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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CANTICLE FARM.

Totals

Total revenue
$798,765
Total expenses
$754,383
Contributions and grants received
$914,531
Grants paid
$397,616
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$116,110
Other revenue
$344
Total assets, end of year
$4,269,512
Total liabilities, end of year
$442,092
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,827,420
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$717,463
Management and general expenses
$35,649
Fundraising expenses
$1,271
Program service expenses (Part III)
$717,463

Program services were 95.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $914,531

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,017 · related or exempt $5,017

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets -$121,127

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$121,127

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$121,127

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: PayPal Sales

    total $294 · related or exempt $294

  • 11b · Other revenue: Services

    total $50 · related or exempt $50

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $344

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $245,089 · program services $245,089

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $152,527 · program services $152,527

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,000 · program services $1,500 · management and general $300 · fundraising $200

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,708 · program services $8,031 · management and general $1,606 · fundraising $1,071

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $631 · program services $379 · management and general $252

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,316 · program services $1,084 · management and general $232

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $488 · program services $342 · management and general $146

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $197,019 · program services $177,317 · management and general $19,702

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,125 · program services $7,719 · management and general $406

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,400 · program services $22,400

  • 20 · Interest

    total -$70,000 · program services -$70,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $87,396 · program services $87,396

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,148 · program services $8,148

  • 24a · Other expenses: Renovation Costs

    total $25,982 · program services $25,982

  • 24b · Other expenses: Garden Equipment

    total $13,005 · management and general $13,005

  • 24c · Other expenses: Animals

    total $5,944 · program services $5,944

  • 24d · Other expenses: Apothecary

    total $154 · program services $154

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $43,451 · program services $43,451

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,097,391 · end of year $376,538

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $184,433 · end of year $257,018

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,619 · end of year $2,619

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

    $4,112,948

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

    $479,611

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,339,434 · end of year $3,633,337

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $20,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,546,336

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $274,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $442,092

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,783,041 · end of year $3,827,420

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Canticle Farm, inspired by the life of Francis of Assisi, supports a shift to a life-sustaining society by nurturing compassion, justice, and community healing, especially for the poor and marginalized, through spiritual practice, nonviolence, and regenerative local work.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Canticle Farminspired by the life of Francis of Assisi supports a shift to a lifesustaining society by nurturing compassionjusticeand community healing especially for the poor and marginalizedthrough spiritual practicenonviolenceand regenerative local work

  • Inspired by the life of Francis of Assisi, Canticle Farm provides a platform for the Great Turning, one heart, one home, and one block at a time. The Great Turning- the planetary shift from an industrial growth society to a life sustaining society, is served by Canticle Farm through local work that fosters forgiveness in the human community and compassion for all beings.Canticle Farm focuses on the poor and marginalized, people who bear the burden of social and planetary degradation. Canticle Farm manifests this commitment by engaging in spiritual practices, integral nonviolence,the work that reconnects,the gift economy,restorative justice,urban permaculture, anti-oppression work,and reparations for regenerating community.

    Expenses $717,463 · Grants $397,616 · Revenue $798,765

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anne Symens-Bucher

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Terry Symens-Bucher

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary E Burton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Ejna Fleury

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jihan McDonald

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jared Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502969349301130

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