Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024
Filed by LAWRENCE COMMUNITY FOOD ALLIANCE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $140,349
- Total expenses
- $115,904
- Contributions and grants received
- $124,844
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $15,505
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $106,241
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,141
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $105,100
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $115,904
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
SUNRISE PROJECT SERVES DOUGLAS COUNTY BY PROVIDING SPACE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, GOOD FOOD, AND SOCIAL CONNECTION.
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SUNRISE FREE FOOD PANTRY: SUNRISE PROJECTS FRONT PORCH SERVED AS A 24/7 NO-QUESTIONS-ASKED FOOD PANTRY. THE SHELVES AND FRIDGE ON OUR PORCH ARE MOSTLY STOCKED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DROP OFF FOOD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SUNRISE PROJECT RESCUES FOOD ON THE WEEKEND FROM A LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND STOCKS AN AFTER SCHOOL SNACK SHELF FOR YOUTH. COMMUNITY CENTER: SUNRISE PROJECT PROVIDES TWO COMMUNITY MEALS A MONTH, SERVING 400+ WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. MEALS ARE SERVED DINE-IN, TO-GO AND BY DELIVERY. SUNDAY CAFES ARE HELD WEEKLY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS CAN ENJOY DRINKS, SNACKS AND SOCIAL CONNECTION AT NO CHARGE.
Expenses $61,146
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LAWRENCE FRUIT TREE PROJECT: THROUGH LFTP, SUNRISE PROJECT STEWARDS LAWRENCE COMMUNITY ORCHARD, LOCATED IN EAST LAWRENCE. SINCE 2012 THIS SPACE HAS PROVIDED THE LAWRENCE COMMUNITY WITH A FREE FOOD PARK PLANTED WITH PERENNIAL TREES AND PLANTS THAT PROVIDE FOOD. IN ADDITION, LFTP PLANTS FRUIT TREES IN PUBLIC SPACES AND OFFERS FRUIT TREE WORKSHOPS. SUNRISE COMMUNITY GARDEN: UNLIKE MANY COMMUNITY GARDENS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SUNRISE GARDEN IS A FREE FOOD GARDEN OPEN TO ALL FOR HARVEST AND ENJOYMENT. WE DO NOT RENT OUT PLOTS OR RESERVE THE HARVEST FOR VOLUNTEERS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS TO GARDENING: TIME, SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, AND ACCESS TO LAND. OUR GARDEN ADDRESSES THOSE BARRIERS BY PROVIDING A GARDEN SPACE THAT IS OPEN TO ALL.
Expenses $42,419
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YOUTH PROGRAMMING: SUNRISE PROJECT OFFERS YOUTH INTERNSHIPS TO LEARN JOB SKILLS, EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING. IN ADDITION, LOCAL SCHOOLS BRING STUDENTS TO SUNRISE FOR FIELD TRIPS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING.
Expenses $12,339
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Regina Biswas ThomasREGINA BISWAS THOMAS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kayla ThawnghmungKAYLA THAWNGHMUNG
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alex OlsonALEX OLSON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Chris De La CruzCHRIS DE LA CRUZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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Paola AlorPAOLA ALOR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kitcha ParanjothiKITCHA PARANJOTHI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chelsea HarringtonCHELSEA HARRINGTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melissa FreiburgerMELISSA FREIBURGER
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $29,000
- Compensation
- $29,000
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 25
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 25 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202520629349201627
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