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PROJECT EATS INC

EIN 30-0558873 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,378,064
Expenses 2024
$1,562,522

Program services were 56.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W99
Classification
1000
Street
178 BROOME ST 4TH FLOOR

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

TO PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE IN A LAWFUL MANNER THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WELL-BEING OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE ART AND MEDIA THAT INFORMS AND ENGAGES INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES IN ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER THE WELL-BEING AND GENERAL WELFARE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS, CONDUCT RESEARCH, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WORK TO ESTABLISH SELF-HELP, MUTUAL AID, NATURAL HELPING NETWORKS, AND RESOURCE EXCHANGE NETWORKS THAT IMPROVE THEIR WELL-BEING. TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS, CONDUCT RESEARCH, AND PROVIDE CONSULTATION THAT WILL PROMOTE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: HEALTH, SAFETY, MENTAL HEALTH, ECOLOGY, HOUSING, AND SOCIAL WELFARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN 2009 BY ARTIST LINDA GOODE BRYANT, PROJECT EATS IS A LIVING INSTALLATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED, SMALL-PLOT, HIGH YIELD FARMS THAT USE URBAN AGRICULTURE, PARTNERSHIPS, AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE TO SUSTAINABLY GROW AND EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE FRESH, LOCAL, ORGANICALLY GROWN FOOD IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. PROJECT EATS TRANSFORMS VACANT LOTS AND ROOFTOPS INTO VIABLE FARMS SUPPORTING FARM STANDS, PANTRIES, PREPARED FOOD, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPERIENCING INEQUITABLE FOOD ACCESS AND DIET-RELATED ILLNESS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. COMMUNITIES DESERVE TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE-ART THAT FEEDS.

  • PROJECT EATS' MODEL FEATURES SMALL-PLOT, COMMUNITY-BASED AND OPERATED, HIGH-YIELD FARMS - BOTH GROUND-LEVEL AND ROOFTOP. USING SUSTAINABLE, PRIMARILY HAND-GROWN, FARMING METHODS, AND EMPLOYING SEEDING, SUCCESSION PLANNING, CARBON WASTE REUSE, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNIQUES, PE WORKS TO MAXIMIZE CROP YIELDS IN LIMITED URBAN SPACES, AND PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH EASE OF ACCESS TO HEALTHY, ULTRA-LOCAL, "INCOME-APPROPRIATE" FOOD. OPERATING 5 FARMS SPANNING ALMOST 5 ACRES LOCATED ACROSS THE 3 NYC BOROUGHS, PROJECT EATS (PE):- DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS URBAN FARMS AND FARMING INFRASTRUCTURE,- PROVIDES SALES OUTLETS FOR THE FARMS,- OFFERS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, - INFORMS AND USES PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE'S CONSUMPTION OF HEALTHY FOOD, HEALTHY LIVING AND WELLBEING, REGARDLESS OF INCOME.PE FARMS OPERATE AS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THAT PROVIDE REVENUE SOURCES THROUGH SALES OF FRESH PRODUCE (60% AT AFFORDABLE PRICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT GENERATES IT AND 40% AT PREMIUM RATES TO COMMERCIAL MARKETS). THEY ALSO GENERATE REVENUE THROUGH CONTRACTED AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. PE IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. PE OFFERS AN ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE WELLNESS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS RANGING FROM SITE-SPECIFIC AGRICULTURAL ART INSTALLATIONS TO WORKSHOPS. MAREN HASSINGER CREATED AN OUTDOOR INSTALLATION FROM STEEL AND CONCRETE FOR OUR SITES AT ESSEX AND BROWNSVILLE THAT RAN FROM SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER TO THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY.IN 2022, WE BEGAN PROJECT [B]EATS: AN EXPLORATORY PERCUSSION WORKSHOP SERIES FOR SENIORS. IN 2023, PROJECT [B]EATS CONTINUED. SESSIONS WERE HELD TWICE A WEEK FOR 6 MONTHS WITH 10 PARTICIPANTS.IN 2024, PROJECT EATS AFTER-SCHOOL (PEAS) CONTINUED WITH A SECOND SESSION OF A CULINARY CLASS FOR A NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT RAN FOR 16-WEEKS WITH NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL. THE CURRICULUM WAS DESIGNED TO COVER THE ESSENTIAL CULINARY SKILLS AND FOCUSED ON PLANT-BASED RECIPE INNOVATION. IN 2024, WE TRANSITIONED OUR PANTRY OPERATIONS FROM A WEEKLY TO A MONTHLY SCHEDULE BETWEEN MAY AND DECEMBER. THIS SHIFT WAS MADE TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING LARGER QUANTITIES OF BOTH SHELF-STABLE AND FRESH FOOD ITEMS AT EACH DISTRIBUTION. THESE CHANGES WERE IMPLEMENTED AT BOTH OF OUR PANTRY LOCATIONS IN THE BRONX AND THE OTHER IN BROOKLYN.

    Expenses $880,539 · Revenue $33,677

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.

  • LINDA GOODE BRYANT

    FOUNDER/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $159,928
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,928
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,928
    Filer's total
    $159,928

  • HARRIET SANFORD

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • ANDREW WARREN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH HOWNG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON GILMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KORBIN HEISS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NILDA ISIDRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARC PAYOT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA SCHWAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORNA SIMPSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VERONIQUE TILLINGHAST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE WELLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH WORKNEH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,378,064
    Expenses
    $1,562,522
    Contributions
    $1,079,977
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,189,894
    Expenses
    $1,494,724
    Contributions
    $1,054,024
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,205,657
    Expenses
    $1,250,471
    Contributions
    $3,204,082
    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
    $1,101,691
    Expenses
    $1,030,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,096,163

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,008,625
    Expenses
    $928,756
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,022,443

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,335,513
    Expenses
    $904,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $975,468

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $868,869
    Expenses
    $648,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $182,787

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $633,071
    Expenses
    $771,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $320,616

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $675,681
    Expenses
    $604,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $285,152

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $452,913
    Expenses
    $563,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,175

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $427,410
    Expenses
    $444,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,752

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $406,918
    Expenses
    $451,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,840

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2012, reinstated 15 May 2012.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.