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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE NFP.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 9 June 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,064,345
Total expenses
$779,199
Contributions and grants received
$1,062,986
Grants paid
$162,400
Program service revenue
$882
Investment income
$427
Other revenue
$50
Total assets, end of year
$1,189,167
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,200
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,157,967
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$598,582
Management and general expenses
$176,834
Fundraising expenses
$3,783
Program service expenses (Part III)
$598,582

Program services were 76.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $75,711

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $987,275

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SALES & FEES

    total $882 · related or exempt $882 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $427 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $427

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $50 · related or exempt $50 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $50

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $127,400 · program services $127,400

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $35,000 · program services $35,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $327,429 · program services $254,266 · management and general $71,146 · fundraising $2,017

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,624 · program services $22,305 · management and general $10,251 · fundraising $68

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,639 · program services $38,595 · management and general $33,735 · fundraising $309

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,264 · program services $17,092 · management and general $6,983 · fundraising $189

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,900 · management and general $10,900

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $105,761 · program services $74,944 · management and general $30,817

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,004 · program services $1,004

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,764 · program services $19,760 · management and general $8,804 · fundraising $1,200

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $484 · management and general $484

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,445 · program services $5,612 · management and general $1,833

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,724 · program services $983 · management and general $741

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $709 · management and general $709

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,052 · program services $1,621 · management and general $431

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $884,777 · end of year $813,540

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $190,936

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $182,508

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $672 · end of year $370

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

    $2,522

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

    $709

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $1,813

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,628 · end of year $31,200

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $872,821 · end of year $556,266

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $601,701

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE EMPOWERS URBAN GROWERS TO FOSTERTHRIVING COMMUNITIES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND EQUITABLEFOOD SYSTEMS. WE ENVISION A FLOURISHING FOOD SYSTEM THAT PROMOTESURBAN AGRICULTURE IN THE CHICAGO AREA AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITY.

  • CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT - THE CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT (CBG) PROGRAM HAS SERVED AS A MODEL FOR COMMUNITY-LED CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION. THESE FUNDS SUPPORTS URBAN FARMS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS TO EXPAND AND FORTIFY THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION. CBG RECIPIENTS ARE SELECTED BY FOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE (AC) MEMBERS COMPOSED OF LOCAL EARTH STEWARDS, FOOD LEADERS, AND PAST GRANTEES. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AUA HAS REGRANTED A TOTAL OF $586,500 AND FUNDED 115 GROWING OPERATIONS IN CHICAGO AND SURROUNDING SUBURBS.

    Expenses $322,378 · Grants $100,000

  • WATER ACCESS - AUA PROVIDES FREE SERVICES FOR WATER ACCESS THAT CONSISTS OF A MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH TO ADDRESS A VARIETY OF FACTORS SUCH AS; NAVIGATING PERMITS AND CITY CODES, INSURANCE, CERTIFICATIONS, IRRIGATION, POST-HARVEST HANDLING, SANITATION, FOOD SAFETY, AND MICROBIOLOGY. IN 2023 AUA PROVIDED 200+ HOURS OF WATER ACCESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR GROWERS AND PROVIDED WATER ACCESS SUPPLIES TO 35 GROWING SITES ACROSS THE CITY.

    Expenses $111,048 · Grants $62,400

  • SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM - AUA PROVIDES HOLISTIC SOIL HEALTH SUPPORT INCLUDING SOIL SAMPLE COLLECTION, TESTING RESULT ANALYSIS, BIOREMEDIATION RECOMMENDATIONS, AMENDMENTS AND EDUCATION. IN 2023 OVER 300 RESIDENTS ENGAGED IN SOIL HEALTH + COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP THROUGH THE SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM.

    Expenses $72,151

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS, FARMED ANIMALS, FARMER MENTORSHIP, WORKSHOPS & EVENTS, FLO AND USDA.

    Expenses $93,005 · Revenue $882

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Selma Sims

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Muench

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rosie Fitz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Akilah Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alex Franz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Elena Terry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Fawn Pochel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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

  • NEIGHBORSPACE

    $62,400

    SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE

  • URBAN FARMING INITIATIVE

    $20,000

    SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE

  • THE GREEN LOTS PROJECT

    $20,000

    SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE

  • BEE-UTIFUL HONEY

    $10,000

    SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE

  • MULTIPLE HARVEST LLC

    $10,000

    SUPPORT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500159349300855

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