City Slicker Farms

As filed

Subsection

03

Street

2847 Peralta St

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 · 2023

• City Slicker Farms merged with Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project, in furtherance of our tax exempt charitable mission. This allows for greater, city-wide expansion of our work in fostering self-sustaining access to food while building community through urban farming, education, and recreation.

  Expenses $3,943,511

• The West Oakland Farm Park is 1.4 acre working urban farm, educational space, and outdoor recreation site located at 2847 Peralta St. in Oakland, CA. It was created and conceived by and for the 3,000 community members in the surrounding neighborhoods, and intended to be a focal point of community pride and activity for residents of West Oakland. It is a safe space for recreation and connects neighbors over the growing, preparing and sharing of food; promotes environmental conservation, serves as an example of how we can reclaim the ecological integrity of the land; and expand access to healthy foods for low income families in Oakland. The Farm Park is also where we lead community workshops and skill shares as well as host other organizations, leaders and teachers to share knowledge about sustainable farming techniques and culinary skills. We honor and celebrate the different types of knowledge, skills and abilities within our community and this program reflects the diversity traditions and abilities.City Slicker Farms is part of the Town Fridge collective, a network of refrigerators across Oakland that provide free food to anyone who needs it. At the West Oakland Farm Park we grow thousands of pounds of food each year that we distribute through the refrigerator on the perimeter of our property. Our "Farm to Fridge" program increases healthy food access to the community and supports mutual aid networks by also providing pantry space for non-perishable foods and supplies. First priority goes to unhoused, low- and fixed-income and BIPOC community members, as well as members of our Garden Program. However, any community members may drop off food and any community members may pick up food.

  Expenses $108,637

• Using a model we have developed and honed over the last decade, City Slicker Farms partners with individuals, families and organizations serving low-income residents to build new gardens and deliver mentorship, heath education, and increase fresh food access as part of our "Backyard Garden" program. Program participants receive a fully stocked garden at no cost to them, complete with raised bed planter boxes, seedlings raised in the City Slicker Farms greenhouse, soil and compost. Gardeners then partner with an experienced staff or volunteer mentor who offers support, educational curriculum and/or technical assistance tailored for each individual and site, as well as gardening supplies and seedlings for two years. For many of our institutional and community group partners, we also provide garden-based curriculum to engage their clients in lessons on ecology and nutrition. The Garden Program benefits our community in many ways. For young children, exposure to school gardens and natural environments improves social and emotional development, fosters collaborative skills, alleviates stress, and improves dietary choices. For adults and senior citizens, gardens provide affordable fresh produce, opportunities for recreation and exercise, and for some, the ability to carry out a lifelong hobby that promotes wellbeing. For all of our program participants, we have found that increasing the availability of fresh produce through gardening, and pairing it with nutrition classes focused on preparing healthy meals, creates positive health outcomes for program participants. Every year participants report saving money on grocery bills, eating a more nutritious diet, and strengthening their community by sharing their bounty with neighbors.

  Expenses $81,954

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $232,035

  Expenses

  $4,208,638

  Contributions

  $158,012

  Grants paid

  $3,943,511

• 2022

  Revenue

  $333,129

  Expenses

  $451,179

  Contributions

  $240,146

  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

  $402,594

  Expenses

  $399,940

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,275,546

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $271,520

  Expenses

  $439,167

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,213,692

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $292,734

  Expenses

  $401,141

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,275,912

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $516,139

  Expenses

  $499,587

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,452,283

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $439,972

  Expenses

  $590,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,452,865

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,045,494

  Expenses

  $627,812

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,026,578

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,690,524

  Expenses

  $599,701

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,124,950

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $598,864

  Expenses

  $615,463

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,947,638

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $700,131

  Expenses

  $575,091

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,981,302

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $453,370

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,872,803

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

• Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Fa

  $71,736

  2023 · Transfered assets; merged with ANV

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• POSSIBILITY LABS

  $62,500

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $40,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $40,000

  2022 · ADVISED - FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $10,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · FOOD, NUTRITION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $9,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $7,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $7,499

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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