Connects communities to land, food, and opportunities.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $431K in revenue, $437K in expenses, and $101K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$431K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$437K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$101K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$7K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
80%
16%
Program services $0.80 Management & general $0.16 Fundraising $0.04
Program efficiency
80%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
7.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-2%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$431K
FY20200%
$4.5M$2.3M$0
FY2019FY2024
Expenses
$437K
FY2020▲ +10%
$1.6M$808K$0
FY2019FY2024
Total assets
$426K
FY2020▲ +64%
$4.2M$2.1M$0
FY2019FY2024
Total liabilities
$325K
FY2020▲ +115%
$867K$434K$0
FY2019FY2024
Total revenue
$431K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$437K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$101K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$7K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$426K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B80%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 311
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 411
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $289K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Food Business Training and Incubator
Alchemist kitchen is a food business incubator focusing on entrepreneurs from low-income backgrounds and under-resourced communities. Through the end of 2020, the program has served 69 entrepreneurs, of whom 71% are low- income, 63% are entrepreneurs of color, 61% are women, 22% are lgbtqia+, and 14% are entrepreneurs with a disability.
$146Kprogram expense
02
Farmers' Market Programs
Provided calfresh processing services for 7 farmers' markets, and technical assistance to an additional 13 markets, to ensure that low-income populations have equitable access to healthy food. Also offered the market match incentive program that matches calfresh benefits spent at farmers' markets.
$125Kprogram expense
03
Fiscal Sponsorship Program
Recognizing that community residents often have the best insight and ideas for addressing their own community's needs, we see alchemist's role as building a trellis that provides the structure and support on which grassroots efforts can flourish and grow.
Sam Greenlee’s $94K as Executive Di
is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2834 $1–10M community development nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Sam Greenlee · Reported title EXECUTIVE DI · Highest reported compensation $36K · Total expenses $437K
8%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $312K · Total expenses $437K
71%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
80%
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—
Overhead ratio
16%
—
—
Fundraising cost ratio
5%
—
—
Revenue growth
0%
—
—
Accounting fee ratio
0%
—
—
Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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