Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,700,891
- Total expenses
- $4,324,050
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,250,138
- Grants paid
- $9,692
- Program service revenue
- $357,870
- Investment income
- $51,801
- Other revenue
- $41,082
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,398,757
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $381,947
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,016,810
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,988,581
- Management and general expenses
- $929,761
- Fundraising expenses
- $405,708
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,988,581
Program services were 69.1% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$336,893
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,913,245
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES
total $357,870 · related or exempt $357,870
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3 · Investment income
total $51,801 · excluded $51,801
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$148,344
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$109,319
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $39,025 · related or exempt $39,025
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $2,057 · excluded $2,057
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,057
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $9,692 · program services $9,692
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $301,276 · program services $204,505 · management and general $96,771
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,638,037 · program services $1,136,507 · management and general $232,586 · fundraising $268,944
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $231,831 · program services $120,668 · management and general $87,460 · fundraising $23,703
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $157,666 · program services $109,759 · management and general $26,268 · fundraising $21,639
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11b · Fees: legal
total $4,278 · management and general $4,278
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $74,876 · management and general $74,876
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,096,129 · program services $812,403 · management and general $213,863 · fundraising $69,863
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $592 · program services $216 · management and general $332 · fundraising $44
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13 · Office expenses
total $11,934 · program services $3,527 · management and general $7,027 · fundraising $1,380
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14 · Information technology
total $28,057 · program services $8,613 · management and general $14,984 · fundraising $4,460
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16 · Occupancy
total $90,237 · program services $40,302 · management and general $49,172 · fundraising $763
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17 · Travel
total $50,482 · program services $15,836 · management and general $26,224 · fundraising $8,422
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20 · Interest
total $14,514 · program services $4,607 · management and general $9,907
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $219,629 · program services $218,080 · management and general $1,549
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23 · Insurance
total $55,175 · program services $47,390 · management and general $4,660 · fundraising $3,125
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES
total $219,821 · program services $177,003 · management and general $42,389 · fundraising $429
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24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT & CUL
total $50,995 · program services $21,452 · management and general $27,085 · fundraising $2,458
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24c · Other expenses: VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
total $42,803 · program services $40,600 · management and general $2,203
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24d · Other expenses: SERVICE/PROCESSING FEES
total $11,537 · program services $6,618 · management and general $4,441 · fundraising $478
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24e · All other expenses
total $14,489 · program services $10,803 · management and general $3,686
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,713,462 · end of year $1,316,487
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $520,004 · end of year $1,765,264
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,575,353 · end of year $1,270,683
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $25,202 · end of year $11,179
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$796,181
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$423,772
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $538,653 · end of year $372,409
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $116,855 · end of year $162,735
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $255,589 · end of year $119,494
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $78,060
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $30,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $63,971 · end of year $154,393
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,467,375 · end of year $2,844,216
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,172,594 · end of year $2,172,594
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
URBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE'S WORK AIMS TO ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES AND STRUCTURAL RACISM THAT EXIST IN THE FOOD SYSTEM AND IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. ROOTED IN GROWING FOOD, UGC CULTIVATES NOURISHING ENVIRONMENTS WHICH SUPPORT HEALTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALING, AND CREATIVITY THROUGH URBAN AGRICULTURE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO DEMONSTRATE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD SYSTEMS.
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URBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE OPERATES EIGHT URBAN FARMS, TOTALLING 11 ACRES OF LAND, PRIMARILY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, A 30-ACRE PERI-URBAN FARM IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS ESTABLISHED IN 2024, AND IS A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN THE 9-ACRE GREEN ERA CAMPUS RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY AND HUB FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN AUBURN GRESHAM. THESE FARMS ARE PRODUCTION-ORIENTED WITH STAFF INTEGRATING EDUCATION, TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION GOALS. EACH FARM UTILIZES ORGANIC GROWING METHODS AND INTENSIVE GROWING PRACTICES THAT MAXIMIZE SPACE AND YEAR-ROUND PRODUCTION STRATEGIES.
Expenses $2,988,581 · Grants $9,692 · Revenue $396,895
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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ERIKA DUDLEY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JANELLE ST JOHN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARGOT PRITZKER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JESSICA PEREZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CAMILLE KERR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NORMA SANDERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ERIKA ALLEN
CEO OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $204,505
- From this org
- $200,761
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,744
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $190,597
- Bonus
- $10,164
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,744
- Filer's total
- $204,505
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LAUREL SIMS
CEO FINANCIALS
- Total calculated
- $96,771
- From this org
- $96,771
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503159349302940
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