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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BOSTON FOOD FOREST COALITION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,637,715
Total expenses
$1,815,863
Contributions and grants received
$4,599,319
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$217
Investment income
$38,179
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,696,466
Total liabilities, end of year
$179,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,516,866
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,202,838
Management and general expenses
$300,413
Fundraising expenses
$312,612
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,202,838

Program services were 66.2% 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)

    $142,826

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,456,493

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $217 · related or exempt $217

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,179 · excluded $38,179

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $340,298 · program services $78,110 · management and general $86,293 · fundraising $175,895

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $398,020 · program services $319,650 · management and general $26,944 · fundraising $51,426

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,935 · program services $9,081 · management and general $850 · fundraising $1,004

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,992 · program services $24,532 · management and general $2,959 · fundraising $2,501

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,904 · program services $42,322 · management and general $12,816 · fundraising $20,766

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $82 · management and general $82

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,295 · management and general $35,295

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $771,121 · program services $637,222 · management and general $89,474 · fundraising $44,425

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,381 · program services $200 · management and general $4,163 · fundraising $1,018

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,703 · program services $12,911 · management and general $3,628 · fundraising $5,164

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $404 · program services $264 · management and general $23 · fundraising $117

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,843 · program services $10,330 · management and general $24,513

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,828 · program services $14,170 · management and general $3,074 · fundraising $3,584

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,072 · management and general $3,072

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,670 · program services $8,670

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,635 · program services $19,456 · management and general $179

  • 24a · Other expenses: SITE MAINTENANCE SUPPLI

    total $17,712 · program services $17,712

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF & VOLUNTEER TRAIN

    total $4,986 · management and general $4,917 · fundraising $69

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $4,266 · fundraising $4,266

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,763 · program services $2,763

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,953 · program services $5,445 · management and general $2,131 · fundraising $2,377

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $338,301 · end of year $3,737,436

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $916,218

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $492,504 · end of year $917,892

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,586 · end of year $9,271

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

    $44,149

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

    $12,282

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,437 · end of year $31,867

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,251 · end of year $101,900

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $77,700 · end of year $77,700

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,081 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $924,810 · end of year $1,118,100

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $770,204 · end of year $3,398,766

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACIAL EQUITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE, THE BOSTON FOOD FOREST COALITION IS A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS TRANSFORMING VACANT LOTS INTO PUBLIC EDIBLE PARKS CALLED "FOOD FORESTS" FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP. TOGETHER, WE ARE BUILDING RESILIENCE IN BOSTON THROUGH MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHY GREEN SPACE AND GREATER CONNECTION TO EACH OTHER AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACIAL EQUITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE, THE BOSTON FOOD FOREST COALITION, A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, IS A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS TRANSFORMING VACANT LOTS INTO PUBLIC EDIBLE PARKS PLACED INTO PERMANENT COMMUNITY CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP. TOGETHER, WE ARE BUILDING RESILIENCE IN BOSTON THROUGH MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHY GREEN SPACE AND GREATER CONNECTION TO EACH OTHER AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

  • TRANSFORMED VACANT LOTS INTO FOOD FOREST PUBLIC PARKS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON, PRIORITIZING NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARKLAND AND ITS CRITICAL BENEFITS. OFFERING FOOD FOREST MAINTENANCE, GARDENING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $1,202,838 · Revenue $217

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Danielle Sommer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Spiller

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Gullickson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jesse Dambreville

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trena Matos-Ambroise

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Orion Kriegman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,020
    From this org
    $131,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alex Alvanos

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,020
    From this org
    $107,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Drew Love

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $91,202
    From this org
    $91,202
    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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349313961

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