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MILL CITY GROWS INC

EIN 47-2096070 LOWELL, MA

Revenue 2024
$2,050,903
Expenses 2024
$1,683,885

Program services were 68.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K30
Classification
1000
Street
650 SUFFOLK ST STE G10

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

MILL CITY GROWS, INC. FOSTERS FOOD JUSTICE BY IMPROVING PHYSICAL HEALTH, ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN LOWELL THROUGH INCREASED ACCESS TO LAND, LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD AND EDUCATION.

  • URBAN FARM: OUR EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTION FARMS ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, HANDS-ON FOOD PRODUCTION AND VOLUNTEERISM. MCG STAFF OPERATE THE FARMS. IN 2022, WE ALSO BEGAN OFFERING PLOTS TO MARKET GARDENERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GROWING CULTURAL CROPS FOR THE COMMUNITY OR ESTABLISHING SMALL FOOD BUSINESSES. WE ALSO WELCOME HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND NUMEROUS LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS WHO DONATE TIME TO SUPPORTING URBAN AGRICULTURE. GARDENERS ACCESS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SUPPLIES; THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PRODUCE IS GROWN AND DISTRIBUTED INTO THE COMMUNITY EACH YEAR. A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, THE FARM DEMONSTRATES HOW HEALTHY, LOCAL FOOD CAN BE AN ECONOMIC STIMULATOR. MOBILE MARKET: OUR FARM STAND ON WHEELS, OPERATING THROUGH THE SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL, PROVIDES CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE PRODUCE IN LOW ACCESS AREAS. CUSTOMERS CAN ACCESS PRODUCE FOR FREE USING VARIOUS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTHY INCENTIVE PROGRAM. WE ALSO OPERATE INDOOR MARKETS IN THE WINTER. STARTING IN 2020, WE BEGAN A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROGRAM, OFFERING A WEEKLY ALLOTMENT OF SEASONAL PRODUCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT LOWELL.

    Expenses $514,916 · Grants $18,000 · Revenue $162,723

  • FOOD EDUCATION: OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE: IN-SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL GARDENING AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, GRADES K-12; MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL GARDENS AT LOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN GARDENING EDUCATION TO EDUCATORS; FARM TO TABLE COOKING CLASSES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES OFFERED IN PERSON AND ONLINE; AND PROVIDING RECIPES AND NUTRITION INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $357,043 · Revenue $197,937

  • COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: MILL CITY GROWS' COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. OUR TEAM OVERSEES THE GARDENS, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE GARDEN AND SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTEER GARDEN AMBASSADORS, WHO BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY NETWORKS IN THE GARDENS. OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUR GARDENER TRAINING PROGRAM: A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WHICH PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE HANDS-ON KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO GROW AND EAT FOOD ORGANICALLY AND SAFELY IN THE CITY; AND THE GARDEN AMBASSADORS WORKSHOP: A WINTER LEADERSHIP COURSE DESIGNED TO TEACH THE TECHNICAL SKILLS NEEDED TO OVERSEE ONGOING GARDEN MAINTENANCE AND PROVIDE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP IN THE GARDEN COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $287,213 · Revenue $1,050

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.

  • EMMA CAMPBELL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN WOODING

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SUE ANDREWS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ELIZABETH CAMPBELL

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROBERT BOLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMPARO HERNANDEZ-FOLCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DIEGO LEONARDO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANDREW MCNAUGHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JACK MOYNIHAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEN MYERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • VANNAK THENG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • COURTNEY MCSPARRON

    COEXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $80,923
    From this org
    $80,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAI KIM

    COEXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $85,521
    From this org
    $78,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,617
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALI JACOBS

    COEXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $69,851
    From this org
    $63,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,643
    Hours/week
    30

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
    $2,050,903
    Expenses
    $1,683,885
    Contributions
    $1,670,235
    Grants paid
    $18,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,793,345
    Expenses
    $1,647,643
    Contributions
    $1,532,908
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,529,343
    Expenses
    $1,637,451
    Contributions
    $1,282,835
    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
    $1,537,965
    Expenses
    $1,412,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,606,872

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,191
    Expenses
    $1,160,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,494,305

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,504,926
    Expenses
    $1,004,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,560,649

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,294,026
    Expenses
    $1,016,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $788,750

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,004,887
    Expenses
    $901,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $525,787

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $769,607
    Expenses
    $668,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $404,669

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $519,159
    Expenses
    $251,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $281,485

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.