Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$482,862

Total expenses

$447,440

Contributions and grants received

$463,077

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$7,114

Investment income

$12,850

Other revenue

-$179

Total assets, end of year

$932,303

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$932,303

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$313,276

Management and general expenses

$91,774

Fundraising expenses

$42,390

Program service expenses (Part III)

$313,276

Program services were 70.0% 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

• GROW, SHARE, NOURISH IS A GRASSROOTS PROGRAM ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY. WE GROW PRODUCE IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, FEED IOWA FIRST MANAGES WANATEE FARM, AN 11-ACRE, CHEMICAL FREE FARM IN MARION. SECOND, WE TEND TO URBAN FIELDS, SECURED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND CORPORATIONS TO TRANSFORM THEIR UNDERUTILIZED LAND INTO PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND. WE THEN DISTRIBUTE VEGETABLES IN TWO WAYS: DIRECTLY TO PANTRIES AND THROUGH OUR MOBILE PANTRY, THE VEGGIE VAN. WE WORK WITH OVER 37 PANTRIES, DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTING PRODUCE CATERED TO THE DESIRES OF THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WANATEE:FEED IOWA FIRST MANAGES AN 11-ACRE FARM IN MARION. HERE WE ENGAGES OVER 100 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY TO CULTIVATE FRESH PRODUCE, IN TOTAL YIELDING 10,000-15,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE ANNUALLY. WE PARTNER WITH LINN COUNTY CONSERVATION ON A 20-YEAR LAND LEASE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE INVESTMENT IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION URBAN FIELDS: FEED IOWA FIRST MANAGES 9 URBAN FIELDS. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TEND, WATER, WEED, AND HARVEST PRODUCE, WHICH IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. FEED IOWA FIRST WILL PURCHASE AND PLANT SEEDS, TILL, HARVEST, AND PROVIDE OTHER ESSENTIAL FIELD SERVICE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO PARTNERS.DISTRIBUTION: WE DISTRIBUTE BETWEEN 30,000-45,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE ANNUALLY, THROUGH VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AT WANATEE FARM, URBAN FIELDS, AND VEGETABLE DONATION. ALL PRODUCE GROWN OR DONATED THROUGH GROW SHARE NOURISH IS DISTRIBUTED TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR FREE. THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO INCREASE FOOD SECURITY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO NUTRIENT-DENSE PRODUCE AT NO COST TO ANY FAMILY IN NEED. WE DO NOT REQUIRE PAPERWORK OR ID, CREATING LOW BARRIERS FOR PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM. WE WORK WITH OVER 37 PANTRY PARTNERS, INCLUDING APARTMENT COMPLEXES, LOW-INCOME HEALTH CLINICS, FOOD PANTRIES, SCHOOL PANTRIES, AND 24-HOURS ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FRIDGES. THROUGH HIS MODEL FEED IOWA FIRST IS THE ONLY PROGRAM PROVIDING CONSISTENT VEGETABLES TO FOOD PANTRIES AND FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON PROVIDING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH FOOD. VEGETABLE DONATION:FEED IOWA FIRST PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL COMMERCIAL FARMERS TO REDIRECT EXCESS PRODUCE TO LINN COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT LACK ACCESS TO FRESH LOCALLY GROWN AND CHEMICAL-FREE PRODUCE. OUR DONATED PRODUCE DOES NOT ORIGINATE FROM SUPERMARKETS WHERE THE PRODUCE MAY ALREADY BE PASSED THE 'BEST BEFORE' DATE. FEED IOWA FIRST WILL ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM ANY GROWER OF PRODUCE IN LINN COUNTY OR SURROUNDING AREAS. VEGGIERX :VEGGIE RX IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL FREE CLINIC WHICH OFFERS VEGETABLES FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS AT THE CLINIC, AS PART OF A TREATMENT PROGRAMTHE VEGGIERX PROGRAM SEEKS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR UNDERSERVED DIABETICS IN LINN COUNTY EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY. THE VEGGIERX PROGRAM OFFERS A PERSONALLY AND MEDICALLY TAILORED WEEKLY PRODUCE PICKUP FOR UNDERSERVED DIABETICS. VEGGIERX WILL ALLOW ACCESS TO CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD THAT PATIENTS KNOW HOW TO COOK AND ENJOY EATING. THE PROGRAM WILL RUN FOR A MINIMUM OF 12 WEEKS, PROVIDING REGULAR VEGETABLE DISTRIBUTION AS A HEALTH INTERVENTION.

  Expenses $200,610 · Revenue $3,980

• EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS (ELA):EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS IS A PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS LANDLESS INDIVIDUALS WITH AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS TO FERTILE LAND AND RESOURCES TO GROW CHEMICAL-FREE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT PRODUCE. ULTIMATELY, THE PROGRAM AIMS TO LOWER THE BARRIER OF ENTRY TO FARMING, DEMOCRATIZE LAND ACCESS, CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. IT IS SPLIT INTO TWO BRANCHES: THE FARM BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE, EACH WITH ITS OWN OBJECTIVES.BUSINESS INCUBATOR: THE FARM BUSINESS INCUBATOR IS A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED FARMERS WITH AFFORDABLE LAND ACCESS AT WANATEE FARM, SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT, STARTUP MATERIALS, AND CONNECTIONS TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FARMING RESOURCES. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP OUR CLIENTS ESTABLISH FARMING AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME. WE PARTNER WITH FOOD RETAILERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, SUCH AS FIELD TO FAMILY FOOD HUB, TO CREATE MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING FARMERS. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH EMERGING FARMER RESOURCE HUBS (E.G., PRACTICAL FARMERS OF IOWA), LAND NAVIGATORS (E.G., SILT), AND BANKING AND FINANCING INSTITUTIONS (E.G., CRBT AND KIVA LOAN PROGRAMS) TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK OF RESOURCES FOR OUR CLIENTS. COMMUNITY AG :THE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE SUBPROGRAM PARTNERS WITH BUSINESSES, PLACES OF FAITH, AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO PLACE LAND-INSECURE GARDENERS ON URBAN LAND TO GROW PRODUCE FOR THEMSELVES, TO SHARE, OR TO SELL. CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE PROGRAM OFTEN SELL PRODUCE TO MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, OFFERING THEM A SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE OF INCOME. THE SUBPROGRAM ALSO ACTS AS AN "ON-RAMP" TO THE INCUBATORSOME CLIENTS HONING THEIR FARMING SKILLS IN THIS PROGRAM HAVE ADVANCED TO JOIN THE FARM BUSINESS INCUBATOR.

  Expenses $112,666 · Revenue $3,142

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

8 June 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202621599349300627

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