integrate local food, healthy eating, and farm-based activities into their work. Implementation is supported through tools, resources, materials, and funds distributed to teachers and community health professionals across the region. This helps to facilitate the creation/maintenance of school gardens, provide cooking demonstrations, support local procurement for classrooms and cafeterias, or take farm field trips. The program facilitates positive local food and farm experiences for thousands of children throughout our service region. Dietetic Interns from partner colleges and universities are trained to implement farm-to- school activities in their future professions. ASAP continued the Growing Minds @ Community Colleges to embed farm to preschool into NC Community College early childhood education programs. Growing Minds co-facilitates the NC Farm to Preschool Network and serves on the advisory committee for the Farm to School Coalition of North Carolina.

  • The Local Food Research Center (LFRC) examines the social, economic, and environmental impacts of localizing food systems. The center researches and tests ASAPs theory of food system change. ASAPs theory is that creating democratic and responsive food systems will increase community well-being, build resilient economies, and support environmental sustainability. Closer connections and knowledge developed through food system experiences empowers citizens to consciously create a just and sustainable food system. LFRC provides research and support for ASAPs ongoing programming for farmers and the community, content and context for the Local Food Guide, ASAPs annual report, and more. Research findings also support ASAPs fundraising efforts and research staff provides content, framing, and writing support for several proposals. LFRC also provides ongoing evaluation assistance to other ASAP programs and administers ASAPs annual survey to farmers, which informs the work of the Local Food Campaign.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Molly Nicholie

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $98,067
    From this org
    $95,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,850
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carrie Keller

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wendy Brugh

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Francisco Castelblanco

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nilofer Culture

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Payne

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Walsh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Bill Durr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Mauney

    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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503159349304255

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