Totals
- Total revenue
- $821,598
- Total expenses
- $695,784
- Contributions and grants received
- $394,745
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $425,506
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $1,347
- Total assets, end of year
- $341,376
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $9,460
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $331,916
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $644,526
- Management and general expenses
- $30,913
- Fundraising expenses
- $20,345
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $644,526
Program services were 92.6% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$123,657
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$271,088
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2a · Program service revenue: Meal Services
total $425,506 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11a · Other revenue: Rebates
total $1,225 · related or exempt $1,225 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11b · Other revenue: Other Income
total $122 · related or exempt $122 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,347
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $68,135 · program services $61,322 · management and general $3,406 · fundraising $3,407
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $265,057 · program services $238,551 · management and general $13,253 · fundraising $13,253
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $25,774 · program services $23,197 · management and general $1,288 · fundraising $1,289
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,419 · program services $908 · management and general $511 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,898 · program services $720 · management and general $3,178 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $25,146 · program services $24,753 · management and general $197 · fundraising $196
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,533 · program services $507 · management and general $2,026 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,538 · program services $3,394 · management and general $955 · fundraising $189
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16 · Occupancy
total $18,864 · program services $16,978 · management and general $943 · fundraising $943
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17 · Travel
total $1,934 · program services $1,741 · management and general $96 · fundraising $97
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $13,694 · program services $12,325 · management and general $684 · fundraising $685
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23 · Insurance
total $4,399 · program services $278 · management and general $4,106 · fundraising $15
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24a · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance
total $2,912 · program services $2,621 · management and general $145 · fundraising $146
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24b · Other expenses: Job Supplies
total $15,624 · program services $15,624 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Food Supplies
total $239,249 · program services $239,249 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Event Expense
total $2,500 · program services $2,250 · management and general $125 · fundraising $125
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24e · All other expenses
total $108 · program services $108 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $151,933 · end of year $210,228
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $10,962 · end of year $59,866
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$85,386
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$14,104
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $47,657 · end of year $71,282
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,450 · end of year $9,460
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $102,892 · end of year $228,706
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $103,210 · end of year $103,210
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Equal Plates Project exists to support local farmers, address food insecurity, and build community through scratch-cooked meals.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To foster connections between WNCs robust agriculture community and our neighbors facing complex barriers to food access. We do this by sourcing top-quality ingredients from small, local farms and transforming those ingredients into meals.
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In 2023, Equal Plates Project prepared 125,000 fresh, scratch-made meals that were shared with populations facing food access barriers including low-income elementary school students, public housing residents, and homeless shelters. . In 2023, Equal Plates Project sourced top-quality ingredients at fair prices from over 20 small, local farms including producers of fruits, vegetables, eggs, grain and meat.
Expenses $644,526 · Revenue $425,506
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Equal Plates Project continued its program to offer 6 area charter schools and early learning centers a nourishing lunch option for students with income eligibility for free/reduced lunch. In 2023, Equal Plates Project opened an additional kitchen in downtown Asheville to increase our capacity to purchase from small, local farms and scale meal production. This new kitchen has allowed us to sustain regular weekly purchasing from 20 local producers and build new meal partnerships with groups including Salvation Army, Safe Shelter, Homeward Bound, Asheville Poverty Initiative, Food Connection, United Way, Southside United Neighborhood Association, and Circle of Security Parenting to share our meals with populations navigating systemic inequities and food insecurity. In addition to preparing hot, scratch-made meals for partner organizations serving populations facing food insecurity, Equal Plates Project grew its production of fresh-frozen meals for home delivery to Medicaid clients via the Healthy Opportunities Pilot.
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Madeline Holtzman
Executive Director - May through December
- Total calculated
- $68,135
- From this org
- $68,135
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Aaron Grier
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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John Fleer
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Elizabeth Sims
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Dan Murrey
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Kay West
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Gretchen Brown
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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
- 2 December 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202443379349301204
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