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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROWING VETERANS.

Totals

Total revenue
$139,898
Total expenses
$241,895
Contributions and grants received
$128,671
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,759
Investment income
$865
Other revenue
$8,603
Total assets, end of year
$117,646
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,852
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$114,794
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$171,369
Management and general expenses
$67,677
Fundraising expenses
$2,849
Program service expenses (Part III)
$171,369

Program services were 70.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $61,097

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $67,574

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DIRT THERAPY PROGRAM

    total $1,309 · related or exempt $1,309

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PEER SUPPORT TRAINING

    total $450 · related or exempt $450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $205 · excluded $205

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $660

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $660

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $660 · excluded $660

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,800

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $729

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $8,071 · excluded $8,071

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $532 · excluded $532

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $532

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,966 · program services $53,226 · management and general $21,740

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $66,869 · program services $47,477 · management and general $19,392

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,046 · program services $9,263 · management and general $3,783

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,850 · management and general $5,850

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,467 · program services $7,432 · management and general $3,035

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,626 · program services $41 · management and general $6,571 · fundraising $14

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $159 · management and general $159

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,321 · program services $11,321

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,763 · program services $1,000 · management and general $763

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,602 · program services $1,602

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,165 · management and general $1,165

  • 24a · Other expenses: FARMING SUPPLIES

    total $20,528 · program services $18,742 · management and general $1,786

  • 24b · Other expenses: PEER SUPPORT

    total $19,452 · program services $19,452

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $6,620 · program services $1,478 · management and general $2,307 · fundraising $2,835

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,126 · management and general $1,126

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $335 · program services $335

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $162,690 · end of year $59,823

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $40,974 · end of year $41,303

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

    $43,410

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

    $26,890

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,598 · end of year $16,520

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,471 · end of year $2,852

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $216,791 · end of year $114,794

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE EMPOWER VETERANS TO CULTIVATE PURPOSE AND BELONGING BY GROWING FOOD, COMMUNITY, AND EACH OTHER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWER VETERANS TO CULTIVATE PURPOSE AND BELONGING BY GROWING FOOD, COMMUNITY AND EACH OTHER.

  • DIRT THERAPY PROGRAM: IN 2024, GROWING VETERANS CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT BY EMPLOYING TWO VETERAN CONSERVATION CORPS INTERNS RESULTING IN 2,700 MENTORSHIP HOURS COMPLETED, AROUND 100 VOLUNTEERS AMASSING OVER 500 VOLUNTEER HOURS, AND DONATING APPROXIMATELY 1,104 POUNDS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE. THE PRODUCE WAS DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS AND OTHER NONPROFIT FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTERS ACROSS THREE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON, STRENGTHENING FOOD SECURITY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THOSE IN NEED.

    Expenses $88,361 · Revenue $1,309

  • PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM: IN 2024, GROWING VETERANS STRENGTHENED ITS PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM BY HOSTING FOUR COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING SESSIONS, EQUIPPING 30 PARTICIPANTS WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE CRITICAL PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT. THESE TRAININGS EMPOWERED VETERANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FOSTER MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, REDUCE ISOLATION, AND PROMOTE MENTAL WELL-BEING AMONG THEIR PEERS.

    Expenses $83,008 · Revenue $450

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Brown MSW

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Jessi Border

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Richard Forsell

    SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael Fraser

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Conner Hegardy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mike Hackett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Bill Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jared Bocek

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $64,368
    From this org
    $64,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Logan Hilgers

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,598
    From this org
    $10,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521359349300512

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