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← VEGGIELUTION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VEGGIELUTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,668,240
Total expenses
$3,352,747
Contributions and grants received
$2,638,540
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$17,929
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$11,771
Total assets, end of year
$4,176,587
Total liabilities, end of year
$309,408
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,867,179
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,643,626
Management and general expenses
$496,851
Fundraising expenses
$212,270
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,643,626

Program services were 78.8% 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

    $136,048

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,871,807

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $630,685

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $12,800 · related or exempt $12,800

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $5,129 · related or exempt $5,129

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $34,320

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

    $136,048

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $51,708

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$17,388 · excluded -$17,388

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $29,432

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $273

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $29,159 · related or exempt $29,159

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $129,439 · program services $104,359 · management and general $14,794 · fundraising $10,286

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,320,149 · program services $1,064,357 · management and general $150,887 · fundraising $104,905

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $220,252 · program services $177,576 · management and general $25,174 · fundraising $17,502

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $122,874 · program services $93,876 · management and general $20,425 · fundraising $8,573

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $556,650 · program services $345,244 · management and general $179,016 · fundraising $32,390

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $89,827 · program services $62,879 · management and general $17,965 · fundraising $8,983

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,572 · program services $1,025 · management and general $1,471 · fundraising $76

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,950 · program services $27,265 · management and general $7,790 · fundraising $3,895

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,740 · management and general $6,740

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39,611 · program services $27,728 · management and general $7,922 · fundraising $3,961

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,246 · program services $5,772 · management and general $1,649 · fundraising $825

  • 24a · Other expenses: FARM BOXES

    total $458,262 · program services $457,455 · management and general $807

  • 24b · Other expenses: PARTICIPANT STIPENDS

    total $169,740 · program services $169,740 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $48,486 · program services $40,452 · management and general $4,323 · fundraising $3,711

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $33,154 · program services $23,208 · management and general $6,631 · fundraising $3,315

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $107,795 · program services $42,690 · management and general $51,257 · fundraising $13,848

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,260,867 · end of year $2,438,053

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $247,290 · end of year $247,755

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $193,934 · end of year $36,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $236,520 · end of year $538,174

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,687 · end of year $1,880

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,607 · end of year $6,529

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

    $634,091

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

    $262,125

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $287,868 · end of year $371,966

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $624,600 · end of year $536,230

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $186,669 · end of year $198,626

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $146,598 · end of year $110,782

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,460,898 · end of year $2,893,838

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,066,208 · end of year $973,341

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF VEGGIELUTION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH FOOD AND FARMING TO BUILD COMMUNITY IN EAST SAN JOSE. OUR AIM IS TO HELP OUR EAST SAN JOSE NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCE A RICHNESS OF COMMUNITY LIFE AND HEALTH THAT COMBATS SOCIAL ISOLATION AND PROVIDES THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO CREATE MORE ROBUST SOCIAL NETWORKS AND TAKE A POSITIVE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH FOOD AND FARMING.

  • VEGGIELUTION'S EASTSIDE GROWN (EG) PROGRAM - STARTED IN 2018 - PROVIDES AN EIGHT MONTHS FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING FOR COHORTS OF 20 EAST SAN JOSE HOME- AND MOBILE-BASED FOOD ENTREPRENEURS TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS. THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE S S PUEDE COLLECTIVE'S 'JOBS TO GROW' INITIATIVE, WHICH FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD BELONGING, AND AGENCY FOR COHORTS OF FOOD ENTREPRENEURS (VEGGIELUTION) AND CHILD CARE PROVIDERS (GRAIL FAMILY SERVICES). MOST OF THE EG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE LOW-INCOME LATINO IMMIGRANTS AND REPORT THAT THEIR BIGGEST DIFFICULTY IS SECURING ADEQUATE CAPITAL TO LAUNCH THEIR BUSINESS UPON GRADUATION. BY OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES, THE EASTSIDE GROWN TEAM HAS GROWN TO BETTER ANTICIPATE BARRIERS, STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL/TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, ALL WHILE PRIORITIZING EQUITY AND UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR FUTURE EAST SAN JOSE FOOD ENTREPRENEURS.

    Expenses $516,303 · Revenue $47,088

  • EASTSIDE CONNECT INCLUDES A FARM BOX DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM WHICH IMPROVES FOOD SECURITY FOR EAST SAN JOSE'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND A WEEKLY FARM STAND, WHICH PROVIDES FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN, AND AFFORDABLE PRODUCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ACCEPTS ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER (EBT) CARDS FOR CALFRESH. EACH WEEK OVER 300 FARM BOXES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE, MOBILITY CHALLENGED, AND FOOD-INSECURE, MAINLY LATINX, EAST SAN JOSE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS LOCATED IN THE 95116, 95122, AND 95127 ZIP CODES.

    Expenses $51,814

  • THE ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY TEAM WORKS TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EAST SAN JOSE AGENCIES, AND PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH ORGANIZING TRAINING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, VEGGIELUTION SEEKS TO AFFECT CHANGE IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TO HELP CREATE A SENSE OF AGENCY, BELONGING, AND ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR OUR EAST SAN JOSE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $586,476

  • SI SE PUEDE COLLECTIVEVEGGIELUTION'S COMMUNITY ROOTS ARE FURTHER EXPANDED BY ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE SI SE PUEDE COLLECTIVE (SSPC), A GROUP OF FIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE MAYFAIR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES, BUILDING TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING OF RESIDENTS' DAY-TO-DAY REALITIES AND LIVED EXPERIENCE. MANY OF THE MEMBER AGENCIES ARE FOUNDED OR LED BY WOMEN OF COLOR. THE SSPC HAS BUILT ONGOING PROCESSES TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY AS RECIPIENTS OF SERVICES, BUT AS LEADERS WHO CO-CREATE, DEVELOP, AND LEARN PROGRAMS, SERVICES, ORGANIZING, AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

    Expenses $1,489,033

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ANNIE CHANG

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIANA FAERRON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAY BRAMSON

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JO LOPEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOBY MCCHEESNEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTIE ZAZUETA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK MEDEIROS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN CHEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRITTANY ALVAREZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAWN GERTH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • EMILY SCHWING

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,067
    From this org
    $99,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,408
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $99,659
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,408
    Filer's total
    $107,067

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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520289349301007

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