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← SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,386,444
Total expenses
$2,205,698
Contributions and grants received
$3,015,620
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$143,375
Investment income
$214,560
Other revenue
$12,889
Total assets, end of year
$16,133,114
Total liabilities, end of year
$468,753
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,664,361
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,780,235
Management and general expenses
$328,333
Fundraising expenses
$97,130
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,780,235

Program services were 80.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $34,985

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,980,635

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $38,342

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $72,969 · related or exempt $72,969

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLIC SPEAKING

    total $61,892 · related or exempt $61,892

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FARM INCOME

    total $8,514 · related or exempt $8,514

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $213,496 · excluded $213,496

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,064

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,064

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,064 · excluded $1,064

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $22,501

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $19,595

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,906 · related or exempt $2,180 · excluded $726

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $9,983 · excluded $9,983

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,983

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $240,937 · program services $116,325 · management and general $53,141 · fundraising $71,471

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $756,069 · program services $716,218 · management and general $39,589 · fundraising $262

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,526 · program services $8,790 · management and general $979 · fundraising $757

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,092 · program services $56,860 · management and general $6,333 · fundraising $4,899

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,246 · program services $64,504 · management and general $7,184 · fundraising $5,558

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $707 · management and general $707

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $86,163 · management and general $86,163

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $147,955 · program services $104,861 · management and general $43,094

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $352 · management and general $352

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,953 · program services $21,950 · management and general $1,129 · fundraising $874

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,733 · program services $15,642 · management and general $1,743 · fundraising $1,348

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $281,385 · program services $273,741 · management and general $4,754 · fundraising $2,890

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,558 · program services $32,794 · management and general $15,734 · fundraising $30

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,157 · program services $910 · management and general $17,247

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $147,227 · program services $147,227

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,773 · program services $35,255 · management and general $5,480 · fundraising $3,038

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD AND SUPPLIES

    total $202,227 · program services $164,674 · management and general $34,971 · fundraising $2,582

  • 24b · Other expenses: FARM EXPENSES

    total $18,450 · program services $18,441 · management and general $9

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,188 · program services $2,043 · management and general $9,724 · fundraising $3,421

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $111,904 · end of year $310,182

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,372,964 · end of year $6,622,954

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,563,342 · end of year $2,229,018

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,067 · end of year $28,972

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,375 · end of year $8,945

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,106

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

    $6,285,635

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

    $413,894

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,304,132 · end of year $5,871,741

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $64,824 · end of year $83,514

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,159,822 · end of year $686,792

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $300,202 · end of year $285,890

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $110,478 · end of year $182,863

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $300,202 · end of year $285,890

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,426,646 · end of year $13,465,278

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,050,306 · end of year $2,199,083

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SOUL FIRE FARM IS AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS CENTERED COMMUNITY FARM AND TRAINING CENTER DEDICATED TO UPROOTING RACISM AND SEEDING SOVEREIGNTY IN THE FOOD SYSTEM. WITH DEEP REVERENCE FOR THE EARTH AND WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS, WE PRACTICE REGENERATIVE AGROECOLOGY, RAISE AND DISTRIBUTE LIFE-GIVING FOOD, EQUIP THE RISING GENERATION OF BIPOC FARMERS, AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOWARD FOOD AND LAND SOVEREIGNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FURTHER THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, NATURAL BUILDING, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS; TO CONDUCT ON-FARM AND FIELD RESEARCH TO ADVANCE BEST PRACTICES IN FARMING AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY; TO PROVIDE ON-FARM TRAINING ON THE BEST PRACTICES IN FARMING AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO FARMERS; TO OFFER OFF-FARM PRESENTATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY; TO PUBLISH CURRICULUM, ARTICLES, AND OTHER WRITTEN AND RECORDED WORK FOR THE ON-FARM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT; TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY.

  • FARM-BASED - SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE, INC. GROWS 20,000 POUNDS OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, AND PLANT MEDICINE AND 250 CHICKENS INTENSIVELY ON 2 ACRES OF LAND USING LOW-TILL METHODS; PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, DOORSTEP DELIVERY OF ITS OWN FARM FRESH ORGANIC VEGETABLES, HERBS, EGGS, AND MEAT TO 80+ FAMILIES; TRAINS 130+ NEW FARMER-ACTIVISTS THROUGH OUR BIPOC FIRE (BLACK-INDIGENOUS-PEOPLE OF COLOR FARMING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH EARTH) AND BIPOC BUILDERS WEEKLONG IMMERSIONS; STRENGTHENS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE LAND BY PROVIDING DAYLONG FOOD JUSTICE PROGRAMS TO 250+ BIPOC YOUTH, COMMUNITY FARM DAYS TO 300+ INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND "SOUL FIRE IN THE CITY" LAWN TO GARDEN WORKSHOPS FOR 30+ PEOPLE.

    Expenses $1,303,169 · Revenue $91,268

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION - THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING, TRAINING, AND MEDIA, SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE, INC. AWAKENS THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF 3,000 LISTENERS AND READERS WHO INTERACT WITH ITS PUBLIC TALKS, BOOK, AND ARTICLES - AS EVIDENCED BY 30+ EXAMPLES OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS REPORTING THEIR CONCRETE ACTIONS TOWARD FOOD JUSTICE AND LAND SOVEREIGNTY AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY LEARNED. IN ADDITION, SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE, INC. CATALYZES THE TRANSFER OF RESOURCES, LAND, AND POWER TO BIPOC FARMER-ACTIVISTS BY INCUBATING THE NORTHEAST FARMERS OF COLOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, TRAINING 200+ ACTIVISTS THROUGH UPROOTING RACISM IN THE FOOD SYSTEM INTENSIVES, PARTICIPATING IN POLICY-ORGANIZING WORK WITH HEAL, NBFJA, USFSA, AND BUGS, GENERATING 7+ MATCHES THROUGH THE REPARATIONS MAP, AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF AT LEAST ONE SIBLING FARM INTERNATIONALLY.

    Expenses $477,066 · Revenue $54,287

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Taina Asili

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $1,100
    From this org
    $1,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gerald Mitchell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tagan Engel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karen Washington

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Claudia Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Gail Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jalal Sabur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kavitha Rao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Keisha Cameron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Geraldine Gutierrez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Konda Mason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Leah Penniman

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $78,003
    From this org
    $65,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,697
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cheryl Whilby

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $79,286
    From this org
    $72,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,161
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ife Kilimanjaro

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,548
    From this org
    $75,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,231
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403179349308705

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