Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$667,649

Total expenses

$1,026,146

Contributions and grants received

$640,044

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$16,085

Investment income

$8,350

Other revenue

$3,170

Total assets, end of year

$1,137,838

Total liabilities, end of year

$49,358

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,088,480

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$547,287

Management and general expenses

$252,035

Fundraising expenses

$226,824

Program service expenses (Part III)

$547,287

Program services were 53.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• SEE SCHEDULE OBOX OF RESILIENCE CSA - THE BOX OF RESILIENCE CSA PROVIDED 35 SHARES OF LOCALLY GROWN, CULTURALLY RELEVANT AFRICAN AND DISPORIC PRODUCE EACH WEEK FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER. THESE SHARES REACHED NEARLY 100 FAMILIES FROM GLOBAL MAJORITY IN WINDHAM COUNTY, VERMONT AND WERE DISTRIBUTED AT NO COST. OVER 18 WEEKS, THIS TOTALED 630 BOXES OF FOOD, INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE, MEDICINAL HERBS, AND KITCHEN STAPLES LIKE EGGS AND BREAD. THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES FOOD INSECURITY WHILE STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS TO CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT FOODS AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS. IN ALIGNMENT WITH SUSU'S VALUES OF COMMUNITY AND SOLIDARITY, THE CSA PROGRAM ALSO SOURCED FOOD FROM LOCAL FARMS AND PRODUCERS, ENSURING EACH SHARE WAS DIVERSE AND COMMUNITY-ROOTED. THIS APPROACH CONTRIBUTED TO A SOLIDARITY ECONOMY AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD GROWERS.THE PROGRAM WAS SUPPORTED BY EXPANDED FARM INFRASTRUCTURE. A NEW HALF-ACRE OF GROWING SPACE INCREASED PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO MEET RISING DEMAND. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WERE INSTALLED TO ENSURE CONSISTENT WATERING DESPITE FLUCTUATING WEATHER CONDITIONS.A CENTRAL FOCUS WAS RESTORING AND ENRICHING SOIL HEALTH BY BRINGING FALLOW FIELDS BACK INTO PRODUCTION USING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. ADDITIONAL LAND STEWARDSHIP INCLUDED REMOVING DEAD TREES THAT POSED RISKS TO GARDENS AND BUILDINGS, HELPING PROTECT THE FARM'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.OVERALL, THE BOX OF RESILIENCE CSA EXPENDED FOOD ACCESS WHILE ADVANCING COMMUNITY HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE, LAND-BASED APPROACH TO FOOD JUSTICE.

  Expenses $442,599 · Revenue $11,710

• SEE SCHEDULE OTRAUMA CONSCIOUS SCHOOL OF LIBERATION - THIS PROGRAM BROUGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ONTO THE LAND FOR INTERACTIVE, EMBODIED EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT COLLECTIVE HEALING AND GROWTH. IT ENGAGES TRAUMA AS A PATHWAY FOR IDENTIFYING AND TRANSFORMING BIASES THAT HINDER THRIVING, MULTIRACIAL COMMUNITIES. OFFERINGS INCLUDE BOTH LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM INITIATIVES SUCH AS:UNBODYING WHITE SUPREMACY - A HEALING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CONFRONT AND DISMANTLE THE IMPACTS OF WHITE SUPREMACY ON INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. THROUGH EMBODIED PRACTICES, DIALOGUE, AND GROUP WORK, PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE HOW INTERNALIZED BIAS AND SYSTEMIC OPRESSION SHOW UP IN THE BODY AND MIND. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE HEALING, HELPING PARTICIPANTS UNLEARN HARMFUL PATTERNS AND BUILD MORE INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE, AND THRIVING MULTIRACIAL COMMUNITIES. IT IS CENTRAL TO SUSU'S COMMITMENTS TO JUSTICE, LIBERATION, AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. SUSU SANGHA YOGA - THIS DONATION-BASED PROGRAM OFFERS ACCESSIBLE, RESTORATIVE YOGA ROOTED IN INDIGENOUS ANIMIST WISDOM AND SOMATIC PRACTICES. HELD TWICE WEEKLY AT THE FARM, IT SUPPORTS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING THROUGH MINDFULNESS, BREATHWORK, AND GENTLE MOVEMENT. THE PROGRAM CREATES SPACE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR BODIES AND THE LAND, SUPPORTING HEALING, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND RESILIENT, CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

  Expenses $104,688 · Revenue $7,545

• SEE SCHEDULE OCOMMUNITY PLACEMAKING - VOLUNTEER-POWERED STEWARDSHIP: OPERATED A VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN GROWING, HARVESTING AND PACKAGING MODEL, INCLUDING A FULL COMMUNITY LAND OPENING IN THE SPRING AND COLLECTIVE STEWARDSHIP THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, DEEPENING SHARED TENDING OF THE LAND WHILE REDUCING OPERATIONAL STRAIN.YOUTH LEARNERS: HOSTED YOUTH LEARNERS IN THE SPRING, INTRODUCING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LAND STEWARDSHIP, FOOD SYSTEMS, AND HEALING-CENTERED EDUCATION.OUT IN THE OPEN GATHERINGS: HOSTED OUT IN THE OPEN, CREATING SPACE FOR HEALING, DIALOGUE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION ROOTED IN BLACK AND LAND-BASED TRADITIONS.AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIETY CONNECTION: WELCOMED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIETY, STRENGTHENING INTERGENERATIONAL AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS TO THE LAND. ARC PARTNERSHIP: BEGAN BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH ARC (AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY CONNECTION) THROUGH A RETREAT/RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING ENGAGEMENT.SCHOOL-BASED HERBAL LEARNING: LED AN HERBAL WORKSHOP SERIES WITH BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, EXTENDING LAND-BASED LEARNING AND CARE PRACTICES INTO YOUTH SETTINGS.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2025

Filed

27 May 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202641549349300939

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