Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,680,904
- Total expenses
- $1,431,998
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,344,059
- Grants paid
- $92,216
- Program service revenue
- $314,245
- Investment income
- $11,998
- Other revenue
- $10,602
- Total assets, end of year
- $955,007
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $625,276
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $329,731
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,264,573
- Management and general expenses
- $132,745
- Fundraising expenses
- $34,680
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,264,573
Program services were 88.3% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$617,441
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$726,618
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$11,729
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2a · Program service revenue: FARM SALES
total $226,630 · related or exempt $226,630
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2b · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY GARDEN SERVI
total $62,176 · related or exempt $62,176
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2c · Program service revenue: GARDEN PLOT FEES
total $22,028 · related or exempt $22,028
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2d · Program service revenue: YOUTH & SCHOOLS SERVIC
total $3,411 · related or exempt $3,411
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3 · Investment income
total $4,998 · excluded $4,998
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6a · Gross rents
real property $700
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $700
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $7,000
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets $7,000
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $7,000 · excluded $7,000
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$15,523
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$4,921
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $10,602 · excluded $10,602
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$8,197
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$8,197
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $59,902 · program services $59,902
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $32,314 · program services $32,314
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $105,417 · program services $57,857 · management and general $23,780 · fundraising $23,780
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $386,476 · program services $338,879 · management and general $47,597
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $61,067 · program services $58,851 · management and general $2,216
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $37,583 · program services $27,789 · management and general $6,036 · fundraising $3,758
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,024 · program services $1,152 · management and general $1,872
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $1,528 · fundraising $1,528
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11g · Fees: other
total $102,897 · program services $86,008 · management and general $16,889
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $280 · fundraising $280
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13 · Office expenses
total $29,427 · program services $15,983 · management and general $8,139 · fundraising $5,305
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14 · Information technology
total $5,715 · program services $3,222 · management and general $2,493
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16 · Occupancy
total $41,432 · program services $28,087 · management and general $13,345
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17 · Travel
total $11,295 · program services $9,667 · management and general $1,617 · fundraising $11
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20 · Interest
total $1,995 · management and general $1,995
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,954 · program services $960 · management and general $994
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23 · Insurance
total $9,420 · program services $6,824 · management and general $2,596
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24a · Other expenses: Community Food Program
total $427,073 · program services $427,073
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24b · Other expenses: Garden and Farm Expense
total $53,615 · program services $53,557 · management and general $58
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24c · Other expenses: Equipment, Repair, and
total $26,062 · program services $26,062
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24d · Other expenses: In-Kind
total $11,729 · program services $11,729
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24e · All other expenses
total $21,793 · program services $18,657 · management and general $3,118 · fundraising $18
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $179,538 · end of year $179,095
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $334,998
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $160,061 · end of year $185,237
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $12,692
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $3,516
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$121,412
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$58,856
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $64,565 · end of year $62,556
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $189,605
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $23,024 · end of year $7,907
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $45,159 · end of year $326,338
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $198,986 · end of year $68,179
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $40,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $30,308 · end of year $222,852
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$79,182 · end of year $3,393
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $160,061 · end of year $326,338
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
To grow food justice in Greater Portland by providing education, resources, and opportunities to cultivate and share culturally familiar food.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Cultivating Community grows sustainable communities through education, land and food access programs. Founded in 2001, our place-based programs prioritize people most likely to experience hunger and be excluded from access to fresh food and land.
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Youth Leadership Internships & School Gardens that support hands-on outdoor learning for 3,000 elementary students and provide 50 multilingual nature-based skill and leadership development opportunities for youth in Portland Public High Schools.
Expenses $236,892 · Grants $21,900 · Revenue $3,411
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Urban Agriculture with 11 Portland Community Gardens where 485+ neighbors grow food on public land, including open harvest gardens and orchards. We build community connections through free workshops, volunteer days, and events throughout the growing season.
Expenses $209,538 · Grants $520 · Revenue $78,357
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Community Farm and Food Programs - Land, shared infrastructure, training, market development, 40,000 seedlings, and support for 50 immigrant and refugee farming families of color who produce over $500,000 of culturally familiar vegatables, including $115,000 for food pantries through Mainers Feeding Mainers and other funding sources.
Expenses $818,143 · Grants $69,796 · Revenue $232,477
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Marcques Houston
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Roberto Rodriquez
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $10,297
- From this org
- $10,297
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Chelsea Dias
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.75
-
James DeBaisi
Treasurer Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.75
-
Gillian Cridler
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Khadija Ahmed
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Yusuf Escobedo
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Meg Rogers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Amanda Scarpone
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Mariam Taleb
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Jeannie Verrando
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.75
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Silvan Shawe
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $95,120
- From this org
- $95,120
- 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
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New Roots Cooperative Farm
$26,951
Immigrant Farmer Fund donations - split between SBCA, CC, & New Roots
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OK Community Farms
$17,000
Donations to build a well at the farm collected on behalf of OK Community Farms, as part of our farm programming
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Immigrant Farmer Fund donations - split between SBCA, CC, & New Roots
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 21 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202632029349300218
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