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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GROWING VETERANS.

Totals

Total revenue
$202,525
Total expenses
$216,191
Contributions and grants received
$194,247
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,341
Investment income
$1,270
Other revenue
$5,667
Total assets, end of year
$117,255
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,127
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$101,128
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$155,411
Management and general expenses
$60,355
Fundraising expenses
$425
Program service expenses (Part III)
$155,411

Program services were 71.9% 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)

    $18,953

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $175,294

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DIRT THERAPY PROGRAM

    total $1,341 · related or exempt $1,341

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,270 · excluded $1,270

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,462

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $776

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,686 · excluded $2,686

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $200

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $200 · excluded $200

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,781 · excluded $2,781

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,781

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $54,062 · program services $38,384 · management and general $15,678

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $77,944 · program services $55,340 · management and general $22,604

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,397 · program services $8,092 · management and general $3,305

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,659 · management and general $7,659

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,082 · program services $2,188 · management and general $894

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $164 · fundraising $164

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $859 · management and general $859

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,906 · management and general $6,906

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,044 · program services $16,044

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $84 · program services $60 · management and general $24

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,107 · program services $2,107

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,165 · management and general $1,165

  • 24a · Other expenses: FARMING SUPPLIES

    total $19,271 · program services $19,271

  • 24b · Other expenses: PEER SUPPORT

    total $13,925 · program services $13,925

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $1,522 · management and general $1,261 · fundraising $261

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $59,823 · end of year $47,634

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $41,303 · end of year $51,369

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

    $47,249

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

    $28,997

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,520 · end of year $18,252

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,852 · end of year $16,127

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,794 · end of year $101,128

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE EMPOWER VETERANS TO CULTIVATE PURPOSE AND BELONGING BY GROWING FOOD, COMMUNITY, AND EACH OTHER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWER VETERANS TO CULTIVATE PURPOSE AND BELONGING BY GROWING FOOD, COMMUNITY AND EACH OTHER.

  • DIRT THERAPY PROGRAM: IN 2025, GROWING VETERANS ADVANCED ITS MISSION OF IMPROVING VETERANS' MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMMING. THROUGH ITS DIRT THERAPY PROGRAM AT THE LYNDEN FARM, THE ORGANIZATION COMBINED HANDS-ON FARMING WITH PEER CONNECTION TO FOSTER BELONGING, PURPOSE, AND COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION. COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED OVER 1,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS, AND THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED 2,603 HOURS OF PAID VETERAN INTERNSHIPS. APPROXIMATELY 6,200 POUNDS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE WERE GROWN AND DONATED, WITH ROUGHLY 95% DISTRIBUTED WITHIN WHATCOM AND ISLAND COUNTIES TO FOOD BANKS AND SHELTERS.

    Expenses $85,352 · Revenue $1,341

  • PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM: IN 2025, GROWING VETERANS ALSO DELIVERED THREE PEER SUPPORT TRAINING (PST) SESSIONS (BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL), GRADUATING 33 PARTICIPANTS, 75% OF WHOM WERE VETERANS. THE CURRICULUM EQUIPS PARTICIPANTS WITH TOOLS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, MINDFULNESS, AND RELATIONAL SKILLS. IN 2025, THESE SKILLS WERE APPLIED IN REAL-WORLD CRISIS SITUATIONS, WHERE STAFF INTERVENED WITH THREE INDIVIDUALS EXPRESSING SUICIDAL IDEATION, SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTING THEM TO CRISIS RESOURCES AND CONTINUED SUPPORT.

    Expenses $70,059

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessi Border

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Connor Hegarty

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Zach Mindel

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Forsell

    SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Fraser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Hackett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Logan Hilgers

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 3/2/25)

    Total calculated
    $13,076
    From this org
    $13,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cody Call

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 3/3/25)

    Total calculated
    $40,986
    From this org
    $40,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
14 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631959349300148

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