Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by VIRGIN ISLANDS GOOD FOOD COALITION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $852,216
- Total expenses
- $490,044
- Contributions and grants received
- $841,962
- Grants paid
- $155,656
- Program service revenue
- $9,999
- Investment income
- $255
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $384,293
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $22,121
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $362,172
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $417,126
- Management and general expenses
- $72,918
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $417,126
Program services were 85.1% 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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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$484,987
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$356,975
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES
total $9,999 · related or exempt $9,999 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $255 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $255
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $155,656 · program services $155,656
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $45,833 · program services $40,958 · management and general $4,875 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $4,490 · program services $1,328 · management and general $3,162 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,120 · program services $0 · management and general $18,120 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $198,010 · program services $165,583 · management and general $32,427 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $20,804 · program services $13,217 · management and general $7,587 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $11,391 · program services $9,614 · management and general $1,777 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $14,523 · program services $13,986 · management and general $537 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $15,559 · program services $14,834 · management and general $725 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $3,708 · program services $0 · management and general $3,708 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM CATERING AND ENTERTAINMENT
total $1,950 · program services $1,950 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $238,076
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $146,217
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $22,121
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $362,172
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO ADVANCE THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FOOD SYSTEM TO A JUST, CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM, AND TO INCREASE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY, AND SUSTAINABLE AND REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION; MARKET ACCESS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION; ADVOCACY; CAPITAL ACCESS; AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES - OVER 520 FARMERS WERE ASSISTED IN PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR OVER $200,000 IN USDA FFWR COVID RELIEF. DIRECT ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT TO OVER 65 FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WAS PROVIDED IN RESOLVING BARRIERS TO THEIR FOOD AND FARM BUSINESSES. THIS INCLUDED DIRECT SUPPORT WITH APPLICATIONS, COORDINATING ACCESS TO COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, COORDINATING ACCESS TO LOCAL AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND CONNECTING TO DIRECT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. COLLABORATION WITH PUERTO RICO ALSO SUPPORTED TA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN GRASSROOTS FOOD AND FARM BUSINESSES ACROSS THE ISLAND.
Expenses $111,474 · Grants $41,096 · Revenue $9,999
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MARKETPLACE CREATION AND ACCESS - UPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE FOOD AND FARM BUSINESSES ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, WHICH COLLECTED AND VERIFIED 240 LOCAL FOOD BUSINESSES. DISTRIBUTED OVER $5,000 IN INCENTIVES FOR PURCHASING LOCAL FOOD VIA THE GOOD FOOD BUCKS PROGRAM. BETA TESTED A VIRTUAL FARMERS MARKET PLATFORM FOR ACCESSING FOOD AND FARM BUSINESSES. DEVELOPED A BUSINESS BUILDER AWARD PROGRAM, UNDER THE REGIONAL FOOD BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM, TO DISTRIBUTE OVER $1.5 MILLION IN FOOD BUSINESS GRANTS TO THE USVI AND PUERTO RICO IN 2025 - 2026.
Expenses $93,185 · Grants $59,766
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - HOSTED THE INAUGURAL ISLAND FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT IN ST. CROIX, WITH 145 ATTENDEES JOINING IN A CROSS-LEARNING OPPORTUNITY ON FOOD SYSTEMS PRACTICES, EDUCATION, POLICY, AND RESOURCES. REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS, THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, HAWAI'I, PUERTO RICO, VIEQUES, ALASKA AND THE LOWER-48 U.S. JOINED. SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED TO 32 FARMERS TO JOIN. SUPPORTED DELIVERING A 6-WEEK YOUTH EDUCATION SUMMER PROGRAM WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN FARM AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECTORS. PROVIDED COMMUNITY EDUCATION AT MULTIPLE COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENTS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ON ACCESSING LOCAL FARMS AND PRODUCERS.
Expenses $54,323 · Grants $6,849
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OTHERS
Expenses $158,144 · Grants $47,945
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sommer Sibilly-BrownSOMMER SIBILLY-BROWN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $51,857
- From this org
- $51,857
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Saul SantiagoSAUL SANTIAGO
CHAIRPERSON / PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Sydney PaulSYDNEY PAUL
VICE-CHAIR / VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hadar SachsHADAR SACHS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Vernon AraujoVERNON ARAUJO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Asha RodriguezASHA RODRIGUEZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kareem EdwardsKAREEM EDWARDS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Emmanuella Perez CassiusEMMANUELLA PEREZ CASSIUS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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$155,656
ALLIANCE FOR AGRICULTURE IS A SUBAWARDEE OF THE ISLANDS AND REMOTE AREAS REGIONAL FOOD BUSINESS CENTER (RFBC) PROGRAM WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THEY ARE A KEY PARTNER IN LEADING RFBC ACTIVITIES IN PUERTO RICO FOR THE CARIBBEAN SUBREGION OF THE ISLANDS AND REMOTE AREAS CENTER.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 29 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202523159349304312
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