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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,537,773
Total expenses
$1,968,694
Contributions and grants received
$2,684,094
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$756,312
Investment income
$70,124
Other revenue
$27,243
Total assets, end of year
$5,115,739
Total liabilities, end of year
$781,431
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,334,308
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,382,888
Management and general expenses
$273,568
Fundraising expenses
$312,238
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,382,888

Program services were 70.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,634,094

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $756,312 · related or exempt $756,312

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $70,124 · excluded $70,124

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,707

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $33,614

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $26,093 · excluded $26,093

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,150 · related or exempt $1,150

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,150

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $104,055 · program services $15,608 · management and general $41,622 · fundraising $46,825

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $852,720 · program services $648,075 · management and general $56,094 · fundraising $148,551

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,426 · program services $62,961 · management and general $7,843 · fundraising $14,622

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,081 · program services $61,036 · management and general $8,361 · fundraising $16,684

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $160 · management and general $160

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $114,200 · management and general $114,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,915 · program services $25,240 · management and general $12,507 · fundraising $30,168

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,108 · program services $1,459 · management and general $102 · fundraising $547

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,046 · program services $18,740 · management and general $4,811 · fundraising $12,495

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $76,287 · program services $54,439 · management and general $8,037 · fundraising $13,811

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,739 · program services $8,060 · management and general $945 · fundraising $734

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,925 · fundraising $4,925

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,355 · program services $71,063 · management and general $1,039 · fundraising $1,253

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,434 · program services $26,206 · management and general $2,445 · fundraising $3,783

  • 24a · Other expenses: MOBILE MARKET PRODUCE E

    total $245,663 · program services $245,663

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES AND EX

    total $91,538 · program services $87,660 · management and general $2,291 · fundraising $1,587

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $51,527 · program services $39,846 · management and general $4,341 · fundraising $7,340

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $8,928 · program services $4,459 · management and general $3,097 · fundraising $1,372

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,587 · program services $12,373 · management and general $5,673 · fundraising $7,541

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $349,002 · end of year $49,991

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,093,912 · end of year $1,709,941

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,051,234 · end of year $1,017,366

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,079 · end of year $44,873

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

    $2,496,577

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

    $330,780

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $369,169 · end of year $2,165,797

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,032 · end of year $3,651

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $161,994 · end of year $124,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $129,466 · end of year $175,045

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $7,966

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $477,300

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $158,994 · end of year $121,120

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $905,269 · end of year $2,372,460

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,859,693 · end of year $1,961,848

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OF CENTRAL MA (REC), A FOOD JUSTICE ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN 1972, BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CREATE A JUST FOOD SYSTEM AND TO BUILD HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES IN WORCESTER, MA AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUILDING A JUST FOOD SYSTEM AND HEALTHY, EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

  • REC'S PROGRAMS EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCESS HEALTHY FOOD AND ADVANCE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN FOOD-INSECURE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH: UGROW, AN URBAN GARDEN INITIATIVE THAT CULTIVATES A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL GARDENS AND URBAN FARMS; YOUTHGROW, A YEAR-ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED TEENS ON URBAN FARMS; AND REC COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKETS, BRINGING AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY, CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE LOCAL FOOD TO NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS WORCESTER AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH FARMERS' MARKETS, MOBILE MARKETS, AND ONLINE SHOPPING.

    Expenses $1,382,888 · Revenue $756,312

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rubin Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edwin Hudson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Crist

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Madson

    ASSISTANT CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pablo Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judi Kirk

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Robare

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Amevor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawreta Kankam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher A Laura Tenecela

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annessia Jimenez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maydee Moralees

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Fischer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,055
    From this org
    $93,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,025
    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
2024
Filed
11 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503499349301075

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