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VEGGIELUTION

EIN 27-2021333 SAN JOSE, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,988,482
Expenses 2024
$3,955,852

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
647 S KING RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF VEGGIELUTION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH FOOD AND FARMING TO BUILD COMMUNITY IN EAST SAN JOSE. OUR AIM IS TO HELP OUR EAST SAN JOSE NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCE A RICHNESS OF COMMUNITY LIFE AND HEALTH THAT COMBATS SOCIAL ISOLATION AND PROVIDES THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO CREATE MORE ROBUST SOCIAL NETWORKS AND TAKE A POSITIVE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH FOOD AND FARMING.

  • VEGGIELUTION'S EASTSIDE GROWN PROGRAM, FOUNDED IN 2018, GRADUATED ITS 4TH COHORT OF GRATUATES, BRINGINIG THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 80. THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS PART OF THE SI SE PUEDE COLLECTIVE'S JOBS TO GROW INITIATIVE, FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD BELONGING, AND AGENCY FOR THE ENTREPRENEURS. MOST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE LOW INCOME LATINO IMMIGRANTS. MOST PARTICIPANTS REPORT ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE AS THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, AND THE PROGRAM TEAM HAS ADAPTED ITS WORK TO HELP FIND THESE RESOURCES AND BROKER BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP THE BUSINESSES BECOME STABLE, THEREBY PROMOTING ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR THE ENTREPRENEURS.

    Expenses $399,033

  • CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY - VEGGIELUTION ADVANCES CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PLACE-BASED PARTNERSHIPS THAT RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS, STRENGTHEN BIODIVERSITY, AND BUILD NEIGHBORHOOD-SCALE CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN EAST SAN JOSE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REGENERATIVE LAND STEWARDSHIP, HABITAT RESTORATION, CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, VEGGIELUTION IMPROVES SOIL HEALTH, WATER MANAGEMENT, URBAN COOLING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WHILE SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN CLIMATE ADAPTATION EFFORTS.

    Expenses $1,253,280 · Revenue $41,315

  • COMMUNITY RESILIENCY - VEGGIELUTION'S COMMUNITY RESILIENCY PROGRAM USES THE SIX-ACRE URBAN FARM AS A HUB FOR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING. FAMILIES, YOUTH, AND RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN GARDENING, OUTDOOR LEARNING, MOVEMENT, AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE WELLNESS ACTIVITIES THAT STRENGTHEN SOCIAL CONNECTION AND REDUCE ISOLATION. THE PROGRAM BUILDS RESILIENCE BY CREATING SAFE, WELCOMING SPACES FOR HEALING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROOTED IN FOOD, LAND, AND SHARED EXPERIENCE.

    Expenses $301,166 · Grants $36,698 · Revenue $1,845

  • FOOD JUSTICE - VEGGIELUTION ADVANCES FOOD JUSTICE BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO FRESH, CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS IN EAST SAN JOSE. PROGRAMS SUPPORT LOCAL AND BIPOC FARMERS, OPERATE COMMUNITY FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND FARMSTAND ACTIVITIES, DEVELOP FOOD BUSINESSES AND WORKER-OWNED COOPERATIVES, AND ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY. TOGETHER, THESE EFFORTS PROMOTE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM.

    Expenses $1,263,773 · Grants $105,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ANNIE CHANG

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK MEDEIROS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTIE ZAZUETA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAY BRAMSON

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIANA FAERRON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JO LERMA-LOPEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRITTANY ALVAREZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TOBY MCCHESNEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN CHEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY SCHWING

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,161
    From this org
    $139,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHAWN GERTH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,077
    From this org
    $65,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CLAUDIA DAMIANI

    STAFF

    Total calculated
    $101,187
    From this org
    $101,187
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARIEBETH MILLARES

    STAFF

    Total calculated
    $102,606
    From this org
    $102,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,988,482
    Expenses
    $3,955,852
    Contributions
    $2,974,663
    Grants paid
    $141,698
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,668,240
    Expenses
    $3,352,747
    Contributions
    $2,638,540
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,468,056
    Expenses
    $3,223,142
    Contributions
    $3,380,113
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,356,091
    Expenses
    $3,234,093
    Contributions
    $3,259,688
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,268,192
    Expenses
    $5,781,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,154,702

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,704,513
    Expenses
    $3,899,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,363,123

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $681,943
    Expenses
    $543,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $440,562

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $468,686
    Expenses
    $505,230
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,405

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $524,525
    Expenses
    $344,500
    Assets (EOY)
    $308,009

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $379,209
    Expenses
    $321,875
    Assets (EOY)
    $168,104

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.