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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMONS CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$410,792
Total expenses
$394,646
Contributions and grants received
$407,612
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,180
Total assets, end of year
$1,172,915
Total liabilities, end of year
$200,898
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$972,017
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$250,920
Management and general expenses
$139,514
Fundraising expenses
$4,212
Program service expenses (Part III)
$250,920

Program services were 63.6% 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

    $117,751

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,020

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $276,841

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,180

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,180

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,180 · related or exempt $3,180

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

    $117,751

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $55,780 · program services $0 · management and general $55,780 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $88,188 · program services $88,188 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,541 · program services $9,520 · management and general $6,021 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,890 · program services $0 · management and general $5,890 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,858 · program services $0 · management and general $15,858 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,645 · program services $0 · management and general $23,645 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,465 · program services $0 · management and general $23,465 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,637 · program services $0 · management and general $6,637 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $142,722 · program services $142,722 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUND RAISING EXPENSE

    total $4,212 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $4,212

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES

    total $210 · program services $0 · management and general $210 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $575 · program services $0 · management and general $575 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,923 · program services $10,490 · management and general $1,433 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $487,613 · end of year $175,075

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $127,782 · end of year $404,728

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $33,800

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

    $720,790

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

    $161,478

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $523,972 · end of year $559,312

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,621 · end of year $12,643

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $241,940 · end of year $188,255

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $744,632 · end of year $775,814

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $145,174 · end of year $196,203

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF GRANT COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO FACE FOOD INSECURITY, AND STRIVE TO BUILD COMMUNITY AROUND THE CONCEPTS OF FOOD JUSTICE, LOCAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

  • ALIMENTO PARA EL NINO: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES BOTH EMERGENCY FOOD FOR CHILDREN WHO FACE FOOD INSECURITY TO BRING HOME OVER WEEKENDS AND PROGRAMMING TO TEACH GRANT COUNTY YOUTH ABOUT GARDENING, NUTRITION AND THE LARGER FOOD SYSTEM.

    Expenses $81,205 · Revenue $29,000

  • FOOD PANTRY: THIS PROGRAM CONSOLIDATES EFFORTS TO BRING FOOD SECURITY TO GRANT COUNTY, NM. THE COMMONS OPERATES A FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR THE NEEDY THROUGH FOUR FOOD PANTRIES: SILVER CITY FOOD PANTRY, THE MINING DISTRICT MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, GILA MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, AND THE HACHITA FOOD PANTRY. DURING THE FY24 OVER 400,000 LBS OF FOOD WERE PROVIDED TO APPROXIMATELY 475 HOUSEHOLDS. VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES SPENT 4,320 HOURS WORKING AT THE PANTRIES.

    Expenses $149,048 · Revenue $5,425

  • COMMONS GARDEN AND COMMUNITY KITCHEN: THE GARDEN PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL FRESH FOOD FOR OUR FOOD PANTRY RECIPIENTS IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING AN EDUCATIONAL SPACE FOR COMMUNTY MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT BACKYARD GARDENING. OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE GARDENING WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY USE.

    Expenses $20,667 · Revenue $25,120

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JEFFERSON PEREZ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS BATES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH BRADY

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $1,688
    From this org
    $1,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • LAWRENCE CHAVEZ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER METZLER

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $34,303
    From this org
    $34,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • ELLEN PRYOR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEIGH JENKINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID CHANDLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $38,368
    From this org
    $38,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

  • SONIA SAIZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J BRADY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PRISCILLA BARRERA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • IRIS NOLASCO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,412
    From this org
    $17,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • TIFFANY LINDSEY

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $24,830
    From this org
    $24,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433539349300213

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