JONES VALLEY URBAN FARM

EIN 52-2359003 BIRMINGHAM, AL

Revenue 2024: $2,993,657
Expenses 2024: $3,461,473

Program services were 78.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: J22
Classification: 1000
Street: 701 25TH ST N

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

WORKING IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS (BCS), WE OPERATE SEVEN VIBRANT, STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHING FARMS AND A GOOD SCHOOL FOOD EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIP MODEL. THROUGH CROSS-CURRICULAR EXPERIENTIAL LESSONS AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, YOUTH FIND JOY IN LEARNING BY USING FOOD, FARMING, AND COOKING AS A FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC EXPLORATION, LEADERSHIP, AND PURSUIT OF CAREER/POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS. WITH THE GOAL OF CONNECTING THESE RESOURCES WITH OUR LARGER COMMUNITY AND STATE, WE BUILT THE CENTER FOR FOOD EDUCATION ON OUR DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. THE CENTER INCREASES THE OVERALL REACH AND IMPACT OF JVTF'S GOOD SCHOOL FOOD MODEL THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, CAMPS, ON THE JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A FOOD-BASED EDUCATION NONPROFIT THAT USES FOOD AS A FOUNDATION SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEAD, CREATE & GROW A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY. FOOD IS OUR FOUNDATION; PEOPLE GROW HERE.

GOOD SCHOOL FOOD IS JVTF'S PRIMARY PROGRAM. GSF IS A PRE-K-12TH FOOD EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIP MODEL THAT CONNECTS STUDENTS TO FOOD THROUGH CROSS CURRICULAR AND STANDARDS BASED CONTENT IN AND AFTER SCHOOL. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JVTF OPERATES STATE OF THE ART TEACHING FARMS AND EMPLOYS FULL TIME EMPLOYEES KNOWN AS GSF INSTRUCTORS, EMBEDDED AT EACH SCHOOL WHO WORK WITH SCHOOL FACULTY TO DEVELOP DYNAMIC PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA. JVTF'S APPRENTICESHIP MODEL USES ON THE JOB LEARNING TO DEVELOP TALENT AND CONNECT YOUTH TO POST SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE FOOD RESILIENCY, FOOD AND SEEDLINGS THAT ARE GROWN ON JVTF SITES ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE.

Expenses $2,724,689 · Grants $12,265 · Revenue $69,564

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.

LEONARD CASEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SILVIA ESPINOSA-LAXSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CAROLINE YIELDING

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NICK WILLIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
WILL CLARK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CASEY HARDEMAN

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PARDIS STITT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
FRANK STITT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVE STEWART

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CARITA VENABLE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TAYLOR PURSELL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DANNY MCKINNEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
HUNTER LEWIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KENDRA KEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROSA HOOPER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JASON TETER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRANDON GLOVER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LISA VON FELDT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHIRLEY FAGAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TREY ECHOLS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRAXTON GOODRICH

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KAYLA GLADNEY

ROTARACT BOARD FELLOW

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHARLES ESTHER KELLUM

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JARITA MEANS

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Total calculated

$113,038

From this org

$107,915

From related orgs

$0

Other

$5,123

Hours/week

40
AMANDA STOREY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$150,000

From this org

$150,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

The first 25 listed. 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

$2,993,657

Expenses

$3,461,473

Contributions

$2,386,575

Grants paid

$12,265
2024

Revenue

$1,839,670

Expenses

$2,107,417

Contributions

$1,765,333

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$2,658,569

Expenses

$2,800,796

Contributions

$2,290,627

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$3,799,295

Expenses

$2,316,172

Contributions

$3,710,509

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,993,657	$3,461,473	$2,386,575	$12,265
2024	$1,839,670	$2,107,417	$1,765,333	$0
2023	$2,658,569	$2,800,796	$2,290,627	$0
2022	$3,799,295	$2,316,172	$3,710,509	$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

$2,083,789

Expenses

$2,733,853

Assets (EOY)

$9,858,404
2020 · 990

Revenue

$4,701,274

Expenses

$4,918,962

Assets (EOY)

$5,985,023
2019 · 990

Revenue

$4,884,651

Expenses

$1,842,081

Assets (EOY)

$6,180,747
2018 · 990

Revenue

$998,569

Expenses

$1,343,904

Assets (EOY)

$1,231,841
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,073,621

Expenses

$1,269,527

Assets (EOY)

$1,473,035
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,520,066

Expenses

$1,191,879

Assets (EOY)

$1,707,381
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,393,372

Expenses

$901,475

Assets (EOY)

$1,331,702
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$533,465

Assets (EOY)

$637,856
2011 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$493,740

Assets (EOY)

$331,958
2010 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$566,462

Assets (EOY)

$136,836

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,083,789	$2,733,853	$9,858,404
2020	990	$4,701,274	$4,918,962	$5,985,023
2019	990	$4,884,651	$1,842,081	$6,180,747
2018	990	$998,569	$1,343,904	$1,231,841
2017	990	$1,073,621	$1,269,527	$1,473,035
2016	990	$1,520,066	$1,191,879	$1,707,381
2015	990	$1,393,372	$901,475	$1,331,702
2012	990	not reported	$533,465	$637,856
2011	990	not reported	$493,740	$331,958
2010	990	not reported	$566,462	$136,836

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA

$12,265

2024 HANDS ON PROGRAM: CONNECT INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM

$108,000

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT + SPECIAL PORGRAMS
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM

$98,500

2023 EDUCATION; DAF FUNDED
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$50,000

2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$42,500

2024 ENVIRONMENT
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM

$42,000

2024 EDUCATION; DAF FUNDED
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$27,500

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION

$25,000

2023 JONES VALLEY TEACHING FARM- NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GARDEN - SCHOOL GARDEN GRANT
CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA

$25,000

2022 EDUCATION
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$23,500

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC

$20,000

2023 CCS - Early Childhood and Youth Success

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

JONES VALLEY TEACHING FARM CENTER FOR FOOD EDUCATION

501(C)(3) · SERVE AS A HEADQUARTERS FOR OPERATIONS OF JONES VALLEY TEACHING FARM · AL

Declared as related by

JONES VALLEY TEACHING FARM CENTER FOR FOOD EDUCATION

On its 2025 return

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.