Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$783,302

Total expenses

$560,634

Contributions and grants received

$763,161

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$20,141

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$631,449

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,273

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$600,176

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$465,962

Management and general expenses

$94,672

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$465,962

Program services were 83.1% 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 · 2022

• THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN AREAS LISTED BELOW: FRESH AND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS : THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING FRESH AND HEALTHY FOOD TO HOPE VILLAGE. IT OPERATES A WEEKLY FARMERS MARKET FROM JUNE - SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR AND PARTNERS WITH OTHERS TO PROVIDE FREE FRESH PRODUCE BOXES TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO GROWING AND EXPANDING ITS VIBRANT FARMERS MARKET TO SERVE AS A HUB OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION, RESOURCES, AND ART/CULTURAL EXPRESSION. IT IS "MORE THAN A FARMERS MARKET" - IT PROVIDES FRESH FOOD PREPARATION DEMONSTRATIONS, ACCESS TO WIDE RANGE OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING DETROIT AT WORK'S RESUME PREP AND JOB OPPORTUNITY HUB, SNAP FOOD NAVIGATION, HEALTH CARE RESOURCES SUCH AS BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, AND INFORMATION ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF SUBSIDIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-AND MODERATE-INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTED OVER 18,600 AND 10,500 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE IN PARTNERSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EASTERN MARKET AND PARTNERSHIP AND HOSTED 13 AND 16 FARMERS MARKETS IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND 2022 RESPECTIVELY. SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING: THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED ENSURING ENERGY EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS IN THIS AREA ARE FOCUSED ON EXPANDING EDUCATION ABOUT AND ACCESS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RECYCLING, RAIN GARDENS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE AMONG NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. IT IS ALSO WORKING TOWARDS THE GOAL OF CREATING ENERGY EFFICIENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF SHARED EQUITY AND LONG- TERM LEASES FOR RENTERS. IT USES ITS HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, THE LASALLE ECO-DEMONSTRATION HOME, AS AN EDUCATIONAL HUB TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING SOLAR PANELS, LED LIGHTING, ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS, SUSTAINABLE FLOORING, RAINWATER GARDENS, AND POROUS PAVEMENT WALKWAYS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO USES GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE MINOR EXTERIOR HOME REPAIRS FOR LOW- INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE THE ENVELOPE OF THE THEIR HOMES AND PREVENT WATER INFILTRATION DAMAGE. IT PARTNERS WITH ECOWORKS TO PROVIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNANCES, WATER HEATERS AND REFRIGERATORS TO LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROJECT TO PROVIDE NO COST ACCESS TO MUCH NEEDED HOME REPAIRS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT LONG TERM NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS COULD ADDRESS IMPORTANT EXTERIOR BUILDING SYSTEMS SUCH AS SOFFITS, GUTTERS,DOWNSPROUTS, AND SIDING. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, MORE THAN 100 HOMES IN AND AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE RECEIVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS.DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE ORGANIZATION FACILITATED 48 ADDITIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS VALUED AT OVER 100,000. BUILDING A GREEN AND HEALTHY COMMUNINITY: THE ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTOR AND HUB IN ORDER TO EXPAND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. IT HAS LONG TRACK RECORD OF PLACEMAKING, INCLUDING CREATION OF COOL CITIES PARK ON A FORMER BROWNFIELDS SITE, SPONSORING NEIGHBORHOOD ART INSTALLATIONS, AND PROVIDING LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE PERFORMANCES AND FESTIVALS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE ORGANIZATION FACILITATED LOW-INCOME RESIDENT ACCESS TO MORE THAN 300,000 IN STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL - INCOME SUPPORTS. IN ADDITION, IT WORKED TO ADDRESS LACK OF RELIABLE BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS IN THE HOPE VILLAGE AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF FLOODING AND REPEATED , LENGTHY ELECTRICAL OUTAGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED MULTIPLE COMMUNITY HEALTH DELIBERATIONS AND A NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH FAIR, AND ALSO LAUNCHED NEW HEALTHY HEART SELF- MONITORING BLOOD PRESSURE PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS WELLNESS WALKING CLINIC FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.THE COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS STARTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, CONTINUES TO BE LED BY A COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVOCATE, WHO ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AROUND HEART AND BLOOD PRESSURE HEALTH AND ASTHMA. THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS AND HOSTS MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD CALLS FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND SHARE RESOURCES, INCLUDING FOOD, MENTAL HEALTH, UNEMPLOYMENT, ANTI-EVICTION, AND OTHER RESOURCES.

  Expenses $465,962 · Revenue $20,141

As filed on the 2022 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

2022

Filed

1 July 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202411889349300406

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