Create more healthy and sustainable livelihoods for people in the Warren County, NC region through stewardship of natural and cultural assets.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$61K 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $180K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$61K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $461K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$46K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$925K
+75% vs prior year
Spent
$503K
To programs
87%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$925K
FY2021▲ +75%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$528K
FY2021$925K
FY2022$729K
FY2023$938K
FY2024$2.2M
Expenses
$503K
FY2021▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$411K
FY2021$503K
FY2022$725K
FY2023$976K
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2021▲ +68%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$628K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M

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 Dec 2011.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $437K Management & general 9% · $43K Fundraising 5% · $23K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $61K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$61,385Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carla Norwood’s $69K as Executive Director is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Carla Norwood$68,866$74,848$51,153$61,385$64,311

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promote healthy livelihoods by stewarding natural and cultural assets in Warren County, NC.

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3 programs · $411K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Food Hub

We are proud to operate the only fresh-cut vegetable processing facility designed to connect small and limited resource farmers to insitutional markets in our state. We completed the expansion of our food hub in 2021, growing from 700 square feet to 3,700 square feet, including cold storage capacity, and have begun processing a wider…

$323Kprogram expense
02

Food System Development

We have continued to lead regional food system planning efforts, working with two Councils of Government to develop and advance regional food system strategies. We helped to lead a food system research project that engaged hundreds of residents in the Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments.

$44Kprogram expense
03

What's Growing on

Through our education programs, we reached more than 1,000 students monthly with healthy eating lessons, healthy snacks, and take home activities. These materials promote food system literacy and connections to local, healthy food.

$43Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$461K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$925K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$791K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K
Money outPt IX
$503K
Ln 25
Programscol B$437K
Managementcol C$43K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$95K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$791K
Government grantsLn 1e$193K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K
Investment incomeLn 3$10
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$152
Total revenueLn 12$925K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$62K
SavingsLn 2$33K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$95K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$962K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 610
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$308K$95K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$408K$962K
Total assetsLn 16$717K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$89K$46K
Net assetsLn 32$628K$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$58K$38K$12K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$150K$138K$2K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$28K$23K$2K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$14K$1K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$92K$92K$136$156
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$12K$10K$2K$45
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K$216$247
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$47K$46K$244$422
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$4$4
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$499$40
InterestLn 20$3K$2K$285
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K$173$198
InsuranceLn 23$8K$1K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$50K$47K$3K$41
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$114$92
Total functional expensesLn 25$503K$437K$43K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.2M$1.8M$396K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $938K$976K−$38K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $729K$725K$3K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $925K$503K$422K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $528K$411K$117K$628K 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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $924,937 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $511,687$791,354
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $25,410$35,045
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19−$142
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$8,986$98,680
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $528,130$924,937
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $175,460$251,329
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $235,230$251,336
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $410,690$502,665
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $117,440$422,272
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $924,937 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $86,680 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$193,037
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$598,317
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$791,354
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $35,045$35,045
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10$10
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $12,000$12,000
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$152−$152
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $133,725 · Excluded from tax −$142$924,937
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $502,665 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $37,750 · Management $11,615 · Fundraising $8,712$58,077
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $138,498 · Management $2,204 · Fundraising $8,862$149,564
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,245 · Management $1,636 · Fundraising $2,639$27,520
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,724 · Management $1,076 · Fundraising $1,368$16,168
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,815$12,815
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $91,545 · Management $136 · Fundraising $156$91,837
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,583 · Management $2,227 · Fundraising $45$11,855
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,659 · Management $216 · Fundraising $247$6,122
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $46,308 · Management $244 · Fundraising $422$46,974
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,919 · Management $4 · Fundraising $4$2,927
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,769 · Management $499 · Fundraising $40$2,308
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,431 · Management $285$2,716
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,636 · Management $173 · Fundraising $198$14,007
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,193 · Management $6,528$7,721
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $47,067 · Management $3,289 · Fundraising $41$50,397
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,451 · Management $114 · Fundraising $92$1,657
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $436,778 · Management $43,061 · Fundraising $22,826$502,665
Part X · Balance sheet $1,101,275 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $122,248$62,193
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $186,167$32,626
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$36,545
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $408,486$961,911
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$8,000
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $716,901$1,101,275
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$520
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $89,128$46,230
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $528,914$936,089
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $98,859$118,956
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $627,773$1,055,045
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $716,901$1,101,275
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,055,045 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$924,937
XI-2 Total expenses$502,665
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$422,272
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$627,773
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$5,000
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,055,045

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