Totals
- Total revenue
- $411,243
- Total expenses
- $391,423
- Contributions and grants received
- $386,153
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $25,024
- Investment income
- $66
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $176,135
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $28,521
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $147,614
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $296,475
- Management and general expenses
- $94,948
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $296,475
Program services were 75.7% 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)
$307,531
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$78,622
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2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE/PROMOTIONAL
total $25,024 · excluded $25,024
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3 · Investment income
total $66 · excluded $66
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $246,440 · program services $184,830 · management and general $61,610
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $19,075 · program services $14,306 · management and general $4,769
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $21,867 · program services $16,400 · management and general $5,467
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,487 · management and general $3,487
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $371 · management and general $371
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,466 · program services $5,067 · management and general $2,399
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,721 · program services $3,721
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17 · Travel
total $4,081 · program services $4,081
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23 · Insurance
total $4,136 · management and general $4,136
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES
total $50,920 · program services $50,920
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24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS
total $17,150 · program services $17,150
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24c · Other expenses: TRAINING
total $9,347 · management and general $9,347
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24d · Other expenses: LICENSES
total $1,697 · management and general $1,697
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,665 · management and general $1,665
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $22,685 · end of year $51,859
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $50,971 · end of year $10,012
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $59,767 · end of year $114,264
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $68,324
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,629 · end of year $18,521
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $68,324 · end of year $10,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $127,794 · end of year $147,614
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TAPROOT'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY GARDENS THROUGH PROGRAMS, MATERIALS, AND POLICY,AND TO USE URBAN AGRICULTURE AS THE SETTING FOR HIGH QUALITY YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. OUR VISION IS A CITY OF ROCHESTER FILLED WITH THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS.
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TAPROOT WORKS WITH COMMUNITY GARDENS LOCATED ON VACANT LOTS AND AT SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, R CENTERS, FOOD PANTRIES, AND GRASSROOTS NONPROFITS. OUR PROGRAMS FOCUS ON INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY GARDENERS TO FEED, BEAUTIFY, AND CONNECT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR GARDEN PROGRAM, THE COLLECTIVE, SUPPORTS OVER 70 COMMUNITY GARDENS A YEAR. THE SERVICES INCLUDE WORKSHOPS, MATERIALS GIVEAWAYS, GARDEN PLANNING AND DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND BACK-END SUPPORT WITH RESOURCE AND VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT, LAND ACCESS, AND STRATEGY. PARTICIPANTS IN OUR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM - THE COMMUNITY FOOD TEAM - BUILD SKILLS IN GARDENING, LANDSCAPING, AND CARPENTRY IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD JUSTICE FRAMEWORK, WHILE BUILDING AND INSTALLING PROJECTS AT COMMUNITY GARDENS. WE HIRE 30-40 YOUTH INTERNS EACH YEAR FOR SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND OPPORTUNITIES. WE FOCUS ON BUILDING SUPPORTIVE, LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH THAT PREPARE THEM TO REACH THEIR CAREER OR EDUCATIONAL GOALS.
Expenses $296,475 · Revenue $411,243
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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STEPHANIE BENWAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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MADELAINE BRITT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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MIKE EVANS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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KRISTIN HOCKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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LESLIE KNOX
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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AMBER POWERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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NICOLE VIGGIANO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 8 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543109349301729
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