Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,051,493

Total expenses

$3,919,550

Contributions and grants received

$1,673,782

Grants paid

$28,094

Program service revenue

$2,399,992

Investment income

-$35,868

Other revenue

$13,587

Total assets, end of year

$5,538,950

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,162,201

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,376,749

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,787,575

Management and general expenses

$708,083

Fundraising expenses

$423,892

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,787,575

Program services were 71.1% 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 · 2023

• ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING:A. THE CALIFORNIA FARM ACADEMY BUSINESS INCUBATOR OFFERS FARMLAND FOR LEASE TO QUALIFIED BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES AND OTHER LOCAL BEGINNING FARMERS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IF LAND IS AVAILABLE. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ACCESS TO SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, AND MENTORSHIP. INCUBATOR SITES ARE LOCATED IN WOODLAND AND WEST SACRAMENTO. PLOTS OF LAND RANGING FROM ONE-QUARTER TO ONE ACRE OR MORE, AS WELL AS GREENHOUSE, WASH AND PACK, TRACTOR, AND COOLER SPACE CAN BE LEASED. LAND CAN BE LEASED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS. B. THE CALIFORNIA FARM ACADEMY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IS FOR HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS WHO KNOW THEY WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN AGRICULTURE. THE PROGRAM LASTS APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AND INCLUDES BOTH A PAID ON-THE-JOB TRAINING COMPONENT, AS WELL AS COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS. UPON COMPLETION, THE APPRENTICE WILL GRADUATE TO A JOURNEYMAN LEVEL IN THE OCCUPATION OF A BEGINNING FARM AND RANCH MANAGER. THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TRAINED 10 APPRENTICE-EMPLOYER PAIRS, 3 OF WHICH WERE HIRED DURING THIS PERIOD. THE TEAM COMPLETED 11 EVALUATIONS AND AROUND 40 MONTHLY CHECK-INS, AND CONDUCTED 12 COHORT CALLS WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS. THE PROGRAM RECEIVED 20 APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED 9 INTO OUR CANDIDATE POOL. TWO 48-HOUR COURSES WERE DESIGNED AND DELIVERED IN SOIL SCIENCE AND IRRIGATION, AND THE PROGRAM OPERATED IN 10 COUNTIES. THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES AND EDUCATION PARTNERS TO BEGIN DESIGNING A SPANISH-LANGUAGE UPSKILLING PROGRAM.C. THE CALIFORNIA FARM ACADEMY (CFA) TRAINING PROGRAM COMBINES CLASSES, HANDS-ON TRAINING, FARM VISITS AND FIELD TRIPS. FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PLANNING TO MARKETING OF SPECIALTY CROPS, THE CFA TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO START THE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMERS ON THEIR JOURNEY. D. THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROGAM CONTINUES TO GROW WITH FUNDING FROM USDA, NRCS, USDA AMS, COUNTY OF YOLO, CITY OF WOODLAND, AND CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO. IN 2024, THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAM (CFP) HAS THREE PROJECT INITIATIVES: THE MOBILE FARMERS MARKET, COMMUNITY FOOD AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND RIVERFRONT URBAN FARM. CFP LEVERAGED THE SUCCESS OF ITS FIRST MOBILE FARMERS MARKET TRUCK IN WEST SACRAMENTO TO LAUNCH A SECOND TRUCK TO SERVE NORTHERN YOLO COUNTY. THE SECOND TRUCK WAS PURCHASED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE GRANT WITH YOLO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WOODLAND. A 2024 REPORT FROM THE YOLO FOOD BANK FOUND THAT YOLO COUNTY IS THE MOST IMPOVERISHED COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA LEAVING ONE IN THREE RESIDENTS AS FOOD INSECURE. THE MOBILE FARMERS MARKET (MFM) HAS "WHEELS" ON THE GROUND TO ADDRESS THIS CRITICAL NEED AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO FOOD ACCESS CHALLENGES BY GOING INTO LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY. THE MFM ALSO PROVIDES AN INNOVATIVE AND EQUITABLE MARKETPLACE FOR SMALL AND BEGINNING FARMS TO SELL THEIR PRODUCE WHICH OFFERS LOCAL, SEASONAL, SUSTAINABLY-GROWN PRODUCE TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES USING SNAP/EBT. THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAM IS ALSO FUNDED IN LARGE PART THANKS TO THE USDA WITH BOTH A NIFA AND A LFPP GRANT.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAM INCLUDE:- LAUNCHED 2ND MFM IN NORTHERN YOLO COUNTY SERVING WOODLAND, ESPARTO, AND KNIGHTS LANDING.- 10 WEEKLY MFM STOPS MAY THROUGH OCTOBER.- 70% OF CUSTOMERS ARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS.- 45% OF CUSTOMERS ARE SENIORS.- 60% OF CUSTOMERS ARE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES USING SNAP/EBT.- 7% OF CUSTOMERS USE PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION VOUCHERS.- ALL SNAP/EBT CUSTOMERS GET 50% OFF WITH THE STATE FUNDED MARKET MATCH PROGRAM.- 80% OF THE PRODUCE SOLD AT THE MFM IS GROWN WITHIN 50 MILES.- THE MFM HAS ZERO WASTE DONATING ANY PRODUCE AT THE END OF MARKET TO FOOD BANKS AND HOMELESS SHELTERS, 4,000 LBS IN 2024.- THE MFM DONATED 3,700 LBS OF SHELF-STABLE PANTRY ITEMS. - OVER 15 COMMUNITY PARTNERS COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THE MFM POSSIBLE FROM DONATING SERVICES LIKE TRANSLATION AND OUTREACH TO RESOURCE DISSEMINATION AND TABLING.- THE MFM SERVES OVER 300 HOUSEHOLDS.- 24,000 LBS OF LOCAL, SEASONAL, SUSTAINABLY-GROWN PRODUCE WAS DISTRIBUTED IN 2024.- PRODUCE PURCHASES FROM LOCAL FARMS INCREASED 20% IN 2024.- THE MFM TRUCK ATTENDED 15 COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.- OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM DOUBLED ITS GRADUATION RATE GROWING FROM 10 GRADUATES IN 2023 TO 21 IN 2024. AMBASSADORS LEARN ABOUT THEIR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM AND SERVE AS ADVOCATES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.- RIVERFRONT FARM HOSTED 5 SCHOOL TOURS; TWO HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS; TWO COLLEGE INTERNS; WEEKLY VOLUNTEER DAYS; PLANTED A POLLINATOR HEDGEROW; INSTALLED FOUR EDUCATION SIGNS.E. THE FARM AND CLIMATE PROGRAM AT THE MAPLES FARM SERVES AS A MODEL OF HOW FARM PRACTICES CAN LEAD TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND INCREASE BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE YOLO RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE TO PILOT CARBON FARM PLANS AT THE MAPLES AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FARMS IN THE REGION, AND THESE PILOT MODELS WILL BE USED TO EDUCATE OTHER FARMERS IN THE REGION.

  Expenses $1,766,473 · Revenue $1,853,137

• YOUTH EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING:A. THE STUDENT AND LANDOWNER EDUCATION AND WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP (SLEWS) PROGRAM SERVED A TOTAL OF 303 STUDENTS FROM 11 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN YOLO, SACRAMENTO, AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTIES DURING THE 2023-24 PROGRAM YEAR AND RECRUITED AND TRAINED 56 VOLUNTEER PROFESSIONAL MENTORS. COMPLETING A TOTAL OF 31 FIELD DAYS, WE PLANTED 3,245 TREES, SHRUBS, AND FORBS, 863 GRASS PLUGS, AND INSTALLED 10 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WITH FOUR BLUE BIRD BOXES. WHILE TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT HABITAT RESTORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, STUDENTS WORKED ON CALIFORNIA RANCHES AND FARMS TO GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND LEARN ABOUT POTENTIAL CAREERS WITHIN THE NATURAL RESOURCES FIELD. IN THE 2023-24 PROGRAM YEAR WE FURTHER EXPANDED OUR REACH THROUGH A "TRAIN THE TRAINER" PROGRAM CALLED SLEWS ACADEMY WITH THE INTENT TO TEACH ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOW TO BUILD A SLEWS PROGRAM IN THEIR REGION. THUS FAR, SIX ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND ARE EXECUTING PROGRAMMING WITHIN THEIR LOCAL REGIONS. B. FARMING, AGRICULTURE, AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY (FARMS) LEADERSHIP - THE FARMS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INTRODUCES, TRAINS, AND RECRUITS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. C. MJDOA SCHOLARSHIPS - THE ANNUAL FARMS SCHOLARSHIPS ARE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTER FOR LAND-BASED LEARNING AND MY JOB DEPENDS ON AG. RECIPIENTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE PURSUING DEGREES OR CERTIFICATIONS IN FIELDS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. D. INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS - VARIOUS INTERNSHIPS WERE CREATED IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION THROUGH THE URBAN AG INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH GRANT UNION AND LUTHER BURBANK HIGH SCHOOLS.E. CARING FOR OUR WATERSHEDS (CFW) - A JOINT PROGRAM WITH NUTRIEN, CFW IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROPOSAL CONTEST AND A PROJECT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. CFW EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO IMAGINE AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND TURN THEIR IDEAS INTO ACTION. EACH YEAR, THE PROGRAM'S FINAL EVENT IS IN APRIL, AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO EARTH DAY.

  Expenses $1,021,102 · Grants $28,094 · Revenue $560,064

As filed on the 2023 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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