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← BACKYARD GROWERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BACKYARD GROWERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$670,514
Total expenses
$700,186
Contributions and grants received
$618,118
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$49,963
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,433
Total assets, end of year
$170,986
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,451
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$141,535
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$434,923
Management and general expenses
$98,137
Fundraising expenses
$167,126
Program service expenses (Part III)
$434,923

Program services were 62.1% 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

    $35,346

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $35,090

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $547,682

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,766

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $49,963 · related or exempt $49,963

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,893

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

    $35,346

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,460

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,433 · excluded $2,433

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,974 · program services $45,987 · management and general $22,993 · fundraising $22,994

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $372,271 · program services $258,611 · fundraising $113,660

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,209 · program services $35,641 · management and general $10,586 · fundraising $9,982

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $748 · management and general $748

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,293 · management and general $43,293

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,631 · program services $15,631

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,722 · program services $63 · management and general $1,639 · fundraising $20

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,153 · program services $16,979 · management and general $643 · fundraising $5,531

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,394 · program services $1,159 · management and general $235

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,481 · management and general $4,481

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MATERIALS AND S

    total $45,489 · program services $45,377 · management and general $12 · fundraising $100

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $13,941 · program services $5,987 · management and general $7,338 · fundraising $616

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING RELATED COS

    total $11,755 · fundraising $11,755

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $5,139 · program services $5,052 · management and general $87

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,986 · program services $4,436 · management and general $82 · fundraising $2,468

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $132,922 · end of year $101,169

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,267 · end of year $37,400

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $40,968 · end of year $19,738

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,896 · end of year $3,179

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

    $30,000

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

    $20,500

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,500 · end of year $9,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,346 · end of year $29,451

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $138,715 · end of year $104,135

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,492 · end of year $37,400

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BACKYARD GROWERS CULTIVATES HEALTHY, CONNECTED, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND FIGHTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. WE INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO VEGETABLE GARDENS AND THE RESOURCES PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES NEED TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BACKYARD GROWERS CULTIVATES HEALTHY, CONNECTED, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND FIGHTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. WE INCREASE EQUITABLE ACESS TO VEGETABLE GARDENS AND THE RESOURCES PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES NEED TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.

  • SCHOOL PROGRAMMING IN GLOUCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. GARDEN-BASED PROGRAMMING AT EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN GLOUCESTER, IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL, ALONG WITH TASTE TEST PROGRAMMING IN ALL GPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR. COMMUNITY GARDEN MANAGEMENT. WE MANAGE 6 COMMUNITY GARDEN SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT GARDEN EDUCATION AND RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT GLOUCESTER AND THE NORTH SHORE, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR TEEN PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $434,923 · Revenue $49,963

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jen Perry

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Allison Mueller

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharon Lawlor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Taggart

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzanne Clerkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Romary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison Woitunski Difiore

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,731
    From this org
    $90,731
    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
2024
Filed
25 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600659349301440

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