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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CULTIVATE CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,005,524
Total expenses
$1,281,690
Contributions and grants received
$985,239
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,732
Other revenue
$12,553
Total assets, end of year
$498,407
Total liabilities, end of year
$119,311
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$379,096
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,005,996
Management and general expenses
$196,207
Fundraising expenses
$79,487
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,005,996

Program services were 78.5% 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)

    $426,275

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $558,964

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,732 · excluded $7,732

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,461

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,908

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $12,553 · excluded $12,553

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $294,401 · program services $190,255 · management and general $72,580 · fundraising $31,566

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $513,425 · program services $446,932 · management and general $33,300 · fundraising $33,193

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,169 · program services $6,568 · management and general $352 · fundraising $249

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,295 · program services $38,195 · management and general $105 · fundraising $2,995

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,697 · program services $59,060 · management and general $8,318 · fundraising $5,319

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,080 · management and general $42,080

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $6,165 · fundraising $6,165

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,186 · program services $54,686 · management and general $9,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,339 · program services $13,004 · management and general $4,335

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,447 · program services $36,335 · management and general $12,112

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,042 · program services $7,042

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,737 · program services $3,737

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,858 · management and general $3,858

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,695 · program services $7,271 · management and general $2,424

  • 24a · Other expenses: YOUTH APPRENTICESHIPS

    total $69,473 · program services $69,473

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND TOOLS

    total $31,235 · program services $31,235

  • 24c · Other expenses: CIRRICULUM & SUPPLIES

    total $13,941 · program services $13,941

  • 24d · Other expenses: PARTNER EXPENSES

    total $12,181 · program services $12,181

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,324 · program services $16,081 · management and general $7,243

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $637,946 · end of year $335,951

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $90,000 · end of year $90,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,465 · end of year $1,501

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

    $26,436

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

    $17,377

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,917 · end of year $9,059

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $62,074 · end of year $61,896

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,825 · end of year $13,616

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $103,315 · end of year $105,695

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $553,762 · end of year $289,096

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $101,500 · end of year $90,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CULTIVATE CHARLOTTESVILLE ENGAGES YOUTH AND COMMUNITY IN BUILDING AN EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH GARDEN-BASED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, GROWING AMD SHARING HEALTHY FOOD, AMPLIFYING COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ADVOCATING FOR FOOD JUSTICE.

  • CULTIVATE CHARLOTTESVILLE AIMS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE A HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEMPERSONALLY, IN COMMUNITY, AND ACROSS SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. WE DO THIS THROUGH AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FROM THREE CORE PROGRAMS: CITY SCHOOLYARD GARDEN (CSG), URBAN AGRICULTURE COLLECTIVE (UAC), AND FOOD JUSTICE NETWORK (FJN). CITY SCHOOLYARD GARDEN ENGAGES YOUTH IN CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY SCHOOLS BY ESTABLISHING SCHOOL GARDENS AND COLLABORATING WITH TEACHERS TO HOST CLASSES THERE. ORIGINALLY FOUNDED AS THE QUALITY COMMUNITY COUNCIL IN 2007, URBAN AGRICULTURE COLLECTIVE BUILDS FOOD EQUITY BY WORKING WITH PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS TO GROW FRESH HEALTHY FOOD IN COMMUNITY PRODUCTION GARDENS. AT ITS HEIGHT, UAC HAS GROWN AS MUCH AS 17,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE PER YEAR, WHICH IS SHARED, AT NO COST, WITH LOCAL FAMILIES EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY. LAUNCHED IN 2015, FOOD JUSTICE NETWORK IS A COLLECTIVE OF OVER 25 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN COMPLEMENTARY WAYS TO BUILD A HEALTHY AND JUST FOOD SYSTEM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON THE INTERSECTION OF FOOD EQUITY WITH HEALTHY SCHOOL FOODS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, URBAN AGRICULTURE, ACCESS AND MARKETS, AND FOOD PATHWAYS TRANSPORTATION.

    Expenses $1,005,996

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

Listed in Part VII

  • BIANCA JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • JEFFREY GANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • JULIA PRINCE

    PHILANTHROPY COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • KAREN WATERS

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • MATT DARRING

    BOARD CO-CHAIR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • CL BOHANNON

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • DEANNA MACDONALD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • JEANETTE ABI-NADER

    CO-EXEC. DIR

    Total calculated
    $132,874
    From this org
    $121,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,730
    Hours/week
    40
  • RICHARD MORRIS

    CO-EXEC. DIR

    Total calculated
    $65,989
    From this org
    $53,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,594
    Hours/week
    40
  • ALEEN CAREY

    CO-EXEC. DIR

    Total calculated
    $87,646
    From this org
    $81,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,606
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349309852

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