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← GROWING HOPE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GROWING HOPE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,651,562
Total expenses
$1,062,886
Contributions and grants received
$1,590,217
Grants paid
$21,137
Program service revenue
$58,976
Investment income
-$174
Other revenue
$2,543
Total assets, end of year
$2,815,400
Total liabilities, end of year
$189,014
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,626,386
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$852,837
Management and general expenses
$97,428
Fundraising expenses
$112,621
Program service expenses (Part III)
$852,837

Program services were 80.2% 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

    $10,866

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $246,435

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,332,916

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,010

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $45,683 · related or exempt $45,683

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $13,293 · related or exempt $13,293

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,884 · excluded $12,884

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

    other assets $13,058

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$13,058

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$13,058 · excluded -$13,058

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,294

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

    $10,866

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,022

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,272 · excluded $1,272

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $898

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $757

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $141 · excluded $141

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,130 · excluded $1,130

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,130

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,137 · program services $21,137

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,648 · program services $61,706 · management and general $4,100 · fundraising $9,842

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $59,823 · program services $14,956 · management and general $44,867

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $424,537 · program services $362,145 · management and general $10,073 · fundraising $52,319

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,555 · program services $47,774 · management and general $4,921 · fundraising $5,860

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,604 · program services $33,593 · management and general $3,945 · fundraising $5,066

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,806 · management and general $14,806

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,605 · program services $63,059 · management and general $239 · fundraising $12,307

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,626 · program services $6,585 · management and general $18 · fundraising $23

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,986 · program services $10,253 · management and general $936 · fundraising $5,797

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,066 · program services $6,746 · management and general $621 · fundraising $2,699

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,811 · program services $27,048 · management and general $772 · fundraising $991

  • 17 · Travel

    total $924 · program services $924

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,045 · program services $11,883 · management and general $653 · fundraising $509

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,841 · program services $3,028 · management and general $356 · fundraising $457

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $76,374 · program services $60,221 · management and general $7,072 · fundraising $9,081

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,854 · program services $10,508 · management and general $1,027 · fundraising $1,319

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $61,111 · program services $55,485 · management and general $2,464 · fundraising $3,162

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $46,096 · program services $46,096

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & SERVICE CHARGES

    total $4,853 · program services $2,200 · management and general $6 · fundraising $2,647

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,650 · program services $3,891 · management and general $552 · fundraising $207

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,934 · program services $3,599 · fundraising $335

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $737,603 · end of year $1,355,462

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $195,765 · end of year $197,826

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $258,399 · end of year $187,950

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,041 · end of year $1,058

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,997 · end of year $8,035

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

    $1,737,091

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

    $672,022

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,029,322 · end of year $1,065,069

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,279 · end of year $38,611

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $770

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $140,897 · end of year $137,036

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19,471 · end of year $13,367

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,618,144 · end of year $1,902,855

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $419,566 · end of year $723,531

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FOSTERS AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED TO GROW, SELL, BUY, PREPARE, AND EAT NOURISHING FOOD.

  • FARM & GARDENS BY THE NUMBERS: -5,122 POUNDS OF PRODUCE FROM OUR FARM WENT DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY -10,000 SEEDLINGS WERE GIVEN TO AREA GARDENERS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY GARDENS -79 NEW GARDEN BEDS WERE BUILT FOR OUR HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS -25 HOUSEHOLDS AND 5 BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED IN OUR COMMUNITY COMPOSTING PROGRAM, DIVERTING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF WASTE -300+ INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN OUR HANDS-ON GARDENING AND CULTIVATION WORKSHOPS -30 COMMUNITY GARDENS SUPPORTED

    Expenses $271,150 · Grants $21,137 · Revenue $2,203

  • YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS BY THE NUMBERS: -272,000 OF LOCAL FOODS AND GOODS WERE SOLD THROUGH THE YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS -15% OF ALL MARKET SALES USED FOOD ASSISTANCE -87 LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS SOLD THEIR PRODUCTS THROUGH THE YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS -ON AVERAGE, 850 INDIVIDUALS VISITED THE DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, AND 320 VISITED THE INDOOR WINTER MARKET EACH WEEK -100 YOUTH REGISTERED FOR AND PARTICIPATED IN OUR POWER OF PRODUCE CLUB

    Expenses $197,606 · Revenue $10,970

  • YOUTH & SCHOOLS BY THE NUMBERS: -14 TEENS PARTICIPATED IN OUR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM -85 STEM-BASED FIELD TRIPS AND YOUTH-ENGAGEMENT EVENTS TO THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM & YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET PLACE -16 CLASSROOMS PARTICIPATED IN FARM TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES -2 NEW YOUTH-DRIVEN AND STEWARDED SPACES WERE ACTIVATED ON OUR FARM

    Expenses $240,610 · Revenue $120

  • ABOUT THE MAKERS: -26 LOCAL BUSINESSES UTILIZED THE GROWING HOME INCUBATOR KITCHEN SERVICES -70% BLACK, INDIGENOUS, OR PERSON OF COLOR-OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESSES -62% WOMEN-OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESSES -4 MAKERS GRADUATED INTO THEIR OWN BRICK-AND-MORTAR

    Expenses $143,471 · Revenue $45,683

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julius Buzzard

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $94,864
    From this org
    $59,382
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,482
    Hours/week
    40

  • Trishe' Duckworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ayanfe Jamison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ferial Rewoldt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tess Rian

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harley Sherman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison Shores

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsey Watson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202642449349301314

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