Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← AUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,286,086
Total expenses
$1,649,724
Contributions and grants received
$1,140,996
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,576
Investment income
$23,365
Other revenue
$115,149
Total assets, end of year
$1,892,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$320,890
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,571,742
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,268,968
Management and general expenses
$152,143
Fundraising expenses
$228,613
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,268,968

Program services were 76.9% 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)

    $525,997

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $614,999

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCE SALES

    total $6,576 · related or exempt $6,576

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,365 · excluded $23,365

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $149,631

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $34,482

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $115,149 · excluded $115,149

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,973 · program services $81,577 · management and general $14,396

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $932,986 · program services $768,537 · management and general $56,112 · fundraising $108,337

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $96,649 · program services $75,247 · management and general $9,028 · fundraising $12,374

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,523 · program services $69,524 · management and general $3,377 · fundraising $6,622

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,833 · program services $24,929 · management and general $2,722 · fundraising $4,182

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $36,000 · fundraising $36,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $108,394 · program services $27,512 · management and general $38,877 · fundraising $42,005

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,914 · program services $2,040 · management and general $7,721 · fundraising $153

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,409 · program services $401 · management and general $4,008

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,596 · program services $5,596

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,594 · program services $15,594

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,772 · program services $29,249 · management and general $1,523

  • 24a · Other expenses: FARM PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $55,333 · program services $55,333

  • 24b · Other expenses: YOUTH STIPENDS

    total $36,961 · program services $36,961

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER MISC EXP

    total $35,100 · program services $19,948 · management and general $3,382 · fundraising $11,770

  • 24d · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES

    total $16,426 · program services $16,303 · management and general $123

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $58,261 · program services $40,217 · management and general $10,874 · fundraising $7,170

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $109,134 · end of year $53,181

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $687,359 · end of year $434,354

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $321,949 · end of year $363,664

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $309,064 · end of year $93,310

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $2,000

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

    $960,071

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

    $139,369

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $712,108 · end of year $820,702

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $136,135 · end of year $125,421

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,902 · end of year $47,476

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $165,632 · end of year $159,113

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $135,835 · end of year $114,301

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,567,158 · end of year $1,531,742

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $368,222 · end of year $40,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

URBAN ROOTS WORKS WITH YOUTH LEADERS TO GROW FRESH FOOD AND BUILD A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO FOOD EQUITY

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORK WITH YOUTH LEADERS TO GROW FRESH FOOD & BUILD A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO FOOD EQUITY

  • URBAN ROOTS WORKS TO CREATE A JUST FOOD SYSTEM BY CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOUTH LEADERS AND NUTRITIOUS, CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD CAN THRIVE. ON OUR FARMS, YOUTH LEADERS GROW FOOD IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, DISTRIBUTING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF NUTRIENT-DENSE PRODUCE TO THOSE IN AUSTIN WHO EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY OR HUNGER. WE THINK OF IT AS CREATING A JUST FOOD SYSTEM ONE YOUTH LEADER AT A TIME. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO BUILD COMMUNITY AROUND THE LAND AND THE NOURISHMENT IT PROVIDES, AND TO SUPPORT YOUTH PARTICIPANTS IN GROWING AS LEADERS WHO CAN ADVOCATE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM. EACH YEAR WE PROVIDE PAID INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR UP TO 88 YOUNG PEOPLE, AGES 14-23. THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH 1,000+ COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO HARVEST FROM 25,000 TO 35,000 POUNDS OF FRESH FOOD ANNUALLY. WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD THROUGH HOME DELIVERY, MOBILE MARKETS, POP-UP MARKETS IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING COMPLEXES, NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES, AND PREPARED MEALS.

    Expenses $1,268,968 · Revenue $6,576

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Sobotik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michele Freeman

    DIRECTOR / CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Mannie III

    DIRECTOR / VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin Fohn

    DIRECTOR / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victoria Villarreal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cat Duong-Valadez

    DIRECTOR / SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Orman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sergio Negrete

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Choate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Such

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Stephens

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,821
    From this org
    $13,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Frances Deviney

    EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $51,536
    From this org
    $51,536
    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
2023
Filed
3 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521559349301602

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.