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CHICAS VERDES CORP

EIN 85-0907771 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$334,820
Expenses 2024
$356,115

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C42
Classification
1000
Street
1142 4TH AVE APT 3

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 BUILD SOCIALLY-MINDED LEADERS BY FOSTERING YOUNG PEOPLES' CONNECTION TO NATURE.

  • GARDENING PROGRAMING - REJUVENATED AND MAINTAINED FOUR SCHOOL GARDENS AND DELIVERED 5,085 HOURS OF OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING TO 667 STUDENTS THROUGH RECESS AND AFTER-SCHOOL SESSIONS. PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON GARDENING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES TO SUPPORT STUDENT WELL-BEING, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.CONDUCTED 24 WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ACROSS PARTNER SCHOOL SITES, ADVANCING FOOD ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND FAMILY WELLNESS. WORKSHOPS INCLUDED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HERB PLANTING, COMPOSTING, FL ORAL DESIGN, CANDLE-MAKING WITH INDOOR AIR QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHY COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, MINDFULNESS PRACTICES, AND NUTRITION EDUCATION TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

    Expenses $209,166 · Revenue $78,640

  • FREE PRODUCE GIVEAWAYS - HOSTED 28 PRODUCE GIVEAWAYS TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND REINFORCE THE HEALTHY EATING LESSONS TAUGHT IN CHICAS VERDES PROGRAMMING. A TOTAL OF 5,587 FAMILIES RECEIVED 108,352 POUNDS OF FREE PRODUCE, HELPING ENSURE ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. THE EVENTS ENGAGED 437 VOLUNTEERS AND PROVIDED STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE RESOURCES TO APPLY WHAT THEY LEARN ABOUT NUTRITION AND WELLNESS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $84,988 · Grants $32,506

  • COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENTS - HOSTED MONTHLY COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENTS SERVING SOUTH LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS AND MANUAL ARTS ALUMNI. EVENTS ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN MAINTAINING SCHOOL GARDENS WHILE PROVIDING EDUCATION ON GARDENING, SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMPOSTING. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED TOOLS, SUPPLIES, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT ONGOING AT-HOME AND NEIGHBORHOOD GARDENING.

    Expenses $17,355

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.

  • BARI APPLEBAUM

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,720
    From this org
    $81,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • LEANDRO OTERO

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIKA ZEMBY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VE'CARTIER JOHNSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MADELINE MEDIA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LATOYA HAWTHORNE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA SANCHEZ

    MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $334,820
    Expenses
    $356,115
    Contributions
    $256,180
    Grants paid
    $32,506
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $282,581
    Expenses
    $222,939
    Contributions
    $282,581
    Grants paid
    $8,232

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.

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

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.