Urban Produce Push: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 33-1840102)

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2024.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

93%

Program services 93% · $2.1M Management & general 7% · $157K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $153K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Michael Watson

Executive Director

$100,000Pt VII · Sec A

Caress Gonzales

Program Director

$20,250Pt VII · Sec A

Amber Smith

President

$18,500Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Ousley

$13,750Pt VII · Sec A

Mikeya Weston

Treasurer

$950Pt VII · Sec A

Pierre Yancy

Officer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sherry Lumpkins

Officer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Watson’s $100K as Executive Director is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 818 $1–10M 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.

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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

Urban Produce Push is a food and nutrition nonprofit based in Kansas City, MO, formed in 2024.

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1 program · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2025

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Supported by a total resource pool of $2,306,513.56 (combining $1,776,000.00 in non-cash in-kind farm produce and $530,513.56 in operational cash grants and donations), Urban Produce Push (UPP) executed its primary fresh food recovery, gleaning, and distribution program to combat regional food insecurity.

$2.3Mprogram 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

J R Albert Foundation INCFY2025$30K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$30K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.3M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M

Money outPt IX

$2.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$2.1M

Managementcol C$157K

Owns and owesPt X

$43K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$45K

Total assetsLn 16$46K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

PeoplePt VI, VII

7

listed · VII A

PaidVII A5

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b0

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.8M

Total revenueLn 12$2.3M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$45K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$45K

Total assetsLn 16$46K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

Net assetsLn 32$43K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 58

VolunteersI 620

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$6K	$45K
Total assetsLn 16	$6K	$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$3K
Net assetsLn 32	$6K	$43K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$120K	$20K	$100K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$126K	$126K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$34K	$0	$34K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$23K	$3K	$21K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$950	$0	$950
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$92K	$92K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$21K	$21K		$0
Office expensesLn 13	$2K		$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$19K	$19K
TravelLn 17	$103	$103
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$0	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$3K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.8M	$1.8M
All other expensesLn 24e	$3K	$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.3M	$2.1M	$157K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$2.3M	$2.3M	$37K	$43K	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

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Part I · Summary $2,306,513 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$2,306,513

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,000$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,000$2,306,513

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$303,466

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,314$1,965,725

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,314$2,269,191

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,686$37,322

Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members0

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 $2,306,513 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,306,513

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,776,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,306,513

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,306,513

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,269,191 across 14 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $20,250 · Management $100,000$120,250

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $126,274$126,274

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $33,538$33,538

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,854 · Management $20,550$23,404

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $950$950

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $91,651$91,651

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $21,370 · Fundraising $0$21,370

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,207$2,207

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,305$19,305

IX-17 TravelPrograms $103$103

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0$0

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,654$2,654

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,824,842$1,824,842

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,643$2,643

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,111,946 · Management $157,245 · Fundraising $0$2,269,191

Part X · Balance sheet $45,834 assets, 8 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,868$45,369

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$465

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,868$45,834

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,644

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$2,644

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,868$43,190

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,868$43,190

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,868$45,834

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $43,190 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,306,513

XI-2 Total expenses$2,269,191

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$37,322

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,868

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$43,190

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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