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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIG GREEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,694,541
Total expenses
$5,600,201
Contributions and grants received
$5,897,761
Grants paid
$964,748
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$273,876
Other revenue
$522,904
Total assets, end of year
$8,845,178
Total liabilities, end of year
$291,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,553,411
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,454,915
Management and general expenses
$675,609
Fundraising expenses
$1,469,677
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,454,915

Program services were 61.7% 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

    $1,891,755

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,006,006

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $169,480

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Build Learning Gardens

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $273,876 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $1,891,755

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revenue

    total $72,904 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $72,904

  • 11b · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $450,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $450,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $522,904

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $964,748 · program services $964,748

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $326,644 · program services $197,463 · management and general $41,586 · fundraising $87,595

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,016,031 · program services $614,213 · management and general $129,353 · fundraising $272,465

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $182,763 · program services $106,120 · management and general $21,951 · fundraising $54,692

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $159,134 · program services $105,682 · management and general $20,058 · fundraising $33,394

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,685 · program services $0 · management and general $5,685 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $158,850 · program services $0 · management and general $158,850 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,747 · program services $20,487 · management and general $68,688 · fundraising $11,572

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $221,981 · program services $182,500 · management and general $26,720 · fundraising $12,761

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $81,430 · program services $21,126 · management and general $54,350 · fundraising $5,954

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $113,741 · program services $46,854 · management and general $53,944 · fundraising $12,943

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $208,598 · program services $133,029 · management and general $42,475 · fundraising $33,094

  • 17 · Travel

    total $313,689 · program services $167,957 · management and general $12,248 · fundraising $133,484

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,429 · program services $28,334 · management and general $6,478 · fundraising $12,617

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,301 · program services $0 · management and general $24,301 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Garden Programming

    total $217,284 · program services $217,284 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Garden Beds

    total $624,873 · program services $624,808 · management and general $0 · fundraising $65

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees & Dues

    total $38,719 · program services $1,136 · management and general $8,922 · fundraising $28,661

  • 24d · Other expenses: Events

    total $745,154 · program services $23,174 · management and general $0 · fundraising $721,980

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $48,400 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $48,400

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,162,655 · end of year $7,432,755

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $662,466 · end of year $751,095

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $306,793 · end of year $237,289

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

    $279,704

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

    $50,947

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,571 · end of year $228,757

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $16,668 · end of year $11,947

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $183,335

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $695,082 · end of year $55,946

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $185,821

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,610,955 · end of year $6,504,378

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,848,116 · end of year $2,049,033

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BIG GREEN BELIEVES GROWING FOOD CHANGES LIVES. GROWING FOOD IMPROVES NUTRITION SECURITY AND MENTAL HEALTH, GETS US INTO NATURE, AND OPENS OUR EYES TO THE WEATHER VOLATILITY CREATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. FOR TWELVE YEARS, BIG GREEN HAS HELPED PEOPLE GROW THEIR OWN FOOD WITH SCHOOL AND HOME-BASED GARDEN PROGRAMS.

  • THE BIG GREEN DAO IS A DECENTRALIZED GRANTMAKING BODY THAT FUNDS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCELERATE THEIR WORK GROWING FOOD AND PUTS NONPROFITS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT OF PHILATHROPIC DECISION-MAKING.

    Expenses $1,081,137 · Grants $655,800

  • Our school-based program, Jumpstart, provides schools and other educational spaces with modular garden beds and mini-grants to kick off or reinvigorate their garden programs. The gardens are incorporated into the school day and positioned to help schools meet their goals in experiental learning, STEM, health and nutrition, social-emotional wellbeing, and more.

    Expenses $1,717,157 · Grants $183,000

  • Our home garden program, Million Gardens, makes home gardening accessible to growers at any skill level. In partnership with community organizations, we send raised bed gardens and grow bags directly to peoples homes.

    Expenses $656,621 · Grants $51,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kimbal Musk

    CEO, Director & Executice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Don Degnan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Tang

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Mueller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorsey Hopson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Drake

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kasey Stark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Lea

    Director/ Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Madeleine Nelson

    VP of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $164,583
    From this org
    $147,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,392
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,191
    Filer's total
    $164,583

  • Dianna Zeegers

    VP of Program/ Secretary

    Total calculated
    $174,421
    From this org
    $141,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,169
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,252
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,169
    Filer's total
    $174,421

  • Isaiah Weatherspoon

    VP of Operations

    Total calculated
    $44,628
    From this org
    $37,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,629
    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. 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 · 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349300307

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