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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRANSPLANTING TRADITIONS COMMUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$705,622
Total expenses
$777,747
Contributions and grants received
$529,220
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$173,218
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,184
Total assets, end of year
$181,905
Total liabilities, end of year
$50
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$181,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$697,799
Management and general expenses
$39,613
Fundraising expenses
$40,335
Program service expenses (Part III)
$697,799

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,615

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $198,407

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $318,198

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Farm Tours

    total $3,072 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Delivery Fees

    total $3,552 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CSA Sales

    total $166,594 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,184

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,184

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,184 · related or exempt $3,184

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $12,615

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,452 · program services $50,698 · management and general $1,536 · fundraising $9,218

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $310,670 · program services $278,497 · management and general $22,554 · fundraising $9,619

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,639 · program services $40,116 · management and general $790 · fundraising $1,733

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,691 · program services $28,740 · management and general $1,471 · fundraising $1,480

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $53,565 · program services $50,505 · management and general $159 · fundraising $2,901

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,250 · program services $0 · management and general $9,250 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $66

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,745 · program services $1,633 · management and general $56 · fundraising $56

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,393 · program services $14,889 · management and general $338 · fundraising $166

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,912 · program services $8,912 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,539 · program services $13,985 · management and general $777 · fundraising $777

  • 24a · Other expenses: Event Expenses

    total $151 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $151

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fundraising

    total $1,426 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,426

  • 24c · Other expenses: Equipment under $500

    total $689 · program services $132 · management and general $551 · fundraising $6

  • 24d · Other expenses: Postage

    total $533 · program services $188 · management and general $72 · fundraising $273

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $224,026 · program services $209,504 · management and general $2,059 · fundraising $12,463

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,019 · end of year $92,671

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $136,381 · end of year $59,409

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,190

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

    $87,443

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

    $61,808

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,268 · end of year $25,635

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $172 · end of year $50

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $254,496 · end of year $181,855

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TTCF provides refugee youth and adults access to land, healthy food, education, and leadership & entrepreneurial opportunities as a means to reduce food insecurity and poverty amoung the refugee community.

  • Business Development Program: builds capacity and provides technical support to help refugee and immigrant farmers build small farm businesses through various marketing outlets and community sales as well as a vegetable subscription program (CSA). $352,133.36 dollars earned by 16 refugee farm businesses through various marketing and sales outlets including Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), farmers markets, the online store, wholesale, and sales to local food pantries. 29.9% increase in total cumulative farmer sales from 2022 to 2023 664.75 hours of educational workshops, opportunities, and direct agricultural technical assistance provided to 25 refugee farmers. Three farmers purchased land, two are searching for land Conducted outreach for expansion to work with other refugee and immigrant farmers in other parts of North Carolina

    Expenses $312,212 · Revenue $275,440

  • Food Access Program: addresses food insecurity in the greater refugee and immigrant community by providing land for growing and emergency food donations to food-insecure families that are grown by refugee farmers. Also known as Share a Share, the Food Access Program uses community donations to buy cultural produce and crops from TTCF farmers and donates the purchased food to address food insecurity in the refugee community. In 2023, 3486 pounds of culturally significant food were grown by TTCF farmers and distributed to 1181 food-insecure individuals.

    Expenses $133,238 · Revenue $168,218

  • Refugee Teen Leadership Program: focuses on leadership development through food justice activism and environmental and social justice. Over 100 hours of mentorship, workshops, and training to 12 youth from the refugee community on topics of college access, culture, academic success, food justice, and climate justice. The youth contributed over 1000 hours of community service, such as tutoring, providing farm tours, supporting the organization during events, etc.

    Expenses $44,107 · Revenue $33,189

  • Other programs including Childrens, Farmers Business, CSA, and Leadership Development

    Expenses $208,242 · Revenue $211,026

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Hsar Ree Ree Wei

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $67,786
    From this org
    $61,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,334
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bevelyn Ukah

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Nicole Accordino

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ariel Rosenberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isabel Lu

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Pham

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403169349302075

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