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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SUSU COMMUNITY FARM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,410,525
Total expenses
$847,700
Contributions and grants received
$2,395,471
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,026
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,028
Total assets, end of year
$1,613,551
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,726
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,562,825
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$493,260
Management and general expenses
$241,865
Fundraising expenses
$112,575
Program service expenses (Part III)
$493,260

Program services were 58.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $84,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,311,471

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,300

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS A

    total $12,026 · related or exempt $12,026

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,028 · related or exempt $3,028

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,028

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $160,000 · program services $121,000 · management and general $32,800 · fundraising $6,200

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $302,980 · program services $131,419 · management and general $85,166 · fundraising $86,395

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,715 · program services $6,763 · management and general $3,366 · fundraising $4,586

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,359 · program services $20,270 · management and general $9,489 · fundraising $7,600

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,089 · management and general $25,089

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $106,181 · program services $80,136 · management and general $26,045

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $236 · program services $236

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,666 · program services $965 · management and general $3,887 · fundraising $2,814

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,159 · program services $27,665 · management and general $16,494

  • 20 · Interest

    total $95 · management and general $95

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,115 · program services $9,115

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,080 · management and general $7,080

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $84,710 · program services $81,417 · management and general $318 · fundraising $2,975

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $21,520 · program services $4,730 · management and general $16,790

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAVEL

    total $13,084 · program services $5,776 · management and general $6,696 · fundraising $612

  • 24d · Other expenses: TECHNOLOGY

    total $10,411 · program services $468 · management and general $8,550 · fundraising $1,393

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,300 · program services $3,300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $1,337,020

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $84,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $28,402

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $36,114

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

    $137,130

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

    $9,115

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $128,015

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $50,726

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $1,220,204

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $342,621

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SUSU COMMUNITY FARM IS AN AFROINDIGENOUS STEWARDED FARM IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. WE OFFER LIFE AFFIRMING SPACES FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR TO THRIVE, INCLUDING THROUGH THE DONATION OF FOOD AND OFFERING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OBOX OF RESILIENCE CSA - SUSU PROVIDES A NO-COST BOX OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOODS, HERBAL MEDICINALS, EGGS, FLOWERS, AND OTHER ITEMS EACH WEEK FOR 20 WEEKS FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER TO 50+ FAMILIES OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY IN WINDHAM COUNTY, VERMONT, REGARDLESS OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC STATUS. IN 2022, WE SERVED 172 PEOPLE WEEKLY AND DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 1,330 BOXES OF FOOD.

    Expenses $310,745 · Revenue $3,028

  • SEE SCHEDULE OYOUTH TO LIBERATION PIPELINE - PROVIDE SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHERE THEIR VISIONS AND DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE ARE RESPECTED, AND WHERE THEY CAN PAVE THE WAY FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. THROUGH A PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH BASED PROCESS, THE YOUTH TO LIBERATION PIPELINE PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH YOUTH (AGES 12-22) IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CENTERS THEIR VOICES, VISIONS, AND DREAMS FOR A LIBERATED FUTURE. IN 2022, WE OFFERED ON-FARM PROGRAMMING FOR OVER 130 LOCAL KIDS AND TEENS, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM THE NORTHEAST REGION. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE ALSO OFFER MONTHLY POP-UP ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS WHERE CHILDRENS' FREEDOM IS A TOP PRIORITY. THESE DESCONSTRUCTED, TEMPORARY PLAY SPACES INSPIRE INNOVATION, IMAGINATION AND INVITE KIDS TO EXPLORE CALCULATED RISKS IN A SAFER SETTING. THESE INTENTIONALLY HELD, LOW-INTERVENTION SPACES ARE BEST SUITED FOR KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 AND 12. NEARLY 100 YOUNG CHILDREN JOINED US FOR POP-UP ADVENTURE PLAY IN 2022

    Expenses $53,664

  • SEE SCHEDULE OTRAUMA CONSCIOUS SCHOOL OF LIBERATION - SUSU OFFERS A VARIETY OF INTERACTIVE AND EMBODIED WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS TO CONNECT PEOPLE BACK TO THE INHERENT WISDOM HELD DEEP WITHIN THEIR BONES AND ANCESTRAL MEMORY. THESE OFFERINGS PROVIDE A STONG MYCELIAL ROOT SYSTEM TO OUR BODIES TO SUPPORT US IN BUILDING HEALTHY, THRIVING, AND LIBERATED COMMUNITIES. SOME OF THE HEALING MODALITIES OFFERED INCLUDE: YOGA, MEDITATION, SOUND HEALING, SOMATICS, HERBAL EDUCATION, ANTI-RACISM EDUCATION, SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND CEREMONY, ART AND PERFORMANCE. IN 2022, THE TRAUMA CONSCIOUS SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO SERVE 280 ADULTS THROUGH OUR SEASONAL PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $43,845

  • TRAUMA CONSCIOUS SCHOOL OF LIBERATION, WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES

    Expenses $85,006 · Revenue $12,026

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Emily Megas-Russell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Waring

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steffen Gillom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amber Arnold

    AUTHORIZED TAX OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Naomi Deyoe

    AUTHORIZED OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    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
2022
Filed
16 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322899349302267

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