Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$88,359

Total expenses

$89,853

Contributions and grants received

$76,393

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$11,812

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$20

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$134

Total assets, end of year

$95,746

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,890

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$67,856

Program service expenses (Part III)

$36,787

Program services were 40.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• VANOTTERLOO FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT - SEE SCHEDULE O

  Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

• MASSHIRE YOUTH WORKS- SEE SCHEDULE O

  Expenses $9,287 · Grants $9,287

• NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS - SEE SCHEDULE O

  Expenses $7,500 · Grants $7,500

• The three capital improvements including two greenhouses, a welcome kiosk, and a three-bay sink provided the resources for Newhall Fields Community Farm (Newhall Fields) to increase participation, production and direct-to-consumer sales to our most vulnerable and insecure families. Innovations we make to grow more nutritious produce demonstrate the power of our community-driven approach. Over the long-term, we are dedicated to strengthening the three pillars of our work (food access, regenerative organic agriculture, and community engagement) and mindfully expanding our influence throughout the communities we serve. Newhall Fields came into being because changemakers in our community saw an opportunity to grow food with people for people. We can close the food gap by growing food right here in our community that is healthy, culturally familiar, affordable, accessible, and inclusive. Newhall Fields is a SNAP approved HIP certified non-profit direct-to-consumer urban farm. Our community farm includes a 1/3 acre mixed vegetable farm and herb garden on our 2-acre plot on the 17-acre City of Peabody owned Tillies Farm. Newhall Fields produces and regularly distributes high volumes of nutritious food to various sectors of the food system and reaches a significant number of community members through both our distribution and outdoor educational programs-meeting an immediate need. Our down-to-earth regenerative farming produced over 7,000 pounds of food in 2023. Consisting of 40 different varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs and 140 varieties of perennial herbs. 80% of our produce went directly to low- to moderate-income families via emergency food providers and farm share produce boxes. We work with hunger relief organizations, senior living facilities, youth and immigrant support organizations, and other community partners to distribute food in the gateway cities of Peabody, Lynn, and Salem as well as Lynnfield. In 2023, Newhall Fields switched from using a fair market value valuation method to a cost basis method for crops. This year we have increased staff and resources. In addition to our full-time farmer, we hired a Youth Crew Leader and nine Youth Crew interns. We are a volunteer-powered farm increasing production by 30% annually and enhancing education, job opportunities, and community engagement. We provide green jobs and hands-on volunteer experiences for youth. We engage community members of all ages and abilities through volunteering, internships, youth programs, field trips, farm tours, and farm-based education programs. This year alone three-hundred community members have volunteered over 2,500 hours of volunteer labor on the farm. Forty skilled community members share their knowledge, expertise and donate their time and talent to manage the operations, administration, and financials of this nonprofit organization, donating over 2,000 hours. In addition, Newhall Fields is a weekly job training site for twelve Northeast Arc clients and their staff leaders. This spring and fall our Saturday high school program successfully engage 37 high school students who learned sustainable agriculture for a total of 200 hours. 80% of the students come more than one time. 50% of these students came five times or more. A fully funded summer Youth Crew internship program benefiting ten young people from underserved households earning wages plus transportation services as needed. These programs provided students with the opportunity to be in person with their peers learning, leading, and growing in a safe environment. Newhall Fields has been awarded federal, state, and local grants to expand acreage in production and support programming, host a variety of on-farm programs, leadership trainings, and summer internships. Newhall Fields top three grants include: VanOtterloo Family Foundation, $20,000, provides support for our summer Youth Crew program and general farm operations; the $9,286.55 MassHire YouthWorks F1rstJobs grant provides the funds to support our Youth Crew interns and their leader; and the New England Bio Labs Grant of $7,500 provides support for our new eco-friendly customized container shed to be installed in 2024. *

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

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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