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← GRASSROOTS GARDENS OF BUFFALO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GRASSROOTS GARDENS OF BUFFALO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$583,384
Total expenses
$564,583
Contributions and grants received
$560,652
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,524
Investment income
$5,897
Other revenue
$9,311
Total assets, end of year
$612,705
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,490
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$584,215
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$461,994
Management and general expenses
$62,813
Fundraising expenses
$39,776
Program service expenses (Part III)
$461,994

Program services were 81.8% 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

    $16,574

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $78,803

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $465,275

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Workshops and speaker

    total $7,524 · related or exempt $7,524

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,897 · excluded $5,897

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $27,051

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

    $16,574

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,740

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $9,311 · excluded $9,311

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,800 · program services $45,600 · management and general $9,120 · fundraising $6,080

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $240,807 · program services $240,807

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,319 · program services $1,252 · management and general $40 · fundraising $27

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,684 · program services $40,533 · management and general $1,291 · fundraising $860

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,984 · program services $23,725 · management and general $755 · fundraising $504

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,758 · management and general $3,758

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,201 · management and general $19,201

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,527 · management and general $1,527

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,089 · program services $6,356 · management and general $1,840 · fundraising $28,893

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,448 · management and general $4,448

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,897 · program services $21,673 · management and general $4,335 · fundraising $2,889

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,332 · program services $2,332

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,473 · program services $2,473

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,223 · program services $3,917 · management and general $783 · fundraising $523

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,021 · management and general $3,021

  • 24a · Other expenses: Garden support

    total $58,830 · program services $58,830

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $21,404 · program services $8,710 · management and general $12,694

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $2,078 · program services $2,078

  • 24d · Other expenses: Education workshops

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,708 · program services $1,708

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $293,115 · end of year $313,894

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $90 · end of year $38

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,415 · end of year $14,021

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

    $86,493

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

    $14,470

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $74,746 · end of year $72,023

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $208,119 · end of year $212,729

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,615 · end of year $15,580

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,529 · end of year $12,910

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $477,674 · end of year $485,623

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $62,667 · end of year $98,592

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Grassroots Gardens of Western New York, Inc.'s mission is to share knowledge, power and resources to grow healthy food, heal systemic harm, and strengthen neighborhood connections through community gardens.

  • Community gardens - the community garden started or maintained 109 community gardens that served as local food sources, community green spaces, and places for community connections to be formed.

    Expenses $461,994 · Revenue $7,524

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tim Chen

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $65,988
    From this org
    $65,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Derek Nichols

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Fiona Reid Roma

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Isabella Newman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Eitan Stant

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Brett Andrzejewski

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsey Haubenreich

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Kabigting

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Valencia

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Willoughby

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Wood

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Sutcliff

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tasneen Kuddus

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zora Raglow-DeFranco

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
22 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631879349300608

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