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← BIG GREEN

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BIG GREEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,746,615
Total expenses
$5,629,469
Contributions and grants received
$3,642,185
Grants paid
$2,016,888
Program service revenue
$764
Investment income
$103,666
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,137,379
Total liabilities, end of year
$637,457
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,499,922
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,680,627
Management and general expenses
$686,991
Fundraising expenses
$1,261,851
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,680,627

Program services were 65.4% 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

    $1,377,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,264,585

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,434

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Build Learning Gardens

    total $764 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $103,666 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $1,377,600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,016,888 · program services $2,016,888

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $334,479 · program services $222,159 · management and general $0 · fundraising $112,320

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,108,444 · program services $354,640 · management and general $361,720 · fundraising $392,084

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

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

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,571 · program services $13,809 · management and general $14,193 · fundraising $72,569

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,824 · program services $52,037 · management and general $25,323 · fundraising $39,464

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,013 · program services $1,239 · management and general $3,774 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,717 · program services $56,926 · management and general $25,791 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $427,553 · program services $305,452 · management and general $68,581 · fundraising $53,520

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $103,847 · program services $50,706 · management and general $18,644 · fundraising $34,497

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,482 · program services $4,654 · management and general $12,847 · fundraising $3,981

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $128,095 · program services $7,044 · management and general $109,214 · fundraising $11,837

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,797 · program services $34,691 · management and general $13,431 · fundraising $5,675

  • 17 · Travel

    total $201,181 · program services $96,128 · management and general $35,126 · fundraising $69,927

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,280 · program services $3,400 · management and general $1,136 · fundraising $744

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,565 · program services $0 · management and general $3,426 · fundraising $1,139

  • 24a · Other expenses: Garden Programming

    total $187,222 · program services $190,488 · management and general -$3,321 · fundraising $55

  • 24b · Other expenses: Garden Beds

    total $270,401 · program services $270,148 · management and general $0 · fundraising $253

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees & Dues

    total $36,291 · program services $170 · management and general -$2,904 · fundraising $39,025

  • 24d · Other expenses: Events

    total $424,819 · program services $48 · management and general $10 · fundraising $424,761

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,852,981 · end of year $7,979,692

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $345,000 · end of year $705,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $64,906 · end of year $207,254

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $412 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $90,178 · end of year $233,772

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

    $98,976

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

    $90,286

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,162 · end of year $8,690

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $2,971

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $500,863 · end of year $69,522

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $480,000 · end of year $567,935

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,071,813 · end of year $5,600,534

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,310,963 · end of year $2,899,388

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BIG GREEN BELIEVES GROWING FOOD CHANGES LIVES. GROWING FOOD IMPROVES NUTRITION SECURITY AND MENTAL HEALTH, GETS US INTO NATURE, AND OPENS OUR EYES TO THE WEATHER VOLATILITY CREATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. FOR TWELVE YEARS, BIG GREEN HAS HELPED PEOPLE GROW THEIR OWN FOOD WITH SCHOOL AND HOME-BASED GARDEN PROGRAMS.

  • The Big Green DAO is a community of nonprofit organizations facilitated by Big Green and selected by peer evaluators based on their current and potential impact. The DAO provides these organizations with funding, capacity building, shared services, and a thriving community of collaborators who understand their work.

    Expenses $2,345,131 · Grants $1,582,112 · Revenue $25,503

  • Our school-based program, Jumpstart, provides schools and other educational spaces with modular garden beds and mini-grants to kick off or reinvigorate their garden programs. The gardens are incorporated into the school day and positioned to help schools meet their goals in experiental learning, STEM, health and nutrition, social-emotional wellbeing, and more.

    Expenses $717,249 · Grants $348,572 · Revenue $250,991

  • Our home garden program, Million Gardens, makes home gardening accessible to growers at any skill level. In partnership with community organizations, we send raised bed gardens and grow bags directly to people's homes.

    Expenses $618,247 · Grants $86,205 · Revenue $226,001

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kimbal Musk

    CEO, Director & Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Don Degnan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Tang

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Mueller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorsey Hopson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Mercer

    Director (THRU 9/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Drake

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kasey Stark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Lea

    Director/ Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Madeleine Nelson

    VP of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $137,313
    From this org
    $126,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,050
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dianna Zeegers

    VP of Program/ Secretary

    Total calculated
    $144,150
    From this org
    $127,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,343
    Hours/week
    40
  • Hugo Matheson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keegan Amrose

    Director of Technology

    Total calculated
    $110,484
    From this org
    $103,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,525
    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
2022
Filed
26 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431369349313283

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