YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

K20

Classification

1200

Street

150 WILLIS 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

• A. URBAN FARM OPERATION. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS WAS FOUNDED TO REDUCE HUNGER IN YORK COUNTY, PA, BY GROWING SAFE, HEALTHY FOOD FOR PEOPLE IN NEED, AND ITS SUSTAINABLE, YEAR-ROUND FARMING PROGRAM GREW 26,625 POUNDS OF VEGETABLES, HERBS AND BERRIES IN 2024 ON ITS 4+ ACRE URBAN FARM AT 2 LOCATIONS IN YORK, PA. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS FOLLOWS ADVANCED COMMERCIAL GROWING METHODS AND USES INTENSE GROWING TECHNIQUES IN OUR 2 GREENHOUSES, 4 HIGH TUNNELS AND FOR THE FIELD CROPS, INCLUDING: DRIP IRRIGATION, FERTIGATION, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, TRELLISING, FIELD-BED TURNAROUND AND SUCCESSION PLANTING. FARMING IS OVERSEEN BY THE FARM MANAGER WITH 3-4 P/T SEASONAL FARM HANDS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO PLANT, RAISE, TEND, AND HARVEST THE GREENHOUSE, HIGH TUNNEL AND FIELD CROPS FROM EARLY APRIL AND UNTIL THANKSGIVING. WINTER-HARDY CROPS ARE GROWN IN 4 HIGH TUNNELS FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL. Y3F PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE YORK COUNTY FOOD SYSTEM AND INCREASING DIETARY CHOICES BY GROWING APPROXIMATELY 50 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES INCLUDING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CROPS FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC CUSTOMERS. WORKING WITH OTHER YORK COUNTY, PA, FARMS AND ORCHARDS, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS BRINGS LOCALLY GROWN FRUIT, SWEET CORN, MELONS, AND OTHER FARM PRODUCTS TO OUR YORK CITY CUSTOMERS TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE GROW. IN ADDITION, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS' 4+ ACRE URBAN FARM PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN REDUCING OVERALL FOOD MILES, MINIMIZING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, AND CREATING GREEN SPACES AND GREEN JOBS.

  Expenses $226,472

• B. MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET. SINCE 2018, YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS HAS SOLD THE VEGETABLES, HERBS AND BERRIES IT GROWS, THROUGH ITS NOW YEAR-ROUND (REDUCED SCHEDULE IN FALL/WINTER) MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET, A FARMSTAND-ON-WHEELS. WITH 2 MARKET VEHICLES (A VAN AND A SHUTTLE BUS), THE MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET SETS UP IN 14+ DIFFERENT UNDERSERVED, FOOD DESERT YORK, PA, NEIGHBORHOODS EACH WEEK TO SELL FARM-GROWN PRODUCE AT LOW AND AFFORDABLE PRICES. IN 2024, 43% OF THE MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET'S SALES WERE PAID FOR WITH SNAP OR OTHER FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, SHOWING THAT YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS AND ITS PRODUCE SALES ARE REACHING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. THE MOBILE PRODUCE MARKET HOPES TO IMPROVE ITS MARKET STOPS LOCATIONS IN 2024 BY EXPANDING INTO ADDITIONAL LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND EXPLORING NEW SALES OPPORTUNITIES.

  Expenses $54,491 · Revenue $83,475

• C. FARM TO HOSPITAL PROJECTYORK FRESH FOOD FARMS HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE UPMC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP TO CREATE A YEAR-ROUND WORKING FARM LOCATED ON THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. IN 2024, THE LOCATION COMPLETED ITS FIRST FULL YEAR OF FARMING. THE PROJECT PROMOTES THE CRITICAL ROLE FOOD PLAYS IN OVERALL HEALTH AND DEMONSTRATES BOTH YORK FRESH FOOD FARM'S AND UPMC MEMORIAL'S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES. THE PRODUCE IS USED IN PATIENT AND RETAIL MENUS AT BOTH THE YORK AND HANOVER HOSPITAL LOCATIONS. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THREE 2500 SQUARE FOOT HIGH TUNNELS FOR GROWING A VARIETY OF VEGETABLES AND HERBS.

  Expenses $41,409

• D. FARM SHARES PROGRAM.YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS' FARMSHARES IS AN AFFORDABLE WEEKLY BOX OF FRESH PRODUCE (AVAILABLE 52 WEEKS A YEAR), DELIVERED FREE WITHIN THE YORK, PA, CITY LIMITS (NON-CITY CUSTOMERS PICK UP THEIR FARMSHARES AT 150 WILLIS ROAD). CUSTOMERS SIGN-UP, SELECT THEIR WEEKLY PURCHASES AND PAY ONLINE.E. COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT. YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS' COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT HAS CREATED COMMUNITY GARDENS AT 4 YORK, PA, LOCATIONS. THE COMMUNITY GARDENS ARE OVERSEEN BY PROJECT MANAGER AND ARTIST, ANNALISA GOJMERAC, AND MAINTAINED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. THE COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT GROWS MOSTLY VEGETABLES AND NATIVE PLANS AND DONATES THE HARVESTED VEGETABLES TO NEIGHBORS, VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES.

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.

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

  $321,665

  Expenses

  $357,536

  Contributions

  $238,157

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $593,083

  Expenses

  $444,698

  Contributions

  $503,528

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $297,104

  Expenses

  $306,488

  Contributions

  $223,743

  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

  $286,460

  Expenses

  $305,447

  Assets (EOY)

  $129,409

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $241,655

  Expenses

  $236,043

  Assets (EOY)

  $160,045

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

• MEMORIAL HEALTH FUND

  $49,325

  2022 · TASTE! FOOD AS A PLATFORM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH

• THE FOOD TRUST

  $40,000

  2022 · HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING GRANT TO RETAILER

• YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $12,500

  2024 · GIVE LOCAL YORK, GENERAL SUPPORT, YORK CITY'S COMMUNITY GARDENS

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $10,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• UPMC

  $8,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $6,000

  2023 · GIVE LOCAL YORK, GENERAL SUPPORT

• YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $5,250

  2022 · TASTE! FOOD AS A PLATFORM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH, GIVE LOCAL YORK, GENERAL SUPPORT

• WHITE ROSE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

  $0

  2023 · OPERATING EXPENSES

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