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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VINE INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$548,729
Total expenses
$540,058
Contributions and grants received
$218,000
Grants paid
$1,000
Program service revenue
$330,729
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$110,730
Total liabilities, end of year
$138
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$110,592
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$517,751
Management and general expenses
$22,307
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$551,437

Program services were 95.9% 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

    $218,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EconDev & Innovn Studies

    total $260,154 · related or exempt $260,154

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Open Frameworks & Stds

    total $35,375 · related or exempt $35,375

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Impl AgX Innovation Hub

    total $35,200 · related or exempt $35,200

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $516,751 · program services $516,751

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,900 · management and general $5,900

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,902 · management and general $3,902

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,496 · management and general $7,496

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,009 · management and general $5,009

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $101,922 · end of year $110,730

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2 · end of year $138

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $78 · end of year $78

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year -$25 · end of year $101,843

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $101,867 · end of year $8,671

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Education and coordination among Ag-&-Food incubators, accelerators and other entrepreneur-support organizations, as well as government and non-governmental sponsors of such organizations to advance innovation and economic development.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Education and coordination among AgFood innovators incubators accelerators and other entrepreneursupport organizations as well as government and nongovernmental sponsors of such organizations for the purpose of advancing innovation and economic development

  • Innovation & economic development studies & analysis to educate region government and economic development on the potential and possible implementation paths for AgriFoodTech innovation as an engine for economic development.

    Expenses $334,381 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $260,154

  • Fiscal sponsorship of projects establishing and communicating frameworks and standards focused on advancing regenerative agriculture and open software and systems for agriculture and food.

    Expenses $182,166 · Revenue $253,375

  • Implement an AgX AgriFoodTech Innovation hub and ecosystem in the City of Escondido as a regional hub in Southern California for innovation and entrepreneurship across food innovation, food distribution, and technology innovation.

    Expenses $34,890 · Revenue $35,200

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lon Hatamiya

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Nick Papadopoulos

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • John Selep

    Chief Financial Offcer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gabe Youtsey

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Trish Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

None.

Answered no

None.

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
2025
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611189349301956

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