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← AUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,034,135
Total expenses
$1,461,605
Contributions and grants received
$1,006,347
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,313
Investment income
$23,475
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,416,212
Total liabilities, end of year
$271,940
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,144,272
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,155,532
Management and general expenses
$92,738
Fundraising expenses
$213,335
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,155,532

Program services were 79.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $329,510

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $676,837

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCE SALES

    total $4,313 · related or exempt $4,313

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,310 · excluded $23,310

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $20,090

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

    securities $19,925

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $165

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $165 · excluded $165

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,000 · program services $105,000 · management and general $21,000 · fundraising $14,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $870,309 · program services $689,600 · management and general $38,656 · fundraising $142,053

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $89,176 · program services $70,488 · management and general $5,269 · fundraising $13,419

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,218 · program services $48,934 · management and general $3,674 · fundraising $9,610

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,001 · program services $31,001

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $6,000 · fundraising $6,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,073 · program services $70,026 · management and general $4,047

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,451 · program services $4,509 · management and general $3,808 · fundraising $134

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,418 · program services $3,341 · management and general $293 · fundraising $784

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,366 · program services $5,366

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,574 · program services $9,574

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,460 · program services $20,911 · management and general $9,549

  • 24a · Other expenses: FARM PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $52,022 · program services $52,022

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER MISC EXP

    total $17,781 · program services $5,770 · management and general $863 · fundraising $11,148

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING & EV

    total $12,660 · program services $262 · management and general $30 · fundraising $12,368

  • 24d · Other expenses: FARM RENTAL & STALL FEE

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,096 · program services $26,728 · management and general $5,549 · fundraising $3,819

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $53,181 · end of year $20,878

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $434,354 · end of year $80,191

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $363,664 · end of year $147,709

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $93,310 · end of year $20,661

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $3,798

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

    $1,177,317

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

    $148,943

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $820,702 · end of year $1,028,374

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $125,421 · end of year $114,601

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,476 · end of year $16,202

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $159,113 · end of year $152,365

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $114,301 · end of year $103,373

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,531,742 · end of year $1,144,272

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

URBAN ROOTS WORKS WITH YOUTH LEADERS TO GROW FRESH FOOD AND BUILD A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO FOOD EQUITY

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORK WITH YOUTH LEADERS TO GROW FRESH FOOD & BUILD A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO FOOD EQUITY

  • URBAN ROOTS WORKS TO CREATE A JUST FOOD SYSTEM BY CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOUTH LEADERS AND NUTRITIOUS, CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD CAN THRIVE. ON OUR FARMS, YOUTH LEADERS GROW FOOD IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, DISTRIBUTING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF NUTRIENT-DENSE PRODUCE TO THOSE IN AUSTIN WHO EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY OR HUNGER. WE THINK OF IT AS CREATING A JUST FOOD SYSTEM ONE YOUTH LEADER AT A TIME. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO BUILD COMMUNITY AROUND THE LAND AND THE NOURISHMENT IT PROVIDES, AND TO SUPPORT YOUTH PARTICIPANTS IN GROWING AS LEADERS WHO CAN ADVOCATE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM. EACH YEAR WE PROVIDE PAID INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR UP TO 88 YOUNG PEOPLE, AGES 14-23. THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH 1,000+ COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO HARVEST FROM 25,000 TO 35,000 POUNDS OF FRESH FOOD ANNUALLY. WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD THROUGH HOME DELIVERY, MOBILE MARKETS, POP-UP MARKETS IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING COMPLEXES, NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES, AND PREPARED MEALS.

    Expenses $1,155,532 · Revenue $4,313

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Mannie III

    DIRECTOR / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victoria Villarreal

    DIRECTOR / CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cat Duong-Valadez

    DIRECTOR / CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kennon Kasischke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nisha Devarajan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Choate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Such

    DIRECTOR / SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin Fohn

    DIRECTOR / PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Stephens

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,008
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,008
    Hours/week
    50

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
12 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601669349300120

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