Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue

$5,579,500

Total expenses

$5,083,302

Contributions and grants received

$2,764,647

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$2,657,759

Investment income

$156,313

Other revenue

$781

Total assets, end of year

$7,292,619

Total liabilities, end of year

$846,629

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,445,990

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,126,043

Management and general expenses

$1,542,758

Fundraising expenses

$414,501

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,126,043

Program services were 61.5% 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

• Farmers Markets Educational Venues AIMs certified farmers markets (CFMs) provide critical learning environments where AIM, farmers, and food makers engage the community and educate about the health, social, environmental, and economic benefits of eating locally and sustainably produced food. In 2023, AIM managed 392 farmers market events to offer local foods and community building across three Bay Area Counties. We maintain integrity by verifying that all farmers are selling only products that they grow. We also implemented a Livestock Marketing Integrity Program for ranchers selling meat products in our farmers markets. AIMs internal research indicates that over 40K shoppers and eaters a week depend on AIM markets, or an estimated 2 million annual visitors

  Expenses $1,640,480

• Rollin Root Mobile Market In 2023, AIM strengthened its star food access program, The Rollin Root, a mobile market that increases access to farm-fresh food and nutrition education for older adults and other underserved groups regardless of transportation or economic barriers in Marin and San Francisco counties. In total, we served approximately 7,359 participants, and an average of 150 people per week. Additionally, we recruited and trained 15 community ambassadors to join each Rollin Root stop to answer questions, share recipes and provide cooking tips to shoppers. Our nutrition educators led 52 nutrition education lessons and recipes to teach over 2,400 participants about seasonality and eating healthy on a budget.

  Expenses $654,715

• Community Food Access At AIMs farmers markets, we accept EBT/Food stamps, and offer a Market Match, an incentive program which offers shoppers double value when they use EBT/Food Stamps for fruits and vegetables up to $15 per day. In 2023, we processed 44K EBT transactions among shoppers of low-income at our farmers markets for the purchase of free local fruits and vegetables. 89% of our participants attend the market on a weekly basis.We operated the Bounty Box, a multi-farm produce program started during the COVID-19 pandemic supporting nutrition access for communities across Marin and San Francisco. In 2023, we curated, packed, and donated 4,029 free Bounty Boxes to San Francisco and San Rafael communities experiencing food and nutrition insecurity

  Expenses $279,610

• Creating the Center for Food & Agriculture In 2023, AIM continued to make progress in the development of the Center for Food and Agriculture to make healthy, locally and regionally grown food more accessible to people of all ages, abilities and economic capacities and educate eaters and farmers about sustainable practices in farming and food production. AIM has launched a campaign to build The Center for Food and Agriculture a place for the Marin Farmers Market to become a zero-waste farmers market and educational space dedicated to healthier food culture. In 2014, 84% of Marins voters endorsed the development of the CFA. An initial fundraising campaign, conducted between 2019 and 2023, generated over $7 million in commitments.

  Expenses $205,616

• Zero Waste and Climate Action With funding from Marin Community Foundation, we hired two Zero Waste Fellows to develop a Zero Waste Policy; focusing on reusable food ware, composting, and phasing out single use plastics. We also received funding from StopWaste who provided 10 farmers with 540 reusable containers to replace wax coated cardboard, helping to divert 24,624 lbs annually from being sent to a landfill and help our farmers save $51,192 annually not including disposal fees.

  Expenses $113,825

• Diggin Education Programs AIM offers three farm-based education programs: Diggin in the Classroom, Diggin at the Market, and Diggin on the Farm. Our goal is to empower youth to make healthy food choices that will positively impact their long-term health. Knowledge of where food and fiber come from, how crops are grown, why farmers choose to farm and what is in season, is a powerful tool for teaching good nutrition. In 2023, we served 4,451 students, parents, and teachers served through our Diggin Education programs: at the market, in the classroom, on the farm, and at community events across Alameda, Marin, and San Francisco counties.

  Expenses $106,329

• Growing Success & Incubator Booth With Growing Success, we provide training, one-on-one mentoring, and technical assistance through a network for technical assistance providers to AIMs market participants. AIM is partnering with several other organizations to provide training opportunities and assistance free of cost to AIM farmers market participants. In collaboration with the Agricultural and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) and Kitchen Table Advisors (KTA) we promoted economic security among 8 beginning certified organic farmers of color by offering financial support, market spaces, and training. We implemented the second year of our Farmers Market Incubator Booth in 2023, a strategy to increase economic security among beginning BIPOC farmers at the Hayward, Grand Lake-Oakland, and Clement St., SF certified farmers markets.

  Expenses $88,476

• Racial Equity and Food Justice In 2023, as part of our Path to Racial Equity, we worked to make markets more inclusive and accessible through our Racial Equity Fund that supports Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Farmers, Food Producers, and Artisans getting their start at the farmers market. We awarded 9 Racial Equity Fund startup grants to beginning Black and Brown farmers and food makers to get their start at the farmers market.

  Expenses $26,730

• Food Policy AIM plays an active role in the Marin Food Policy Council, Marin Healthy Eating and Active Living Collaborative, California Alliance of Farmers Markets, California Food & Farm Resilience Coalition, and California Food and Farming Network to support initiatives that promote food access programming, solutions to climate change, and programs that offer financial resources for small to midsize farmers.

  Expenses $10,262

As filed on the 2023 return.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202433269349300448

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