Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 12 June 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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.

Total revenue

$3,356,091 →changed to $3,468,056

Total expenses

$3,234,093 →changed to $3,223,142

Contributions and grants received

$3,259,688 →changed to $3,380,113

Other revenue

$77,246 →changed to $68,786

Total assets, end of year

$4,069,225 →changed to $4,860,373

Total liabilities, end of year

$224,800 →changed to $333,267

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,844,425 →changed to $4,527,106

Program services expenses

$2,653,360 →changed to $2,664,404

Management and general expenses

$442,819 →changed to $451,442

Fundraising expenses

$137,914 →changed to $107,296

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,653,360 →changed to $2,664,404

Totals

Total revenue

$3,356,091

Total expenses

$3,234,093

Contributions and grants received

$3,259,688

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$16,500

Investment income

$2,657

Other revenue

$77,246

Total assets, end of year

$4,069,225

Total liabilities, end of year

$224,800

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,844,425

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,653,360

Management and general expenses

$442,819

Fundraising expenses

$137,914

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,653,360

Program services were 82.0% 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 · 2022

• VEGGIELUTION'S EASTSIDE GROWN (EG) PROGRAM - STARTED IN 2018 - PROVIDES AN EIGHT MONTHS FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING FOR COHORTS OF 20 EAST SAN JOS HOME- AND MOBILE-BASED FOOD ENTREPRENEURS TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS. THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE S S PUEDE COLLECTIVE'S 'JOBS TO GROW' INITIATIVE, WHICH FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD BELONGING, AND AGENCY FOR COHORTS OF FOOD ENTREPRENEURS (VEGGIELUTION) AND CHILD CARE PROVIDERS (GRAIL FAMILY SERVICES). MOST OF THE EG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE LOW-INCOME LATINO IMMIGRANTS AND REPORT THAT THEIR BIGGEST DIFFICULTY IS SECURING ADEQUATE CAPITAL TO LAUNCH THEIR BUSINESS UPON GRADUATION. BY OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES, THE EASTSIDE GROWN TEAM HAS GROWN TO BETTER ANTICIPATE BARRIERS, STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL/TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, ALL WHILE PRIORITIZING EQUITY AND UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR FUTURE EAST SAN JOS FOOD ENTREPRENEURS.

  Expenses $339,792

• EASTSIDE CONNECT INCLUDES A FARM BOX DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM WHICH IMPROVES FOOD SECURITY FOR EAST SAN JOS'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND A WEEKLY FARM STAND, WHICH PROVIDES FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN, AND AFFORDABLE PRODUCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ACCEPTS ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER (EBT) CARDS FOR CALFRESH. EACH WEEK OVER 300 FARM BOXES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE, MOBILITY CHALLENGED, AND FOOD-INSECURE, MAINLY LATINX, EAST SAN JOS RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS LOCATED IN THE 95116, 95122, AND 95127 ZIP CODES.

  Expenses $463,913 · Revenue $43,293

• THE SCC URBAN GROWERS NETWORK IS A RESPONSE TO THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER ORGANIZE THEMSELVES AROUND SPECIFIC WORK AND SPECIFIC PROJECTS, TO GROW OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AMONG LOCAL URBAN GROWERS, AS WELL AS OUR CONNECTION TO OTHER SMALL FARMS IN SANTA CLARA VALLEY. PROJECT PARTNERS INCLUDED IN THIS PILOT PHASE INCLUDE: LA MESA VERDE (AT SACRED HEART), THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE GARDEN FOUNDATION, GUADALUPE COYOTE RIVER PARK CONSERVANCY, OUR CITY FOREST, THE FORGE GARDEN (AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY), TAYLOR STREET FARM, VALLEY VERDE, AND VEGGIELUTION. IN THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR, VEGGIELUTION ENGAGED A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT TO GUIDE US IN ESTABLISHING A PROJECT CHARTER FOR THE GROUP, BASED IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND A RACIAL-HEALTH EQUITY FRAMEWORK.

  Expenses $100,000

• SI SE PUEDE COLLECTIVEVEGGIELUTION'S COMMUNITY ROOTS ARE FURTHER EXPANDED BY ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE SI SE PUEDE COLLECTIVE (SSPC), A GROUP OF FIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE MAYFAIR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES, BUILDING TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING OF RESIDENTS' DAY-TO-DAY REALITIES AND LIVED EXPERIENCE. MANY OF THE MEMBER AGENCIES ARE FOUNDED OR LED BY WOMEN OF COLOR. THE SSPC HAS BUILT ONGOING PROCESSES TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY AS RECIPIENTS OF SERVICES, BUT AS LEADERS WHO CO-CREATE, DEVELOP, AND LEARN PROGRAMS, SERVICES, ORGANIZING, AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

  Expenses $1,749,655

As filed on the 2022 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

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202313199349328216

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