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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOWING EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,276,823
Total expenses
$1,055,397
Contributions and grants received
$1,094,272
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$78,003
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$104,548
Total assets, end of year
$371,194
Total liabilities, end of year
$378,322
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$7,128
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$773,378
Management and general expenses
$276,443
Fundraising expenses
$5,576
Program service expenses (Part III)
$773,378

Program services were 73.3% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,067,336

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,936

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $163,004

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuiton Fees

    total $78,003 · related or exempt $78,003

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $104,548 · related or exempt $104,548

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $104,548

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $432,151 · program services $341,393 · management and general $90,758

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,673 · program services $764 · fundraising $1,909

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,693 · program services $641 · management and general $11,052

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $51,493 · program services $32,731 · management and general $17,647 · fundraising $1,115

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,626 · program services $6,467 · management and general $6,159

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16,988 · program services $3,391 · management and general $13,597

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,028 · management and general $13,028

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,193 · management and general $11,193

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional Fees

    total $203,282 · program services $100,080 · management and general $102,292 · fundraising $910

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment

    total $15,000 · program services $6,357 · management and general $8,643

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Expense

    total $282,255 · program services $280,963 · fundraising $1,292

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,015 · program services $591 · management and general $2,074 · fundraising $350

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $44,519 · end of year $15,758

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $106,205 · end of year $258,391

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $17,856 · end of year $1,955

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

    $96,296

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

    $60,604

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,720 · end of year $35,692

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $87,293 · end of year $59,398

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $233,666 · end of year $226,175

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $160,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $139,629 · end of year $102,147

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$228,702 · end of year -$7,128

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development Inc. (SEED) is a non-profit organization created to provide food, clothing, education, and training, while promoting self-sufficiency and empowerment directly to low to moderate income families.

  • Community ServicesIn 2023, SEED provided 107,100 pounds of emergency food and 60,000 pounds of fresh produce to 25,200 individuals in 6,200 households through the SEED Food Distribution Center in Riverdale and Family Market at EXCEL Academy Public Charter School in Fort Washington, MD. As a food hub, SEED provided monthly supplemental food items to 8 food pantries in Councilmanic Districts 1-4 in Prince Georges County, serving over 3,000 households. SEEDs Diaper Distribution provided free diapers to 2,327 babies in 1,453 families. In addition, SEED gave away holiday baskets to 100 families and Christmas gifts to 3 low-income families in Prince Georges County MD. In Detroit, MI SEED provided 76,416 pounds of free food to 1,063 households. Housing Counseling/EducationTrough monthly workshops, SEED educated 97 first time home buyers, with an additional 24 home buyers received education through our online courses. The education helped 29 clients purchase homes. Monthly Family Financial Fitness workshops provided free financial literacy training to 74 individuals. Foreclosure Prevention counseling was provided to 23 households, with 3 of them received modification.Through SEED Extended Learning Program, we provided free aftercare program to 33 scholars in Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy in Detroit, MI. All other services including community development.

    Expenses $773,378

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa B McDougal

    SEED - President

    Total calculated
    $148,840
    From this org
    $148,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Nichole Mattison Jackson

    SEED - Vice President of Prog

    Total calculated
    $121,759
    From this org
    $121,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Marian B Peele

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pastor Denise Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marilyn Goldsmith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bishop James E Jordan Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maria Serravalle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Beale

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Monica Cortes-Tapia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Lavette Sims

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephanie V Stanard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Chessa Huff-Woodard

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • CJ Epps

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Changyang Weng

    Recording Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Clarence Jones Jr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349325665

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