Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,808,741

Total expenses

$3,114,219

Contributions and grants received

$1,068,794

Grants paid

$30,200

Program service revenue

$1,712,737

Investment income

$39

Other revenue

$27,171

Total assets, end of year

$5,157,824

Total liabilities, end of year

$914,069

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,243,755

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,110,292

Management and general expenses

$562,074

Fundraising expenses

$441,853

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,110,292

Program services were 67.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING:A. THE CALIFORNIA FARM ACADEMY BUSINESS INCUBATOR OFFERS FARMLAND FOR LEASE TO QUALIFIED BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES AND OTHER LOCAL BEGINNING FARMERS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IF LAND IS AVAILABLE. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ACCESS TO SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, AND MENTORSHIP. INCUBATOR SITES ARE LOCATED IN WOODLAND AND WEST SACRAMENTO. PLOTS OF LAND RANGING FROM ONE-QUARTER TO ONE ACRE OR MORE, AS WELL AS GREENHOUSE, WASH AND PACK, TRACTOR, AND COOLER SPACE CAN BE LEASED. LAND CAN BE LEASED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS. THIS YEAR, THE FOLLOWING WAS ACCOMPLISHED:(1) THERE WERE FIVE (5) INCUBATOR FARMERS LEASING LAND AT THE MAPLES, FOR A TOTAL OF 4.5 ACRES, AND 6 INCUBATOR FARMERS IN WEST SACRAMENTO, ON THREE PLOTS (5TH AND C, LAKE WASHINGTON, AND CUMMINS WAY) FOR A TOTAL OF THREE ACRES. RIVERFRONT FARM CONTINUED TO BE FARMED BY CLBL STAFF, AND ALL FOOD PRODUCED WAS PROVIDED TO THE WEST SACRAMENTO MOBILE FARMERS MARKET TRUCK. (2) THE DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS EXPANDED TO THE FRONT FIELD, UTILIZING A CDFA SWEEP GRANT, AND THEN THE NEW 5-ACRE OLIVE ORCHARD WAS PLANTED IN JUNE OF 2023 IN THAT FIELD. B. THE CALIFORNIA FARM ACADEMY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IS FOR HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS WHO KNOW THEY WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN AGRICULTURE. THE PROGRAM LASTS APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AND INCLUDES BOTH A PAID ON-THE-JOB TRAINING COMPONENT, AS WELL AS COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS. UPON COMPLETION, THE APPRENTICE WILL GRADUATE TO A JOURNEYMAN LEVEL IN THE OCCUPATION OF A BEGINNING FARM AND RANCH MANAGER. (1) IN 2022-23, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM CONTINUED ITS STATEWIDE EXPANSION, SERVING A TOTAL OF 12 APPRENTICES IN 10 COUNTIES.(2) DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW AGHIRE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A SPANISH LANGUAGE TRACK FOR FARMWORKERS, FOR A PLANNED LAUNCH IN LATE 2024.(3) THE PROGRAM GRADUATED FIVE APPRENTICES THAT COMPLETED THEIR 2-YEAR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND CURRICULUM.C. THE CALIFORNIA FARM ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM COMBINES CLASSES, HANDS-ON TRAINING, FARM VISITS AND FIELD TRIPS. FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PLANNING TO MARKETING OF SPECIALTY CROPS, THE CFA TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO START THE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMERS ON THEIR JOURNEY. (1) THE PROGRAM GRADUATED NINE STUDENTS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, AND THERE WERE 13 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE 2023 CLASS THAT BEGAN IN FEBRUARY. THEY WILL GRADUATE IN SEPTEMBER. (2) THE 2ND YEAR OF CURRICULUM TRACKS CONTINUED FOR LIVESTOCK, ORCHARD CROPS, AND ON FARM RESEARCH TRIALS. THE 2023 CLASS WAS REQUIRED TO WORK ON THE WEST SACRAMENTO MOBILE FARMERS MARKET TRUCK, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND LED TO EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN THE BASICS OF DIRECT SALES. ANOTHER NEW ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM IN 2023 WAS THE ADDITION OF REQUIRED FRIDAY WORKDAYS TO HARVEST CROPS IN THE TRAINING PLOT, ALL OF WHICH WAS SOLD ON THE WEST SACRAMENTO MOBILE FARMERS MARKET TRUCK. D. THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROGAM CONTINUES TO GROW WITH FUNDING FROM USDA, NRCS, USDA AMS, COUNTY OF YOLO, CITY OF WOODLAND, AND CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO. THE 2022 YEAR WAS THE 2ND FOR THE MOBILE FARMERS MARKET TRUCK, AND 2023 WE LAUNCHED THE 3RD YEAR. THROUGH THIS TRUCK, WE ASSISTED MORE OF OUR BEGINNING FARMER ALUMNI SELL PRODUCE TO LOW- INCOME COMMUNITIES USING EBT/SNAP BENEFITS. (1) 50% OF ALL OF THE PRODUCE AND FRUIT CAME FROM WITHIN 5 MILES, THE REMAINDER FROM WITHIN 50 MILES. OUR GOAL OF PRODUCING LOCAL, HEALTHY FOOD AND GETTING IT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE IS BEING REALIZED. (2) TOTAL SALES IN 2022 WAS $38,000, AND IN 2023 WE EXPECT $50,000 BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM YEAR (OCTOBER). ALMOST 75% OF THOSE SALES ARE CALFRESH EBT, WHICH IS MATCHED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL MARKET MATCH PROGRAM. (3) THE SUCCESS OF THE WEST SACRAMENTO MOBILE FARMERS MARKET HAS MEANT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GARNER ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADD A SECOND TRUCK FOR WOODLAND AND RURAL YOLO COUNTY. THIS FUNDING WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY OF YOLO (TO PURCHASE THE NEW TRUCK AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING A NEW COOLER), AND THE CITY OF WOODLAND FOR THE OPERATION. DUE TO THIS FUNDING, A 2ND COORDINATOR WILL BE HIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 TO MANAGE THE WOODLAND OPERATIONS. WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE NEW TRUCK IN EARLY 2024 FOR LAUNCH IN MAY OF THE SAME YEAR. (4) IN 2022, WE MOVED OUR AGGREGATION FACILITY FROM ITS FORMER LOCATION AT CAMPUS BREWING TO A NEW LOCATION, A FORMER TOGO'S RESTAURANT, WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A FULL-SERVICE AGGREGATION, LIGHT PROCESSING AND POTENTIALLY STOREFRONT FACILITY. WITH OUR LONG-TIME PARTNER, THE WEST SACRAMENTO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE REHABBED THIS SPACE SO THAT OUR FARMERS WOULD HAVE 24-HOUR A DAY ACCESS TO THE COOLER AND STORAGE SPACE, AND THIS WAS ALSO THE HUB FOR OUR WEST SACRAMENTO MOBILE FARMERS MARKET OPERATIONS. THIS FACILITY IS NOW CALLED "THE HUB AND WE HAVE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT (USDA) AND LOCAL FOOD PROMOTION PROGRAM (USDA).E. THE FARM AND CLIMATE PROGRAM ENTERED ITS SECOND YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION AT THE MAPLES FARM AND ITS GOAL IS TO SERVE AS A MODEL OF HOW FARM PRACTICES CAN LEAD TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND INCREASE BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE YOLO RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE TO PILOT CARBON FARM PLANS AT THE MAPLES AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FARMS IN THE REGION, AND THESE PILOT MODELS WILL BE USED TO EDUCATE OTHER FARMERS IN THE REGION. (1) THE MAPLES CARBON FARM PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE OF 2023.(2) WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL FARM, RIVER GARDEN FARMS (OVER 10,000 ACRES) FOR THE 2ND CARBON FARM PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS STARTED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2023.(3) SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS ARE PLANNED FOR WINTER OF 2024.

  Expenses $1,307,699 · Revenue $1,202,369

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $802,593 · Grants $30,200 · Revenue $538,107

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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

29 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202401239349302140

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