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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by URBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,854,616
Total expenses
$3,977,718
Contributions and grants received
$2,623,919
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$218,570
Investment income
$19,116
Other revenue
-$6,989
Total assets, end of year
$4,989,529
Total liabilities, end of year
$349,560
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,639,969
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,951,824
Management and general expenses
$514,997
Fundraising expenses
$510,897
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,951,824

Program services were 74.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $545,578

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,078,341

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program service

    total $218,570 · related or exempt $218,570

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,116 · excluded $19,116

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $119,416

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $126,405

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$6,989 · related or exempt -$6,989

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $257,931 · program services $172,632 · management and general $41,829 · fundraising $43,470

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,616,709 · program services $1,083,290 · management and general $262,021 · fundraising $271,398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,323 · program services $75,287 · management and general $18,451 · fundraising $19,585

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,778 · program services $96,227 · management and general $23,567 · fundraising $24,984

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,320 · program services $42,620 · management and general $3,993 · fundraising $6,707

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $980,609 · program services $783,818 · management and general $73,437 · fundraising $123,354

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,151 · program services $6,242 · management and general $596 · fundraising $1,313

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,556 · program services $24,204 · management and general $33,330 · fundraising $2,022

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,921 · program services $9,577 · management and general $8,984 · fundraising $2,360

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,030 · program services $43,840 · management and general $9,465 · fundraising $1,725

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,094 · program services $26,944 · management and general $4,255 · fundraising $8,895

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $101,309 · program services $101,309

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,051 · program services $22,591 · management and general $4,336 · fundraising $4,124

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program supplies

    total $343,987 · program services $339,199 · management and general $3,858 · fundraising $930

  • 24b · Other expenses: Stewardship

    total $70,010 · program services $70,000 · fundraising $10

  • 24c · Other expenses: Vehicle and maintenance

    total $44,131 · program services $44,131

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bad debt

    total $15,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,808 · program services $9,913 · management and general $11,875 · fundraising $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,981,466 · end of year $1,713,462

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $695,053 · end of year $520,004

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,379,647 · end of year $1,575,353

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,689 · end of year $25,202

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

    $796,181

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

    $257,528

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $317,577 · end of year $538,653

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $572,824 · end of year $616,855

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $95,775 · end of year $255,589

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $71,410 · end of year $63,971

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,777,274 · end of year $2,467,375

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,985,797 · end of year $2,172,594

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Urban Growers Collective's work aims to address the inequities and structural racism that exist in the food system and in communities of color. Rooted in growing food, UGC cultivates nourishing environments which support health, economic development, healing and creativity through urban agriculture.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To demonstrate and support communities in developing community-based food systems.

  • Eight urban farms operate on 11-acres of land predominantly located on Chicago's south side. These farms are production-oriented with staff integrating education, training, leadership development and food distribution to meet program goals. Each farm utilizes organic growing methods and intensive growing practices that maximizes space and year-round production strategies.

    Expenses $2,951,824 · Revenue $211,581

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erika Dudley

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margot Pritzker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Camille Kerr

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norma Sanders

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessie Perez

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Desiree Sanders

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janelle St John

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Clark

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrie Schloss

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erika Allen

    CEO Operations

    Total calculated
    $126,462
    From this org
    $126,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Laurell Sims

    CEO Financials

    Total calculated
    $124,135
    From this org
    $124,135
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402849349300505

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