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← URBAN HARVEST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by URBAN HARVEST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,463,243
Total expenses
$1,924,259
Contributions and grants received
$2,092,108
Grants paid
$19,315
Program service revenue
$379,979
Investment income
$12,730
Other revenue
-$21,574
Total assets, end of year
$2,367,158
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,705
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,226,453
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,320,475
Management and general expenses
$342,460
Fundraising expenses
$261,324
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,320,475

Program services were 68.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $109,619

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $231,043

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,751,446

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $66,347

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Booth fees

    total $230,203 · related or exempt $230,203

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Classes and teaching fees

    total $79,137 · related or exempt $79,137

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Food, tree, book, seed sales

    total $63,119 · related or exempt $63,119

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Food access, garden

    total $7,520 · related or exempt $7,520

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,788 · excluded $12,788

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $62,033

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

    securities $62,091

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$58

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$58 · excluded -$58

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,055

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

    $109,619

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $66,629

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$21,574 · excluded -$21,574

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,315 · program services $19,315

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,442 · program services $116,308 · management and general $16,754 · fundraising $21,380

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $765,209 · program services $468,894 · management and general $157,073 · fundraising $139,242

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $97,803 · program services $58,310 · management and general $21,047 · fundraising $18,446

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,575 · program services $47,166 · management and general $13,199 · fundraising $14,210

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,933 · management and general $3,933

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,735 · management and general $42,735

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $500 · management and general $500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $113,129 · program services $93,824 · management and general $16,115 · fundraising $3,190

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $65,531 · program services $47,909 · management and general $17,622

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $79,100 · program services $26,756 · management and general $24,713 · fundraising $27,631

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $55,822 · program services $34,539 · management and general $10,667 · fundraising $10,616

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $75,029 · program services $52,538 · management and general $11,659 · fundraising $10,832

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,404 · program services $9,766 · management and general $1,726 · fundraising $912

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,532 · program services $10,733 · management and general $277 · fundraising $10,522

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,629 · program services $23,089 · management and general $280 · fundraising $260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,840 · program services $13,814 · management and general $4,160 · fundraising $3,866

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program supplies

    total $235,895 · program services $235,895

  • 24b · Other expenses: Garden support

    total $35,861 · program services $35,861

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing & publications

    total $22,830 · program services $22,830

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $3,145 · program services $2,928 · fundraising $217

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $526,180 · end of year $412,617

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $969,444 · end of year $504,558

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $167,555 · end of year $514,692

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,255 · end of year $21,266

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,819 · end of year $699

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,135 · end of year $5,623

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

    $243,298

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

    $66,678

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $80,696 · end of year $176,620

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $731,083

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80,561 · end of year $114,856

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,416 · end of year $25,849

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,277,632 · end of year $1,325,303

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $411,475 · end of year $901,150

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Urban Harvest cultivates thriving communities through gardening and access to healthy, local food. Our vision is of a healthier city where everyone can access nutritious food harvested from sustainable farms and gardens.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Urban Harvest encourages community, good nutrition, and sustainability through the education and support of organic gardening. Urban Harvest's vision is a healthier city where everyone has access to locally grown, nutritious food harvested from sustainable community gardens and farms.

  • Urban Harvest is pioneering a "Holistic Approach" to healthy food access by strategically aligning program services and collaborative partnerships in low-income, low-access neighborhoods. At community-based sites like schools, community centers, and parks, Urban Harvest is offering a layered combination of services: including youth education, adult gardening and nutrition education for families and community members, Dig it Day community volunteer events, and monthly Mobile Farmers Markets. These efforts will amplify and sustain our impact across Houston.See Schedule O for more details.Urban Harvest's Food Access Program makes fresh, healthy food the easy, affordable choice for all through Double Up Houston, a Mobile Market, and a vast network of community gardens. Double Up Houston, a SNAP-incentive program, is now available at 12 participating farmers' markets and farm stands across Houston. Food insecure families and individuals can now use their SNAP benefits to purchase fresh, local foods at participating markets and farm stands and receive up to an additional $40 match in Double Up Food Bucks to use on fruits and vegetables. The Mobile Market regularly visits sites where community members gatherschools, parks, health clinics, and neighborhood centersthus building holistic pathways for children, families, seniors, and more to access reliable and affordable food like produce, meats, and pantry staples. In 2022, 1,656 people visited the Mobile Market and purchased over 10,000 pounds of locally grown produce at cost. Notably, since 2019 Urban Harvest has managed and operated the Northeast Community Farmers Market. However, in 2022 Urban Harvest handed over management to community leaders, ensuring the market reflects the community that it serves. Now, Urban Harvest partners with these leaders to bring the Mobile Market to the monthly event that includes vendors and products from the community.

    Expenses $462,194 · Grants $19,315 · Revenue $63,119

  • See Schedule O.Urban Harvest's Education Program includes Classes and Youth Education. Urban Harvest taught 83 classes reaching over 800 people of different ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Urban Harvest also hosted its first Women in Agriculture conference. Over one hundred entrepreneurial women came together to hear from a variety of experts on Sustainable Urban Gardening and Small Acreage Farming. Urban Harvest's Youth Education Program uses school gardens as outdoor classrooms to make real-life topics such as science, ecology, and healthy eating directly relevant to students' daily choices. This program encouraged 4,404 school students to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat an average of 16 crops. In addition, the Edible Academy, our professional development workshop for educators, reached 44 educators and other school members who will go on to teach an estimated 220 teachers and 5,496 students the benefits of gardening and healthy lifestyle behaviors.

    Expenses $281,179 · Revenue $79,137

  • In 2022, Urban Harvest's network of community gardens grew to include 190+ gardens, 53% of which are located at schools. Urban Harvest distributed 9,649 Transplants as well as 900 fruit trees, seeds, Microlife fertilizer, and garden education to affiliate gardens at no cost. Moreover, 291 volunteers completed 1,919.65 hours supporting our work throughout the community.

    Expenses $216,379 · Revenue $7,520

  • The Saturday Farmers Market Program made progress towards building an inclusive and diverse space for all, from producers to consumers. Thanks to support from the USDA, 64% of our new vendors identified as social minorities, joining our fast-growing network of 124 hyper-local food entrepreneurs, including 50 farmers and ranchers. In addition, nearly 40,000 people visited the farmers' market in 2022, making it the region's largest and most popular market.

    Expenses $360,723 · Revenue $230,203

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marguerite Johnson

    President to 05/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Heather Houston

    President from 05/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Jerry W Fabian

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Beth Clark

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rod Borges

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Chambers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Baily Dalton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Dugar Hatchett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Licata

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David P Orr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jake Slosburg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Thompson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janna Roberson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $156,442
    From this org
    $127,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,442
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,000
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,442
    Filer's total
    $156,442

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202321299349302147

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