Urban Green Lab

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Nashville, TN501(c)(3)Since 2009EnvironmentEIN 27-1011744

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Urban Green lab's mission is to teach communities how to live sustainably by providing education, tools, and programming to nashville households, workplaces, and schools focused on environmental sustainability, food waste reduction, and climate resilience.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 31 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $8K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$93K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 75% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $490K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$40K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$697K
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$779K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$249K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$697K
FY2025▼ -11%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$832K
FY2022$829K
FY2023$639K
FY2024$786K
FY2025$697K
Expenses
$779K
FY2025▼ -15%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$458K
FY2022$679K
FY2023$988K
FY2024$916K
FY2025$779K
Net assets
$249K
FY2025▼ -25%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$580K
FY2022$811K
FY2023$462K
FY2024$332K
FY2025$249K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $485K Management & general 29% · $227K Fundraising 9% · $68K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$93,150Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Todd Lawrence’s $93K as Executive Director is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Todd Lawrence$93,150$93,600$90,900$74,960$62,178

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Teaches communities how to live sustainably through hands-on education.

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3 programs · $404K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Sustainable Workplaces

Our workplaces division works with businesses, nonprofits, schools, and government offices to implement sustainability education for employees. We help workplaces organize green teams, teach them about sustainability, and connect them to community resources that make a difference for their business through the nashville sustainability…

$174Kprogram expense
02

Special Initiatives

Our special initiatives are focus areas of sustainability education that urban green lab has chosen to highlight and incorporate throughout the divisions. Our programming touches on many of them.

$124Kprogram expense
03

Sustainable Households

The households division provides sustainability education, tools, and resources to nashville residents through sustainable in the city and the newly launched ugl volunteers program. Sustainable in the city is a monthly webinar, presented in partnership with zero waste nashville, that educates residents on sustainability and waste-related…

$106Kprogram expense

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 FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$697K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$683K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$779K
Ln 25
Programscol B$485K
Managementcol C$227K
Fundraisingcol D$68K
Owns and owesPt X
$249K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$257K
Total assetsLn 16$289K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$683K
Government grantsLn 1e$17K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$4K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$574
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$697K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$63K
SavingsLn 2$194K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$257K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22K
Total assetsLn 16$289K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
Net assetsLn 32$249K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 631
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$283K$257K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K$22K
Total assetsLn 16$391K$289K
LiabilitiesLn 26$59K$40K
Net assetsLn 32$332K$249K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$93K$73K$11K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$408K$322K$49K$37K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10K$7K$3K$699
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K$25K$4K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$30K$6K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$0$21K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$56K$17K$39K$151
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$994$25$0
Office expensesLn 13$13K$5K$8K$849
Information technologyLn 14$16K$4K$1K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$14K$0$14K$0
TravelLn 17$2K$1K$365$169
InterestLn 20$833$0$833$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$0$10K$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$0$9K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$54K$91$51K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$779K$485K$227K$68K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $697K$779K−$83K$249K 990 PDF
FY2024 $786K$916K−$130K$332K 990 PDF
FY2023 $639K$988K−$349K$462K 990 PDF
FY2022 $829K$679K$150K$811K 990 PDF
FY2021 $832K$458K$374K$580K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $696,565 across 15 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,691 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,317
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$17,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$661,720
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,684
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$683,037
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,594 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$11,594
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $574$574
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$681−$681
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $350 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$350
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,635 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$107$696,565
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $779,377 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $73,410 · Management $11,200 · Fundraising $8,540$93,150
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $321,527 · Management $49,055 · Fundraising $37,406$407,988
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,510 · Management $2,573 · Fundraising $699$9,782
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,020 · Management $3,720 · Fundraising $3,313$32,053
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,790 · Management $5,500 · Fundraising $3,482$38,772
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $21,315 · Fundraising $0$21,315
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,875 · Management $39,384 · Fundraising $151$56,410
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $994 · Management $25 · Fundraising $0$1,019
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,503 · Management $7,734 · Fundraising $849$13,086
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,492 · Management $1,331 · Fundraising $10,501$16,324
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $13,904 · Fundraising $0$13,904
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,352 · Management $365 · Fundraising $169$1,886
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $833 · Fundraising $0$833
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $9,977 · Fundraising $0$9,977
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $8,803 · Fundraising $0$8,803
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $91 · Management $50,900 · Fundraising $3,084$54,075
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $484,564 · Management $226,619 · Fundraising $68,194$779,377
Part X · Balance sheet $288,656 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $231,197$62,579
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $51,475$194,212
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $25,300$750
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$1,277
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,178$8,091
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $31,725$21,747
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $390,821$288,656
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,974$39,746
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $59,099$39,746
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $331,722$248,910
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $331,722$248,910
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $390,821$288,656
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $248,910 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$696,565
XI-2 Total expenses$779,377
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$82,812
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$331,722
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$248,910

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