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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROW FOOD.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,886,173
Total expenses
$2,518,643
Contributions and grants received
$2,486,289
Grants paid
$923,688
Program service revenue
$53,292
Investment income
-$4,263
Other revenue
$350,855
Total assets, end of year
$1,504,750
Total liabilities, end of year
$522,048
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$982,702
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,376,106
Management and general expenses
$110,255
Fundraising expenses
$32,282
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,376,106

Program services were 94.3% 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

    $4,662

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,905,440

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $576,187

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS & PRACTICUM

    total $28,328 · related or exempt $28,328

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $19,944 · related or exempt $19,944

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $5,020 · related or exempt $5,020

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $316 · excluded $316

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $73,923 · personal property $7,713

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,466 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $72,457 · personal property $7,713

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $80,170 · related or exempt $80,170

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

    other assets $4,579

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$4,579

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,579 · excluded -$4,579

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $4,662

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$10 · excluded -$10

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,267,378

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,005,570

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $261,808 · related or exempt $261,808

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $8,887 · excluded $8,887

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,887

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $890,637 · program services $890,637

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $33,051 · program services $33,051

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,843 · program services $112,093 · management and general $12,885 · fundraising $3,865

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $861,215 · program services $814,091 · management and general $26,052 · fundraising $21,072

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,302 · program services $3,089 · management and general $129 · fundraising $84

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,398 · program services $41,850 · management and general $1,453 · fundraising $1,095

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $84,334 · program services $78,919 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $2,122

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,433 · management and general $46,433

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,176 · program services $5,520 · management and general $7,656

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,554 · management and general $2,350 · fundraising $1,204

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,000 · program services $10,294 · management and general $429 · fundraising $277

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $64,218 · program services $60,095 · management and general $2,507 · fundraising $1,616

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,837 · program services $5,837

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,482 · program services $5,482

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16,359 · program services $16,359

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $72,812 · program services $72,812

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,677 · program services $36,206 · management and general $1,471

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $87,746 · program services $87,746

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $75,799 · program services $75,799

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES, FEES, AND SUB

    total $13,242 · program services $13,242

  • 24d · Other expenses: LAND LEASE

    total $12,984 · program services $12,984

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,544 · management and general $5,597 · fundraising $947

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $175,805 · end of year $202,753

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,961 · end of year $136,755

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,726 · end of year $100,127

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,313 · end of year $5,313

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

    $1,456,698

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

    $396,896

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $860,866 · end of year $1,059,802

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $23,508 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $192,098 · end of year $257,927

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $248,813 · end of year $251,543

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,508 · end of year $12,578

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $647,760 · end of year $982,702

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE EMPOWER ASPIRING AND LIMITED-RESOURCE FARMERS BY PROVIDING BILINGUAL TRAINING IN HOLISTIC ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, MARKETING, AND CAPITAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.WE EMPOWER ASPIRING AND LIMITED-RESOURCE FARMERS BY PROVIDING BILINGUAL TRAINING IN HOLISTIC ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, MARKETING, AND CAPITAL.

  • IN OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, PRACTICUM IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, INCUBATOR, AND AGRICULTURAL PARK, WE TRAINED AND PROVIDED ACCESS TO LAND INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, MARKETING, AND CAPITAL TO 235 FARMERS. WE MADE 100 ACRES OF CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMLAND AVAILABLE TO THESE PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $2,376,106 · Grants $923,688 · Revenue $133,462

  • OUR SALES PROGRAM INCLUDING WHOLESALE, CSA BOXES AND EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES REACHED A GROSS REVENUE OF $1,229,975 OF PRODUCE SOLD THROUGH VIVA FARMS AND $32,764 IN ADDITIONAL SALES OF SUPPLIES. IN ADDITION TO THESE SALES, FARMERS SOLD $1,830,630 DIRECTLY THROUGH THEIR OWN MARKETS FOR A TOTAL SALES VALUE OF $3,060,605 FOR THE YEAR.

    Revenue $261,808

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANDREW MILLER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL VALDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAURICIO SOTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL FRAZIER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $128,842
    From this org
    $124,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,596
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT SMITH

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $145,221
    From this org
    $118,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,943
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349308339

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