Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$615,347

Total expenses

$693,966

Contributions and grants received

$547,297

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$68,044

Investment income

$6

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$175,068

Total liabilities, end of year

$108,679

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$66,389

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$521,293

Management and general expenses

$102,734

Fundraising expenses

$69,939

Program service expenses (Part III)

$521,293

Program services were 75.1% 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

• GREEN TEAM THROUGH HANDS-ON, PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, GROUNDWORK RVA'S GREEN TEAM IS HELPING TEENS INNOVATE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT RESILIENCE AND HEALTH IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. 2022 SAW GROUNDWORK RVA BRING BACK FULL-SCALE, IN-PERSON ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS IN OUR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IMMERSION PROGRAM. 8 GREEN TEAM MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING 2 SISTERS WHO WERE RETURNING AS ALUMS AND YOUTH LEADERS. GREEN TEAMERS ALSO CONTINUED THEIR SERVICE-LEARNING WORK LOCALLY AT SHENADOAH NATIONAL PARK ON TWO DIFFERENT TRIPS. A HIGHLIGHT FOR 2022 WAS GREEN TEAM'S CONTINUED WORK ON URBAN AGRICULTURE AND LEARNING HOW TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AT THE HILLSIDE MINI FARM. THIS WAS THE SECOND GROWING SEASON AND THE FARM PRODUCED OVER 3,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY. AN IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT WAS HAPPILY NATURAL DAY AND VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART. THE GREEN TEAM SERVED OVER 40 YOUTH IN 2022.

  Expenses $181,049 · Revenue $68,044

• GREEN WORKFORCE IN 2022, GROUNDWORK RVA'S GREEN WORKFORCE WAS A FULL-YEAR, WORKPLACE-BASED WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. GREEN WORKFORCE PROVIDED OVER 6,000 HOURS OF PAID WORK TO RICHMOND YOUNG ADULTS THE YOUTH CONTINUED BUILDING THEIR SKILLS AND TRAINING IN THE SAFE USE OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, WHILE LEARNING VALUABLE LEADERSHIP, CRITICAL THINKING AND PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS. GREEN WORKFORCE TEENS DESIGNED AND INSTALLED OVER 2,500 SQUARE FEET OF PERMEABLE PATHWAYS IN COMMUNITY GARDENS AND OTHER FACILITIES AROUND THE CITY, TO HELP MANAGE STORM WATER RUN-OFF AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE JAMES RIVER. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE - SHOWED UP EVERY DAY, COLLABORATED IN DESIGNING THE DAY'S AND WEEK'S TASKS, DROVE TO SITES, LOADED AND UNLOADED THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, USED THOSE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT SAFELY TO BUILD, INSTALL OR MAINTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND OFTEN MANAGED THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME TO HELP. THROUGH THE GREEN WORKFORCE, GROUNDWORK RVA HELPED PREPARE YOUTH FOR CAREERS IN CARPENTRY AND BUILDING TRADES, LANDSCAPING AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS TO BUILD SKILLS IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THE GREEN WORKFORCE WORKED ON 17 DIFFERENT SITES IN 2022.

  Expenses $263,449

• BELLEMEADE COMMUNITY BIKE SHOP THE BELLEMEADE COMMUNITY BIKE SHOP IS A PROGRAM OF GROUNDWORK RVA THAT BEGAN IN 2018 WITH THE GOAL TO BRING MORE ACCESS TO BIKING AND BIKING RESOURCES, EDUCATION, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THE BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH OF RICHMOND'S SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITIES. WHAT STARTED OUT WITH THE GOAL OF MAINLY GETTING YOUTH ON BIKES HAS GROWN INTO A MULTI-FACETED PROGRAM THAT OFFERS YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO EARN A BIKE, PARTICIPATE IN BIKE TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES, AND HAVE ACCESS TO FREE BIKE REPAIRS, WHERE THEY ALSO GET HANDS-ON INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO FIX THEIR OWN BIKE. IN 2022 THE BIKE SHOP CONTINUED AND EXPANDED IT'S CAMP SPOKES PROGRAM, TARGETED SPECIFICALLY AT YOUNG WOMEN AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING YOUTH. EXPERIENCE HAD SHOWN THAT THESE YOUTH REALLY BENEFITTED FROM THIS SAFE SPACE TO REALLY EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF BIKES AND BIKING WITHOUT THE COMPETITION AND "PUSHINESS" THAT YOUNG MEN CAN BRING. THIS WEEK-LONG CAMP WAS PROVIDED FREE AND WITH ONE WEEK SERVING HIGH SCHOOLERS AND THE 2ND WEEK SERVING MIDDLE-SCHOOL AGED YOUNG PEOPLE. THE BIKE SHOP MADE OVER 220 BIKES ACCESSIBLE TO SOUTH RICHMOND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN 2022.

  Expenses $76,795

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

14 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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