Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$668,117

Total expenses

$528,824

Contributions and grants received

$462,738

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$205,379

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$315,159

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,049

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$284,110

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$387,137

Management and general expenses

$121,600

Fundraising expenses

$20,087

Program service expenses (Part III)

$387,137

Program services were 73.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FARMER SUPPORT SERVICES: NRCF AND PROJECT PARTNERS FOCUS THEIR SUPPORT EFFORTS ON AREA FARMERS SPANNING THE SPECTRUM OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND RESOURCES. FROM ASPIRING FARMERS TO SEASONED OWNERS AND OPERATORS, THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF PAST, CURRENT, AND FUTURE PROGRAMS IS AIMED AT INCREASING THE VIABILITY OF FARMS IN THE REGION. NRCF OPERATES A 6-ACRE PRODUCTION DEMONSTRATION FARM THAT OFFERS PAID APPRENTICESHIPS GIVING ASPIRING AND BEGINNING PRODUCERS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ON DIVERSIFIED, INTENSIVE, PROFITABLE PRODUCTINO FARMS THAT SHOWCASE CONSERVATION-BASED GROWING TECHNIQUES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES OF APPLACHIA. NEW ROOTS COMMUNITY FARM WAS ABLE TO OFFER THEIR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TO ASPIRING FARMERS AND HAD FOUR APPRENTICES COMPLETE THE 6 MONTH PROGRAM IN 2023. APPRENTICES HAD ACCESS TO ONLINE LEARNING MODULES IN ADDITION TO HANDS-ON DAY TO DAY INSTRUCTIONS AND MENTORHSIP BY OUR PRODUCTION MANAGERS AND FARM DIRECTORS. NRCF ALSO OFFERS SUPPORT SERVICES TO FARMERS THROUGH THEIR LAND ACCESS INITIATIVES. IN 2023 NRCF WORKED WITH THE AGRARIAN TRUST AND WV AGRARIAN COMMONS TO HOST A TRAINING ON LAND ACCESS AND TENURE ISSUES FOR FARMERS IN THE REGION. THEY INVITED SERVICES PROVIDERS AND HAD OVER 30 ATTENDEES AT THE VIRTUAL HALF DAY TRAINING. ADDITIONALLY NRCF SUPPORTED STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS OF THE WV AGRARIAN COMMONS TO INDENTIFY NEXT STEPS FOR THE EXPANSION OF LAND ACCESS INITIATIVES CONNECTED TO THE NRCF PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $152,104

• COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND FOOD ACCESS: THROUGH COLLABORATIVE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, NRCF WORKS WITH THE FAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONS NUTRITION DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE LOCAL PROCUREMENT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD SERVED TO FCBOE STUDENTS, 88.9 PERCENT OF WHICH QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS. ACCORDINGLY, DURING THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, NRCF AND WVU EXTENSIONS FAMILY NUTRITION PROGRAM (WVU EXT) TOGETHER HELD FIFTEEN, NO-COST, POP-UP FARMERS MARKETS AT FCBOE PK-8 CAMPUSES TO DISTRIBUTE 21,223 LBS OF LOCAL PRODUCE TO NEARLY 2,800 FCBOE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES RESULTING IN OVER $20,000 OF SALES FOR LOCAL GROWERS. IN FALL OF 2023 NRCF BEGAN HOSTING FARM FIELD TRIPS FOR FAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION STUDENTS, WITH MANY STUDENTS SERVED. NRCF HOSTED A NOURISHING NETWORK WHICH INCLUDED PARTNERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD SECURITY ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE CONVENING IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY ASSETS, GOALS, AND PROJECTS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY FOOD ACCESS INITIATIVES IN THE REGION.

  Expenses $147,737

• MARKET DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: NEW ROOTS ENGAGES IN A MARKET FIRST APPROACH TO FARMER SUPPORT SERVICES. WE AIM TO CREATE NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR REGIONS FARMERS. WE DO THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TURNROW APPALACHIAN FARM COLLECTIVE, A REGIONAL FOOD HUB PARTNERSHIP. NRCF OPERATED WEEKLY SATELLITE AGGREGATION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES AND WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT OVER 500K IN SALES FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRODUCERS THROUGH THE ONLINE RETAIL MARKET, NICHE WHOLESALE, AND FOOD ACCESS MARKETS. NRCF BEGAN PLANNING FOR THE LAUNCH OF A BRICK AND MORTAR FARMERS MARKET TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRODUCERS TO SELL PRODUCTS YEAR ROUND.

  Expenses $87,296

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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