Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$871,497

Total expenses

$821,108

Contributions and grants received

$755,068

Grants paid

$68,165

Program service revenue

$104,521

Investment income

$5,687

Other revenue

$6,221

Total assets, end of year

$1,879,298

Total liabilities, end of year

$186,214

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,693,084

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$700,659

Management and general expenses

$59,417

Fundraising expenses

$61,032

Program service expenses (Part III)

$700,659

Program services were 85.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FARM AND GARDEN PROGRAMS: THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO GROW, PREPARE, AND EAT NOURISHING FOOD WITH HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, AND FIELD TRIPS ON THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM DEMONSTRATION GARDENS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS YPSILANTI HOME, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL GARDENS BY PROVIDING RAISED BEDS, COMPOST, SEEDLINGS/SEEDS, TOOLS, AND MENTORSHIP. IN 2023: -WE INCREASED OUR FARM'S PRODUCTION BY 56% THROUGH OPENING UP NEW GROWING SPACE. -OUR COMPOSTING AREA WAS EXPANDED AND WE PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO TEST A COMMUNITY COMPOSTING SYSTEM, WHICH YIELDED NEARLY 30 YARDS OF ORGANIC COMPOST USED ON GROWING HOPE'S URBAN FARM AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. -5,403 POUNDS OF PRODUCE FROM OUR FARM WAS DONATED DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR FREE COMMUNITY PRODUCE CART, FARM SHARES FOR OUR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND DONATIONS TO OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. -5,000 VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS WERE GIVEN TO AREA GARDENERS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY GARDENS. -60 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN PROGRAM, RECEIVING GARDEN BEDS, RESOURCES, AND MATERIALS. -40 GARDEN BEDS WERE INSTALLED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TOWNE CENTER SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI. -38 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN OUR INAUGURAL SLIDING SCALE CSA, "SOLIDARITY SHARES." -115 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED GROWING HOPE'S GARDEN-BASED WORKSHOPS

  Expenses $182,717 · Revenue $8,116

• FARMERS MARKET PROGRAMS: WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INCREASING ACCESS TO LOCAL FRESH FOODS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION MANAGES THE DEPOT TOWN YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET, WHICH PROVIDES A VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACE FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD MAKERS TO SELL DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS. ADDITIONALLY, IT MANAGES THE YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET, A SAFE AND CONVENIENT OPTION. SIX FORMS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS ARE ACCEPTED AT ALL MARKETS. IN 2023: -OUR DEPOT TOWN MARKET HOSTED OUR FIRST-EVER POWER OF PRODUCE (POP) CLUB WITH 40 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN INTERACTIVE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES AND RECEIVING 3 IN MARKET TOKENS TO SPEND ON FRESH FRUITS OR VEGETABLES AT THE MARKET. -WE RELAUNCHED THE INDOOR WINTER MARKET DOWNTOWN, WELCOMING 150-300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. -273,000 OF LOCAL FOODS AND GOODS WERE SOLD THROUGH THE YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET AND YPSI FARMERS MARKETS. -18% OF ALL MARKET SALES USED FOOD ASSISTANCE. -89 LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS SOLD THEIR PRODUCTS THROUGH THE YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS AND YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET. -360 HOUSEHOLDS PLACED ORDERS THROUGH THE ONLINE MARKET. -ON AVERAGE, 700 INDIVIDUALS VISITED THE DEPOT TOWN FARMERS MARKET.

  Expenses $163,497 · Revenue $25,620

• YOUTH AND SCHOOLS PROGRAMS: GARDEN-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION IS PROVIDED FOR PRE-K THROUGH 8TH-GRADE YOUTH AT THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM IN CLASSROOMS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND THROUGH ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE YPSILANTI'S FARM TO SCHOOL INITIATIVE. IN ITS YEAR- ROUND TEEN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, TEENS GROW THEIR LEADERSHIP AND JOB SKILLS WHILE WORKING ON THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM, AT ITS MARKETS, AND IN ITS INCUBATOR KITCHEN, CREATING THE NEXT CHANGEMAKERS IN THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. IN 2023: -13 TEENS PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, 7 PARTICIPATED IN OUR SCHOOL YEAR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND 2 PREVIOUS GRADUATES RETURNED FOR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS. -TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOCUSED ON REBUILDING THE TEEN GARDEN, OR "THE OASIS." -TEENS ENGAGED IN NEW, INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING AS THEY PREPARED, COOKED, ATE, AND GREW FRESH PRODUCE WITH FOLKS AT THE YPSILANTI SENIOR CENTER. -EVERY YOUTH WHO GRADUATED FROM THE TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION. -290 YOUTH TOOK PART IN STEM-BASED FIELD TRIPS TO THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM & YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET PLACE. -20 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN OUR IN-CLASS GARDENING AND NUTRITION EDUCATIONAL SERIES AT YPSILANTI INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. -25 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT WEEKLY SESSIONS AT THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKRIDGE SUMMER CAMP.

  Expenses $201,182 · Revenue $80

• FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WITH THE GOAL OF GROWING THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY, THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS START-UP FOOD MAKERS WITH ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S INCUBATOR KITCHEN. WITH 24/7 ACCESS TO A COMMERICAL-GRADE FACILITY, RENTERS ARE ASSISTED WITH FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS, LICENSING, AND CREATING CONNECTIONS WITH GROWERS AND RETAIL MARKETS. IN 2023: -37 LOCAL BUSINESSES UTILIZED THE GROWING HOPE INCUBATOR KITCHEN SERVICES. -10 BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED IN THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION PROGRAM FOR COVID-IMPACTED MICROENTERPRISES, A PROGRAM WE PILOTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RECEIVING TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COACHING, AND A 5,000 GRANT TO HELP ACCELERATE THEIR BUSINESS. -3 MAKERS GRADUATED FROM GROWING HOPE'S INCUBATOR KITCHEN INTO THEIR OWN BRICK-AND-MORTAR ESTABLISHMENTS. -93 HOURS OF KITCHEN USE WERE DEDICATED TO PROGRAMMING BY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH & INVOLVEMENT. THOUGH ITS OUTREACH, THE ORGANIZATION CULTIVATES AND PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT AND GUIDE ITS MISSION IN THE COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVE IN SEVERAL CITY, COUNTY, AND STATEWIDE COALITIONS AND NETWORKS, ADVOCATING FOR FOOD JUSTICE AND AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM.

  Expenses $153,263 · Grants $68,165 · Revenue $70,705

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET

  $7,792

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

24 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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