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← TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,847,299
Total expenses
$1,998,003
Contributions and grants received
$1,600,265
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$208,399
Investment income
$38,635
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,083,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$202,852
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,880,486
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,557,841
Management and general expenses
$241,968
Fundraising expenses
$198,194
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,557,841

Program services were 78.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $325,952

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,274,313

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $208,399 · related or exempt $208,399

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,711 · excluded $29,711

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,119,952

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,111,028

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,924

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,924 · excluded $8,924

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $183,306 · program services $156,970 · management and general $13,168 · fundraising $13,168

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $937,702 · program services $802,976 · management and general $67,363 · fundraising $67,363

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $56,133 · program services $48,068 · management and general $4,033 · fundraising $4,032

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $95,865 · program services $82,091 · management and general $6,887 · fundraising $6,887

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $115,015 · management and general $115,015

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,038 · program services $48,038

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $37,000 · program services $37,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $51,080 · fundraising $51,080

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $101,191 · program services $74,382 · fundraising $26,809

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,817 · fundraising $16,817

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,042 · program services $30,864 · management and general $2,589 · fundraising $2,589

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,072 · program services $17,188 · management and general $1,442 · fundraising $1,442

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,928 · program services $3,364 · management and general $282 · fundraising $282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,489 · program services $1,060 · management and general $9,340 · fundraising $89

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $104,272 · program services $104,272

  • 24b · Other expenses: FARM SUPPLIES AND LABOR

    total $91,795 · program services $91,795

  • 24c · Other expenses: OCCUPANCY

    total $62,018 · program services $53,108 · management and general $4,455 · fundraising $4,455

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $17,341 · program services $2,439 · management and general $14,697 · fundraising $205

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,899 · program services $4,226 · management and general $2,697 · fundraising $2,976

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $858,560 · end of year $134,120

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $366,700 · end of year $306,991

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $97,311 · end of year $97,148

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,303 · end of year $8,090

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $27,640

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $24,275

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,293 · end of year $3,365

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,732,463 · end of year $2,533,624

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $93,452 · end of year $54,852

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $148,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,932,178 · end of year $2,880,486

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $55,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE (TFFJ) IS BUILDING A FOOD-SECURE FUTURE THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED, YOUTH-LED HYDROPONIC FARMING, PROVIDING LOCAL, SUSTAINABLY-GROWN PRODUCE TO FOOD DESERT COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY EQUITY FOR ALL NEW YORKERS AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATING ACCESS TO HEALTHY, FRESH, AFFORDABLE FOOD THROUGH YOUTH-LED HYDROPONIC FARMING.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OPILOTED A FARM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM COMPRISED OF 18 CURRENT STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND STUDENTS FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS; TRANSLATED ALL STEM CURRICULA INTO SPANISH; RECEIVED A SECOND USDA GRANT (FARM TO SCHOOL) TO SUPPORT UPCOMING WORK AT THE MURRYBERGTRAUM EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS; COMPILED A PACKAGE OF SMALLER GROW KIT AND EXPERIMENTALSYSTEMS OFFERINGS THAT WAS DISSEMINATED TO NYC DOE SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATORS CITYWIDE;BEGAN FAR ROCKAWAY FARM HUB SCHOOL PRE-ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING (3 SCHOOLS);EXTENDED PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO FAR ROCKAWAY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE ROCKAWAY RISE AND ARVERNE LIBRARY; DIRECTLY ENGAGED MORE THAN 1,800 NYC AND DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SCHOOL DAY AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING;GREW MORE THAN 23,000 POUNDS OF HEALTHY, HYPERLOCAL PRODUCE THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO NYC AND DENVER STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.

    Expenses $1,557,841 · Revenue $208,399

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KATHERINE SOLL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $180,130
    From this org
    $180,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,130
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,534
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $182,664
  • TARA SMITH SWIBEL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHANA CHENFELD

    VICE CHAIR AND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KEVIN BEARDSLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRIDGET ALAMEDA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • VALERIE SOLL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RANDOLPH STERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALEJANDRO MUNOZ-SUAREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TERESA TSOU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATIE SEAWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RAMEL BRADLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALEXANDRA GALINDEZ

    DIRECTOR- RESIGNED NOV 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JUDY SCHOENBERG

    DIRECTOR-RESIGNED JULY 22, 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JENNIFER FINER

    SECRETARY-RESIGNED DEC 9, 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HENRY GORDON SMITH

    DIRECTOR-RESIGNED DURING YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GABRIELLE MOSQUERA

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,838
    From this org
    $133,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,286
    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 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
2022
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421299349303067

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