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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,045,848
Total expenses
$15,565,293
Contributions and grants received
$13,615,698
Grants paid
$14,191,436
Program service revenue
$195,700
Investment income
$234,450
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,995,267
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,799,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$195,654
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,487,976
Management and general expenses
$67,344
Fundraising expenses
$9,973
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,487,976

Program services were 99.5% 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

    $13,615,698

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NATIONAL SCHOOL GARDEN SUMMIT

    total $195,700 · related or exempt $195,700

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $234,450 · excluded $234,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,186,436 · program services $14,186,436

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,901 · management and general $35 · fundraising $9,866

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,844 · management and general $53,844

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,051,677 · program services $1,045,844 · management and general $5,833

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,728 · program services $6,148 · management and general $4,473 · fundraising $107

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,600 · program services $15,750 · management and general $850

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,038 · program services $49,806 · management and general $1,232

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $859 · management and general $859

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSES

    total $170,294 · program services $170,294

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $8,916 · program services $8,698 · management and general $218

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,437,377 · end of year $2,161,146

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,774,517 · end of year $2,641,546

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,068,136 · end of year $1,133,205

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,729 · end of year $742

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $110,023 · end of year $17,012

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

    $41,616

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $41,616

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $138,771 · end of year $124,749

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $2,456,912 · end of year $5,674,864

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $99,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,715,099 · end of year $160,570

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $35,084

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION, ESTABLISHED IN 2015, WORKS TO IMPROVE LIVES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE THROUGH LOCAL NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION ACCESS, AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTS HEALTH, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION ACCESS AND WELLNESS RELATED CAUSES IN AREAS WHERE SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET STORES OPERATE.

  • IMPACT GRANTS - MULTI-YEAR GRANT PARTNERSHIPS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP SCALE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND DELIVER HIGH-IMPACT PROGRAMMING ALIGNED WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. IN 2024, 12 IMPACT GRANTS WERE AWARDED.2024 KEY ORGANIZATIONS: BLUE WATERMELON, DAVIS LAB AT UT AUSTIN COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES, HEBNI NUTRITION CONSULTANTS, LIFE LAB AND THE WALLS PROJECT, AND OTHERS.

    Expenses $7,833,845 · Grants $7,638,903

  • NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTSONE-YEAR GRANTS THAT SUPPORT DIRECT PROGRAMS HAPPENING AT SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ALIGNED WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. IN 2024, OVER $4M IN GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO 585 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS FOUR CATEGORIES, INCLUDING: GROWING HEALTHY KIDS, WELLNESS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN, SPROUTING SCHOOL GARDENS, AND LOCAL IN-STORE CHECK PRESENTATIONS.WELLNESS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN GRANTS - TO PROVIDE ADULTS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WITH ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND ESSENTIAL NUTRITION EDUCATION. THE FOUNDATION AWARDED $1,016,700 TO 129 ORGANIZATIONS GROWING HEALTHY KIDS GRANTS - HELP KIDS GROW HEALTHY AND EQUIP THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DEVELOP HABITS THAT LAST A LIFETIME. SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON CHILDREN'S NUTRITION ACCESS, NUTRITION EDUCATION, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THE FOUNDATION AWARDED 163 GRANTS TOTALING $1,240,358. LOCAL IN-STORE PRESENTATIONS - SUPPORTING HYPERLOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR STORE COMMUNITIES THAT EMPHASIZE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND BEHAVIORS. THE FOUNDATION AWARDED 91 GRANTS WITH $695,000.SPROUTING SCHOOL GARDENS GRANTS - BRINGING HANDS-ON GARDEN-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION TO LIFE BY SUPPORTING SCHOOL GARDENS AND CLASSROOM COOKING PROGRAMS IN 137 SCHOOLS, TOTALING $1,212,129.

    Expenses $4,278,147 · Grants $4,171,687

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,301,452 · Grants $1,269,066

  • NATIONAL SCHOOL GARDEN SUMMIT - PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE SECONDNATIONAL GATHERING FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON SCHOOL GARDENS, THE SUMMITGATHERED 525 EDUCATORS AND LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WORKINGTO SUSTAIN SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOL, REGIONAL AND NATIONALLEVEL. THESE EDUCATORS, AND THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THEY REPRESENT,OPERATE LEARNING GARDENS AT OVER 10,000 SCHOOL CAMPUSES, PROVIDINGHANDS-ON NUTRITION, SCIENCE AND ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION TO AN ESTIMATED5 MILLION STUDENTS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $934,380 · Revenue $195,700

  • HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANTS - TWO-YEAR GRANT PARTNERSHIPS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP SCALE OR ENHANCE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, RESULTING IN GREATER IMPACT AND REACH. IN 2024, EIGHT HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANTS WERE AWARDED.2024 KEY ORGANIZATIONS: LOCAL FIRST ARIZONA, COMMON VISION, MCKINNEY PARKS, AFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS LOS ANGELES, CITY BLOSSOMS, FIRST PLACE ARIZONA, ALL IN EDUCATION, AND SLOW FOOD DENVER

    Expenses $705,045 · Grants $687,500

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $377,307 · Grants $367,918

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $57,800 · Grants $56,362

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • LYNDSEY WAUGH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KRISTEN BLUM

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRANDON LOMBARDI

    PRESIDENT (EFFECTIVE 1/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMMI ZALATORIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • REBECCA BROWN

    TREASURER (THRU 7/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEREK MIRZA

    COUNSEL/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA MABEE

    TREASURER (EFFECTIVE 7/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533099349303983

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