Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,609,124

Total expenses

$1,393,922

Contributions and grants received

$3,456,709

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$152,159

Investment income

$106

Other revenue

$150

Total assets, end of year

$5,017,285

Total liabilities, end of year

$125,047

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,892,238

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$954,576

Management and general expenses

$180,663

Fundraising expenses

$258,683

Program service expenses (Part III)

$954,576

Program services were 68.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• EDUCATION: FIT AROUND THE FARM (FATF): UFI DEVELOPED PROGRAM FOR SENIORS THAT FOCUSED ON HEALTHY EATING, HEALTHY COOKING AND EXERCISE. ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE REGISTERED, 90% WERE SENIOR WOMEN (AGES 50-100). TWICE A WEEK THERE WERE 50-60 PARTICIPANTS FOR CHAIR YOGA, DANCING, FITNESS AND DEMONSTRATIONS BY GUEST CHEFS. THE PROGRAM HAS REALLY BUILT COMMUNITY AND FED UFI'S OTHER COMMUNITY EFFORTS. THE MEN'S BLACK GATHERING: MEN GATHER TWICE A MONTH FOR TAI CHI, GENERAL FITNESS, HEALTHY FOOD AND DISCUSSION OF HEALTHY EATING. MEN DISCUSS HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND PAST TRAUMA. THIS BECOMES A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR SENIOR MEN. FARMER TRAINING PROGRAMS THE TRAINING OF FARMER'S CONTINUED IN 2022 BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY REDUCED RECRUITMENT DUE TO COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS VARIANTS EMERGED. THE 9- WEEK PROGRAM FOR TRAINING FARMERS RESULTED IN 19 PARTICIPANTS WHO GAINED GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT URBAN AGRICULTURE. THE 20 WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM WAS MORE DETAILED WITH PARTICIPANTS LEARNING ABOUT PLANTING, SEEDS, WEEDING, PATHWAY CONSTRUCTION, CROP ROTATION, ORGANIC METHODS FOR PEST CONTROL, HARVESTING, AND FARM BUSINESS PLANNING.

  Expenses $310,054 · Revenue $750

• COMMUNITY PROGRAMS/NPO PARTNER OUTREACH/ CORPORATE CONNECTIONS: "SIX JAZZ PERFORMANCES OCCURRED AT UFI TO ATTRACT THE COMMUNITY AND THANK PARTNERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS; "UFI COMPLETED BUILDING AND INSTALLING ADDITIONAL GROW BOXES IN 2022, MAKING THE TOTAL 122. THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE GROWING HEALTHY FOOD IN THEIR SCHOOLS, CAMPS, BACKYARDS, FRONT YARDS AND PORCHES. GUIDANCE OCCURRED FOR THESE GROWERS VIA ZOOM, AT THE SEEDLING SALE AND IN-PERSON AT FCEF, "THE COMMUNITY MEAL BAGS FOOD DELIVERY CONTINUED INTO 2022. FUNDED BY DONORS COMMITTED TO FIGHTING HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY THE MEALS WERE PREPARED BY BIPOC CHEFS AND CONSISTED OF FRESH VEGETABLES, A STARCH, AND A PROTEIN WITH ENOUGH FOOD FOR A FAMILY OF THREE, "THANKSGIVING / INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CELEBRATION FOOD DISTRIBUTION OF 400 TURKEYS WITH ALL THE FIXINGS FOR A MEAL TO FAMILIES NOMINATED BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORS, "HELD "FOOD DAY" A FREE EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY WITH THREE DEMONSTRATIONS OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD BY DIVERSE CHEFS, A CIDER-PRESS AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILY HEALTH EDUCATION DISCUSSIONS, AND A FREE BOOK GIVE AWAY, "VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED TO HELP UFI WITH FARMING AND WEEDING. UP TO 250 PEOPLE GAVE TIME THIS YEAR FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS PER PERSON (VOLUNTEERS CONSISTED OF CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS, NEIGHBORS, STUDENTS AND YOUTH), "COLLABORATING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER, SPORTSMEN'S TENNIS CLUB AND ENRICHMENT CENTER, BETHEL AME CHURCH, NATIONAL BLACK COLLEGE ALLIANCE, MATTAPAN FOOD AND FITNESS, DORECHERSTER FOOD COOP, BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER, AND CODMAN SQUARE NDC. "SCHOOL PROGRAMS CONTINUED AT THE JOSEPH LEE SCHOOL, PAULINE A. SHAW SCHOOL, CODMAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, ELLISON PARKS SCHOOL, MILDRED AVE K-8 SCHOOL, AND MILTON ACADEMY TO NAME A FEW.

  Expenses $115,085

• FARM OPERATIONS UFI'S FARM OPERATIONS (GROWING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND SEEDLINGS) FROM JUNE TO NOVEMBER ENCOMPASSES: "GROWING FOOD TO DISTRIBUTE FROM ALL SIX FARMING LOCATIONS (131 GLENWAY ST. PLOT, ASTORIA QUARTER ACRE FARM, GARRISON TROTTER FARM, AND FCEF FARMLAND. THERE ARE ALSO TWO GROWING SITES UFI MANAGES COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNER VICTORY PROGRAM/REVISION HOUSE, "COLLABORATING WITH AGRARIAN PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND REACHING OUT TO RESIDENTS OF DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN, AND ROXBURY, "DISTRIBUTION OF 39,533 POUNDS OF FOOD (INCLUDING 4,465 POUNDS OF DONATED FOOD AND 18,748 POUNDS PURCHASED FROM PARTNERS), "DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD VIA BOXES OF (72 VEGETABLES/ FRUIT) COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE BOXES (CSA). WITH OUR COLLABORATING COMMUNITY PARTNERS DORCHESTER FOOD COOP AND OASIS ON BALLOU/CODMAN SQUARE NDC. THERE ARE ALSO 15 SOLIDARITY CSA'S THAT ARE DONATED FREE OF CHARGE TO FAMILIES WITH SIGNIFICANT FOOD INSECURITY, "RUNNING A WEEKLY FARMSTAND THAT SERVED 1,350 CUSTOMERS MANY OF WHOM WERE FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THAT RELIED UPON SUBSIDIES FROM DOLLARS RAISED BY UFI, HIP/SNAP, WIC AND CITY OF BOSTON FOOD COUPONS, "SEEDLING GROWTH AND SALES OF SEEDLING PLANTS, "EDUCATING UFI CUSTOMERS AND ENCOURAGING PLANTING FOR HEALTH BENEFITS OF FRESH CROPS SUCH AS TURMERIC AND GINGER, AND OTHER SPICES AND HERBS, AND "LIVE MUSIC AT THE FARM STAND. USING JAZZ AND AFRO-LATIN MUSIC TO ENCOURAGE CONVERSATION AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR UFI'S NEIGHBORS AND CUSTOMERS.

  Expenses $527,312 · Revenue $152,159

• COMPLETING CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO PURCHASE FOWLER CLARK EPSTEIN FARM AFTER A VERY SUCCESSFUL TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEAR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UFI ENGAGED NEW DONORS, REACTIVATED LONG-TIME SUPPORTERS, AND ENERGIZED BOARD MEMBERS ENOUGH TO RAISE MONEY TO PURCHASE ITS HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY. WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS LANDLORD HISTORIC BOSTON INC. (HBI) ON THE PRESERVATION AND PERMANENCE SINCE IT TOOK OVER THE FARM, THE ORGANIZATION SECURED SUPPORT FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE SOURCES AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS TO PURCHASE THE FOWLER CLARK EPSTEIN FARM (FCEF) FREE AND CLEAR. THIS MEANS THAT THE FARMLAND, THE BARN, THE GREENHOUSE AND ITS THREE BUILDINGS ARE OWNED OUTRIGHT WITHOUT LIENS BY UFI. THIS IS A LANDMARK EFFORT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS SO MUCH OF THE CITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY GENTRIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE USED TO ESTABLISH A DESIGNATED FISCAL RESERVE FUND HELPING TO ASSURE UFI'S FINANCIAL STABILITY. IN 2021, UFI WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE MA CULTURAL FACILITIES FUND, THAT RESULTED IN A DETAILED FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PLAN SO SPECIFIC FUNDS HAVE BEEN, AND WILL BE, RAISED FOR DESIGNATED BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, LONG-TERM UPKEEP AND NECESSARY REPLACEMENT. THE FCEF PURCHASE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS SECURE AND IDENTIFY UFI'S LOCALE AS A HUB OF LEARNING AND URBAN FARMING. UFI'S ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF CULTURE, CULINARY ARTS, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING ARE KEY IN SERVING BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS AND ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CITY. FCEF HELPS PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR ALL AGES AND PROVIDES A HEADQUARTERS FOR UFI AND URBAN FARMING FOR THE FUTURE.

  Expenses $2,125

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

9 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343169349300469

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