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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNITY GARDENS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$552,176
Total expenses
$434,502
Contributions and grants received
$526,925
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$28,519
Other revenue
$53,770
Total assets, end of year
$1,180,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$248,309
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$931,771
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$259,681
Management and general expenses
$150,962
Fundraising expenses
$23,859
Program service expenses (Part III)
$259,681

Program services were 59.8% 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)

    $24,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $502,925

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $37,736

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$28,519 · related or exempt -$28,519

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $39,757

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $36,073

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,684

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $114,544

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $65,878

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $48,666

  • 11a · Other revenue: Award

    total $1,420 · related or exempt $1,420

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,420

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $45,000 · program services $23,400 · management and general $3,600 · fundraising $18,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $242,313 · program services $182,720 · management and general $59,593

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,980 · program services $15,753 · management and general $4,850 · fundraising $1,377

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $30 · program services $30

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22 · program services $22

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,411 · program services $717 · management and general $678 · fundraising $1,016

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,051 · program services $6,640 · management and general $6,405 · fundraising $3,006

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,436 · program services $213 · management and general $10,043 · fundraising $180

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,329 · program services $3,756 · management and general $8,573

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $935 · program services $370 · management and general $565

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,303 · program services $6,735 · management and general $13,568

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,812 · program services $6,211 · management and general $15,321 · fundraising $280

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $25,380 · program services $4,671 · management and general $20,709

  • 24b · Other expenses: Repair & Maintenance

    total $15,500 · program services $8,443 · management and general $7,057

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $58,731 · end of year $44,218

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $95,947 · end of year $209,511

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,042 · end of year $15,004

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $27,262 · end of year $36,339

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

    $798,835

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

    $134,997

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $610,319 · end of year $663,838

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $210,331 · end of year $199,670

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $11,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,607 · end of year $8,309

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $190,946 · end of year $240,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $814,079 · end of year $931,771

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To connect our community to healthy food,nature and each other We do this through supporting open gardens, free classes and programs

Activities or mission (Part I)

Unity Gardens promotes wellness by connecting our community to healthy foodnatureand each other through open gardensclasses and programs

  • In 2022 we hosted 34 "free pick" gardens to offer everyone in our community access to fresh nutritious food. Garden Guides greet visitor ,conduct tasting tours and give harvesting help to the 8923 guests at our primary site. Additionally, the Re Entry center garden, other hosted gardens and some local farmers donated over 3100 lbs of produce to our sharing shelves and 1300 lbs of produce to St. Margarets House, a day shelter for women. The amount of food available to our community far extended the 200,000 lbs of produce measured in 2021.

    Expenses $125,518

  • Unity Gardens farm to market program has helped maintain revenue contributing to organizational sustainability. In 2022 Unity Gardens expanded our traditional crops to include garlic,cut flowers,onions, and rhubarb. In addition, value-added products have also increased including cold processed honey soaps, honeycomb,garlic powder, and dried herbs. Left over fresh produce continues to support those less fortunate through food pantries, shelters for those unhoused, and other help centers.

    Expenses $95,176

  • Free gardening classes and education have been expanded with some of Covid restrictions limited. We continued to host virtual classes in addition to bringing back onsite education.We also hosted classes on gardening in over 6 library locations. Series help in onsite inluded Winter growing garden series of 11 classes, Spring Farm to Fork lunch and learn series, Fall Food Series highlighting harvesting, preserving,pickling the ample harvest of the season. Offsite Garden classes were hosted at multiple sites including libraries, food banks, community centers and schools.

    Expenses $38,987

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Don Inks

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Emerick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcia McCoy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cyndi Kingma

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Vince Barletto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cara Lupa

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Spring

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Sutton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $4,340
    From this org
    $4,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sara Stewart

    PresidentCEO

    Total calculated
    $45,000
    From this org
    $45,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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
14 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342579349300144

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