Connects community to healthy food, nature, and each other through gardens, classes, and programs.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $879K in revenue, $660K in expenses, and $1.5M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$879K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$660K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.5M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $220K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
79%
Program services $0.79 Management & general $0.10 Fundraising $0.11
Program efficiency
79%
of spending reaches programs▼ -6% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
11.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -11% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+25%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -25% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$879K
FY2024▲ +17%
$879K$440K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$660K
FY2024▲ +32%
$660K$330K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$1.5M
FY2024▲ +6%
$1.5M$747K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$40K
FY2024▼ -83%
$248K$124K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$879K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$660K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.5M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$220K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.5M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B79%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 38
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 48
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $520K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
2024 Educational Programming: Unity Gardens hosts free gardening and orchard care classes both on-site in our education center and on-line. In addition we offer classes at our community partner sites.
$257Kprogram expense
02
2024 Free-Pick Orchards & Gardens: Unity Gardens connect our community to Fresh Food, Nature and one another through 40 free pick gardens and orchard sites. The 7 acre main site is the hub of operations.
$169Kprogram expense
03
2024 Farm to Market: Unity Gardens has a dedicated, separated area at the main garden to grow food for sale, creating revenue for organizational sustainability and mission support. In addition to fresh fruits, herbs and vegetables, Unity Gardens creates value added products such as soap, bees wax candles and balms, veggie pun cards honey…
Sara Stewart’s $58K as Presidentceo
is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1173 $100K–1M food & agriculture 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 · 2 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 Sara Stewart · Reported title PresidentCEO · Highest reported compensation $58K · Total expenses $660K
9%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $474K · Total expenses $660K
72%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
79%
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Overhead ratio
10%
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Fundraising cost ratio
10%
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Revenue growth
17%
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Accounting fee ratio
1%
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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) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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