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← ELIJA FARM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ELIJA FARM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$593,238
Total expenses
$982,450
Contributions and grants received
$66,313
Grants paid
$676
Program service revenue
$491,233
Investment income
$19,807
Other revenue
$15,885
Total assets, end of year
$3,286,205
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,323,123
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$2,036,918
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$728,812
Management and general expenses
$156,862
Fundraising expenses
$96,776
Program service expenses (Part III)
$728,812

Program services were 74.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $66,313

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CSA PROGRAM FEES

    total $491,233 · related or exempt $491,233

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,807 · excluded $19,807

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $15,885 · related or exempt $15,885

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,885

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $676 · program services $676

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $109,575 · program services $23,318 · management and general $71,091 · fundraising $15,166

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $414,136 · program services $330,354 · management and general $51,466 · fundraising $32,316

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,422 · program services $16,493 · management and general $5,715 · fundraising $2,214

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,876 · program services $27,604 · management and general $9,566 · fundraising $3,706

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,112 · program services $13,663 · management and general $1,449

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,072 · fundraising $17,072

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,487 · program services $1,992 · management and general $5,495

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,077 · program services $18,258 · management and general $6,739 · fundraising $80

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $936 · program services $936

  • 20 · Interest

    total $137,800 · program services $137,800

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $81,779 · program services $81,779

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,640 · program services $1,640

  • 24a · Other expenses: FARM OPERATIONS

    total $46,269 · program services $46,269

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $22,386 · program services $735 · fundraising $21,651

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $21,642 · program services $20,298 · management and general $1,344

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD CH

    total $4,571 · fundraising $4,571

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,994 · program services $6,997 · management and general $3,997

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,270 · end of year $214,205

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,181 · end of year $30,960

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,407

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

    $2,426,491

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

    $371,910

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,095,516 · end of year $2,054,581

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $871,775 · end of year $986,459

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,273 · end of year $10,831

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,442 · end of year $166,666

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $1,888,744 · end of year $1,857,308

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,806,396 · end of year $3,288,318

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,648,491 · end of year -$2,037,703

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $785 · end of year $785

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ELIJA FARM IS COMMITTED TO USING ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES TO RAISE HIGH QUALITY, ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCE.

  • THE ELIJA FARM COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE ("CSA") PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO ENRICHING THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH DYNAMIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO ITS DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP. THIS CSA PROGRAM ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PURCHASE A SHARE OF THE FARM'S CROPS PRIOR TO EACH GROWING SEASON. THE ELIJA FARM'S MISSION IS TO USE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES TO RAISE HIGH QUALITY, ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCE, WHILE PROVIDING MEANINGFUL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. ELIJA FARM'S MODEL ALLOWS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF TENDING THE FARM, WHILE ALSO ACQUIRING RELEVANT BUSINESS SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH SELLING PRODUCE AND MANAGING THE CSAS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $728,812 · Grants $676 · Revenue $491,233

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOANN SCANLON

    BOARD MEMBER (RESIGNED 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • MELISSA NEGRIN-WIENER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • MICHAEL GIANGREGORIO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • VINCENZA POLITO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • SUZANNE LETSO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • DEBORA THIVIERGE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $248,758
    From this org
    $33,033
    From related orgs
    $202,620
    Other
    $13,105
    Hours/week
    7 + 43 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $33,033 + $202,620 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,837 + $11,268 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $34,870 + $213,888 related

  • CAROLYN VARAJAO

    CFO (RESIGNED 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $132,907
    From this org
    $17,232
    From related orgs
    $105,703
    Other
    $9,972
    Hours/week
    7 + 43 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $17,232 + $105,703 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,355 + $8,311 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43 + $263 related
    Filer's total
    $18,630 + $114,277 related

  • SUSAN WISNEWSKI

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $14,722
    From this org
    $2,064
    From related orgs
    $12,658
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.6 + 34.4 related

  • KRISTY JOSEPH

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $46,782
    From this org
    $46,782
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD REVIEWS SALARIES OF TOP OFFICIALS FROM OTHER COMPARABLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THEY THEN DISCUSS COMPENSATION PACKAGES AND VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520789349301027

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