Greener partners' mission is to build healthier communities through food, farms and education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$64K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $145K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$64K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
16
named funders · $301K
Looks good: 16 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$571K
120% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 120% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$839K
+22% vs prior year
Spent
$593K
To programs
72%
Net assets
−$94K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$839K
FY2021▲ +22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$688K
FY2021$839K
FY2022$815K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.0M
Expenses
$593K
FY2021▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$565K
FY2021$593K
FY2022$812K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
−$94K
FY2021▲ +72%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$340K
FY2021−$94K
FY2022−$91K
FY2023$246K
FY2024$265K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $428K Management & general 10% · $61K Fundraising 17% · $103K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $64K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Excutive Director
$63,778Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Megan Maccurtin Retired 110124’s $75K as Excutive Director is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Megan Maccurtin—$80,209$70,980$63,778$60,674
Megan Maccurtin Retired 110124$75,482————
Whitney Lingle Joined 111824$7,308————

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II4 listed

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3 programs · $428K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Farm Explorer Suite of Programs

The farm explorer is a mobile farm and food education program that engages youth in hands-on discovery about how produce is grown. Launched in 2013, we serve 5,000 people annually in the 5-COUNTY region, 80% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch.

$285Kprogram expense
02

Food as Medicine Suite of Programs

Our healthcare programs utilize gardening, food access, and education to improve health. We operate deaver farm, one of the nation's first hospital-based farms, at lankenau medical center in montgomery county.

$144Kprogram expense
03

Healthy schools projectwe believe all people deserve nourishing food, and accessing it in your own community should be a right not a privilege. Since 2016, our healthy schools project model has strengthened fresh food resources in chester, norristown, and west philadelphia, through free produce distributions, hands-on seed-to-plate…

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$839K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$583K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$257K
Investment incomeLn 3$181
Money outPt IX
$593K
Ln 25
Programscol B$428K
Managementcol C$61K
Fundraisingcol D$103K
Owns and owesPt X
−$94K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$329K
Total assetsLn 16$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26$571K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$583K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$257K
Investment incomeLn 3$181
Gains on assetsLn 7−$2K
Total revenueLn 12$839K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$329K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$329K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$51K
Total assetsLn 16$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26$571K
Net assetsLn 32−$94K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$171K$329K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36K$51K
Total assetsLn 16$232K$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26$572K$571K
Net assetsLn 32−$340K−$94K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$64K$47K$4K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$310K$230K$19K$62K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$22K$2K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$4K$5K$951
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$9K$12K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$30$30
Office expensesLn 13$21K$15K$4K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$800$800
TravelLn 17$2K$1K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$12K
InsuranceLn 23$28K$25K$2K$811
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$65K$63K$507$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$593K$428K$61K$103K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.0M$1.0M$19K$265K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.0M$336K$246K 990 PDF
FY2022 $815K$812K$3K−$91K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $839K$593K$246K−$94K 990 PDF
FY2020 $688K$565K$122K−$340K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $839,071 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $457,446$583,428
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $217,356$257,137
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$2,654−$1,494
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $15,573$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $687,721$839,071
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $377,755$413,882
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$12,564
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $187,588$166,543
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $565,343$592,989
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $122,378$246,082
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $839,071 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$583,428
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$583,428
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $257,137$257,137
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $181$181
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$1,675−$1,675
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $257,137 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,494$839,071
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $592,989 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $47,180 · Management $3,925 · Fundraising $12,673$63,778
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $229,540 · Management $19,096 · Fundraising $61,659$310,295
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $9,808$9,808
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,143 · Management $1,858 · Fundraising $6,000$30,001
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,782 · Management $5,077 · Fundraising $951$9,810
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $12,564$12,564
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,306 · Management $12,494 · Fundraising $2,339$24,139
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $30$30
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,856 · Management $4,437 · Fundraising $2,061$21,354
IX-14 Information technologyFundraising $3,036$3,036
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $800$800
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,004 · Management $1,236$2,240
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,105$12,105
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,495 · Management $1,935 · Fundraising $811$28,241
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,035 · Management $507 · Fundraising $1,246$64,788
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $428,446 · Management $61,173 · Fundraising $103,370$592,989
Part X · Balance sheet $477,388 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $170,550$329,306
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$64,413
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $23,128$29,916
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,884$2,327
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $35,824$51,426
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $232,386$477,388
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,925$42,045
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $11,200$20,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $572,125$571,045
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$444,414−$285,203
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $104,675$191,546
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$339,739−$93,657
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $232,386$477,388
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$93,657 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$839,071
XI-2 Total expenses$592,989
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$246,082
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$339,739
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$93,657

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