Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$593,083

Total expenses

$444,698

Contributions and grants received

$503,528

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$89,555

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$320,631

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,350

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$319,281

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$418,202

Management and general expenses

$20,654

Fundraising expenses

$5,842

Program service expenses (Part III)

$418,202

Program services were 94.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• A. URBAN FARM OPERATION. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS WAS FOUNDED TO REDUCE HUNGER IN YORK COUNTY, PA, BY GROWING SAFE, HEALTHY FOOD FOR PEOPLE IN NEED, AND ITS SUSTAINABLE, YEAR-ROUND FARMING PROGRAM GREW ALMOST 32,000 POUNDS OF VEGETABLES, HERBS AND BERRIES IN 2023 ON ITS 4+ ACRE URBAN FARM AT 2 LOCATIONS IN YORK, PA. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS FOLLOWS ADVANCED COMMERCIAL GROWING METHODS AND USES INTENSE GROWING TECHNIQUES IN OUR 2 GREENHOUSES, 4 HIGH TUNNELS AND FOR THE FIELD CROPS, INCLUDING: DRIP IRRIGATION, FERTIGATION, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, TRELLISING, FIELD-BED TURNAROUND AND SUCCESSION PLANTING. FARMING IS OVERSEEN BY THE FARM MANAGER WITH 3-4 P/T SEASONAL FARM HANDS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO PLANT, RAISE, TEND, AND HARVEST THE GREENHOUSE, HIGH TUNNEL AND FIELD CROPS FROM EARLY APRIL AND UNTIL THANKSGIVING. WINTER-HARDY CROPS ARE GROWN IN 4 HIGH TUNNELS FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL. Y3F PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE YORK COUNTY FOOD SYSTEM AND INCREASING DIETARY CHOICES BY GROWING APPROXIMATELY 50 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES INCLUDING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CROPS FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC CUSTOMERS. WORKING WITH OTHER YORK COUNTY, PA, FARMS AND ORCHARDS, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS BRINGS LOCALLY GROWN FRUIT, SWEET CORN, MELONS, AND OTHER FARM PRODUCTS TO OUR YORK CITY CUSTOMERS TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE GROW. IN ADDITION, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS' 4+ ACRE URBAN FARM PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN REDUCING OVERALL FOOD MILES, MINIMIZING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, AND CREATING GREEN SPACES AND GREEN JOBS.

  Expenses $220,069

• B. MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET. SINCE 2018, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS HAS SOLD THE VEGETABLES, HERBS AND BERRIES IT GROWS, THROUGH ITS 22-WEEK (JUNE TO NOVEMBER), 6-DAYS-PER-WEEK MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET, A FARMSTAND-ON-WHEELS. WITH 2 MARKET VEHICLES (A VAN AND A SHUTTLE BUS), THE MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET SETS UP IN 14+ DIFFERENT UNDERSERVED, FOOD DESERT YORK, PA, NEIGHBORHOODS EACH WEEK TO SELL FARM-GROWN PRODUCE AT LOW AND AFFORDABLE PRICES. IN 2023, 42.94% OF THE MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET'S 3,400+ SALES WERE PAID FOR WITH SNAP OR OTHER FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, SHOWING THAT YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS AND ITS PRODUCE SALES ARE REACHING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. THE MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET HOPES TO IMPROVE ITS MARKET STOPS LOCATIONS IN 2024 AND PROVIDE NUTRITION INFORMATION AND FOOD SKILLS EDUCATION AT THE MARKET STOPS. IN 2023, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS CONTINUED THE WINTER MOBILE PRODUCE MARKETS (DECEMBER TO MAY 31) AT THREE YORK, PA, LOCATIONS EACH WEEK.

  Expenses $75,763 · Revenue $89,555

• C. FARM TO HOSPITAL PROJECTYORK FRESH FOOD FARMS HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE UPMC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP TO CREATE A YEAR-ROUND WORKING FARM LOCATED ON THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. THE PROJECT WILL PROMOTE THE CRITICAL ROLE FOOD PLAYS IN OVERALL HEALTH AND DEMONSTRATE BOTH YORK FRESH FOOD FARM'S AND UPMC MEMORIAL'S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THREE 2500 SQUARE FOOT HIGH TUNNELS FOR GROWING A VARIETY OF VEGETABLES AND HERBS. THE PROGRAM HOPES TO HARVEST APPROXIMATELY 10,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $122,370

• D. FARM SHARES PROGRAM.YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS' FARMSHARES IS AN AFFORDABLE WEEKLY BOX OF FRESH PRODUCE (AVAILABLE 52 WEEKS A YEAR), DELIVERED FREE WITHIN THE YORK, PA, CITY LIMITS (NON-CITY CUSTOMERS PICK UP THEIR FARMSHARES AT 150 WILLIS ROAD). CUSTOMERS SIGN-UP, SELECT THEIR WEEKLY PURCHASES AND PAY ONLINE.E. YCSD FAMILY PRODUCE BOX PROGRAM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF YORK, 2023 WAS THE 3RD AND FINAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY PRODUCE BOX PROGRAM. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS SUPPLIED 50-200 BOXES PER WEEK OF FARM-FRESH PRODUCE FOR 10 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN JUNE THROUGH AUGUST FOR FOOD INSECURE SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILIES. F. COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS' COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT HAS CREATED COMMUNITY GARDENS AT 4 YORK, PA, LOCATIONS. THE COMMUNITY GARDENS ARE OVERSEEN BY PROJECT MANAGER AND ARTIST, ANNALISA GOJMERAC, AND MAINTAINED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. THE COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT GROWS MOSTLY VEGETABLES AND NATIVE PLANS AND DONATES THE HARVESTED VEGETABLES TO NEIGHBORS, VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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