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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CAJA SOLIDARIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,083,432
Total expenses
$2,488,157
Contributions and grants received
$524,031
Grants paid
$145,694
Program service revenue
$2,560,859
Investment income
-$3,449
Other revenue
$1,991
Total assets, end of year
$808,391
Total liabilities, end of year
$26,635
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$781,756
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,314,295
Management and general expenses
$153,232
Fundraising expenses
$20,630
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,314,295

Program services were 93.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $524,031

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Produce Buying Co-Operative

    total $2,928 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Healthy Opportunities Pilot

    total $2,557,931 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $12

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $3,461

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$3,461

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,461 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$3,461

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $1,991 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,991

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,991

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $145,694 · program services $145,694

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $30,341 · program services $23,363 · management and general $6,068 · fundraising $910

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $605,256 · program services $466,046 · management and general $121,052 · fundraising $18,158

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,074 · program services $40,097 · management and general $10,415 · fundraising $1,562

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,700 · program services $5,700 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,482 · program services $344 · management and general $1,138 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,318 · program services $5,325 · management and general $4,993 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,045 · program services $44,045 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,341 · program services $26,341 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,363 · program services $13,363 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,179 · program services $8,656 · management and general $8,523 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Farm Harvest Procurement

    total $1,508,004 · program services $1,508,004 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Equipment & Supplies

    total $13,199 · program services $13,199 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Event Expense

    total $4,307 · program services $4,307 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Training

    total $8,701 · program services $8,701 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,153 · program services $1,110 · management and general $1,043 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $145,265 · end of year $563,226

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $88,157 · end of year $169,042

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,799 · end of year $1,467

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

    $91,965

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

    $20,409

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $52,023 · end of year $71,556

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,825 · end of year $3,100

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,048 · end of year $26,179

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $456 · end of year $456

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $98,084

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $159,761 · end of year $731,581

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,720 · end of year $50,175

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

We envision a future where healthy, local foods bring us together as a community of care. Our mission is to ensure everyone has access to the abundance that the Southern Appalachian Mountains offer.

  • Caja Solidarias primary 2024 program delivered Healthy Food Prescriptions through North Carolinas Healthy Opportunities Pilot. The service addressed key population- health nutrition needs by increasing access to fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and by providing healthier alternatives to highly processed foods, meats, and oils. Participants received weekly, free-choice prescriptions through mobile and pop-up markets staffed by trained community health workers offering trauma-informed support. Each household selected foods that met their familys preferences and needs for the week. In 2024, we served more than 375 families with over 13,000 prescriptions and invested approximately $1.5 million in local farms and food businesses.

    Expenses $2,314,295 · Grants $145,694 · Revenue $2,560,859

  • In 2024, Caja Solidaria offered Essential Utility Assistance and Healthy Home Goods as wraparound supports for our Food Is Medicine participants. Caja developed these services in response to community-identified needs that affect the success of nutrition interventions. We distributed $34,000 in utility assistance to 66 families at risk of losing access to water, gas, or electricity, and provided $77,000 in home-safety supplies to 108 families. Items such as air filters, humidifiers, non-toxic cleaning products, and hypoallergenic bedding helped ensure that living environments supported participants overall health and stability.

  • In 2024, Caja Solidaria advanced the development of our Resilience Hub model, which integrates community support, engagement, and nutrition programs to strengthen household and neighborhood well-being. Through this model, we shared supplies and provided limited direct assistance for urgent household needs identified by participants. We also supported three Community Engagement Circles, where participants organized around shared interests related to health and wellbeing, including culturally relevant nutrition, financial literacy, parenting education, and physical activity. These peer-led efforts built social connection and community capacity, laying the groundwork for our farm-based resilience hub in 2025.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sonya Jones

    Departing Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $16,428
    From this org
    $16,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christina Schnabel

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $77,708
    From this org
    $77,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Maria Harding

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $60,928
    From this org
    $60,928
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Landers

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott McDonald

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Larsen

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Haverstock

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harry Fleischer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513199349301766

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