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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RETREAT FARM.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,445,354
Total expenses
$2,124,347
Contributions and grants received
$6,162,450
Grants paid
$204,839
Program service revenue
$83,839
Investment income
-$11,750
Other revenue
$210,815
Total assets, end of year
$10,956,634
Total liabilities, end of year
$104,114
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,852,520
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,664,633
Management and general expenses
$387,143
Fundraising expenses
$72,571
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,664,633

Program services were 78.4% 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)

    $3,003,133

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,159,317

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $83,839 · related or exempt $36,111 · excluded $47,728

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,395 · excluded $1,395

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $195,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $195,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $195,000 · excluded $195,000

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

    other assets $13,145

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$13,145

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$13,145 · excluded -$13,145

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $49,875

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $34,060

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $15,815 · excluded $15,815

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $204,839 · program services $204,839

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $16,419 · program services $12,826 · management and general $2,546 · fundraising $1,047

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $958,448 · program services $748,709 · management and general $148,619 · fundraising $61,120

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,597 · program services $10,482 · management and general $2,223 · fundraising $892

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,564 · program services $7,079 · management and general $6,485

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,653 · program services $59,195 · management and general $11,636 · fundraising $4,822

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,172 · program services $11,974 · management and general $12,198

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,290 · program services $22,550 · management and general $60,740

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $89,610 · program services $72,114 · management and general $17,496

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,775 · program services $7,352 · management and general $200 · fundraising $223

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,179 · program services $65,588 · management and general $20,136 · fundraising $4,455

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $154,777 · program services $151,925 · management and general $2,852

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,531 · program services $5,893 · management and general $12,638

  • 20 · Interest

    total $49,698 · program services $49,459 · management and general $239

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $134,542 · program services $127,815 · management and general $6,727

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,998 · program services $3,652 · management and general $42,346

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS TAXES & LICENS

    total $69,937 · program services $30,944 · management and general $38,981 · fundraising $12

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $68,248 · program services $68,248

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,070 · program services $3,989 · management and general $1,081

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $708,720 · end of year $2,146,941

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,768,709 · end of year $1,414,086

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $57,082 · end of year $6,140

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $12,003 · end of year $3,384

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

    $7,550,586

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

    $694,483

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,621,670 · end of year $6,856,103

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,053,742 · end of year $529,980

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $102,341 · end of year $104,114

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $750,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,587,914 · end of year $9,452,411

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,781,671 · end of year $1,400,109

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

RETREAT FARM SEEKS TO FOSTER A JUST, HEALTHY, AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT BY CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE LAND AND EACH OTHER THROUGH OUR UNIQUE PROPERTY, PROGRAMS, AND PARTNERSHIPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE LAND AND ONE ANOTHER.

  • COMMUNITY SERVICES - RETREAT FARM COMPRISES A VAST, FREE, AND ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC COMMON THAT SERVED OVER 70,000 PEOPLE IN 2022. RETREAT FARM HOSTED COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, OUTDOOR CONCERTS, BALLET PERFORMANCES, ART INSTALLATIONS, AND PRIVATE EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE FARM ALSO PROVIDED CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES AS THE HOME OF THE BRATTLEBORO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND SERVED AS FISCAL SPONSOR TO THE ATOWI PROJECT.

    Expenses $783,844 · Grants $204,839 · Revenue $26,296

  • RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION - WITH FEDERAL AND STATE SUPPORT, WE SECURED FUNDING TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC NORTH BARN INTO A YEAR-ROUND SPACE FOR COMMUNITY-ADVANCING EVENTS AND GATHERINGS - BOOSTING TOURISM, REDUCING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS, AND STRENGTHENING SOCIAL TIES. WE ALSO INSTALLED ELEVATED DUCKBOARDS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR WALKING TRAILS AND PROTECT WETLAND AREAS, RECURED FUNDING TO CREATE A ONE-MILE ACCESSIBLE SECTION OF TRAIL, AND COLLABORATED WITH THE ATOWI PROJECT ON INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WANTASTEGOK TRAIL.

    Expenses $278,836 · Revenue $300

  • FOOD & AGRICULTURE - WITH A $3M CONGRESSIONAL AWARD, WE PURCHASED THE FORMER GRAFTON VILLAGE CHEESE CO. FACILITY TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL FOOD CENTER TO SPOTLIGHT THE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM AND SUPPORT PRODUCERS FOCUSED ON POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES. WE CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MILLER FARM TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE LARGEST ORGANIC DAIRIES IN VERMONT WITH PASTURELAND FOR THEIR DRY COWS, MAKING PRODUCTIVE USE OF OVER 240 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. WE ALSO SUPPORTED FOOD EQUITY BY SERVING AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR OF THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT.

    Expenses $601,953 · Revenue $9,515

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Arthur Schmidt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Daniel Dempsey

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Sands

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Bonin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vern Grubinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Newmark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Ransom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Martyn

    TREASURER (START 12/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sage Ruth

    DIRECTOR (START 12/22)

    Total calculated
    $1,804
    From this org
    $1,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Whitney

    DIRECTOR (START 12/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristin Sullivan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,615
    From this org
    $14,615
    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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
31 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323109349301362

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