Valley Verde increases self-sufficiency, health, and resilience, through a culturally informed community based food system to promote food justice.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 53 volunteers and 11 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $55K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$110K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $21K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$437
0.1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$442K
-14% vs prior year
Spent
$704K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$422K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$442K
FY2025▼ -14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$767K
FY2021$593K
FY2022$688K
FY2023$765K
FY2024$513K
FY2025$442K
Expenses
$704K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$437K
FY2021$544K
FY2022$554K
FY2023$548K
FY2024$650K
FY2025$704K
Net assets
$422K
FY2025▼ -38%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$422K
FY2021$471K
FY2022$604K
FY2023$821K
FY2024$684K
FY2025$422K

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 Jan 2012.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $583K Management & general 9% · $61K Fundraising 9% · $60K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$110,240Pt VII · Sec A
President/Treas
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lovepreet Kaur’s $110K as Executive Dir. is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lovepreet Kaur$110,240$106,340$99,667$65,163——
Raul Lozano———$69,840$82,900$80,100

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

Programs and updates

Builds a community food system to boost self-sufficiency, health, and resilience.

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1 program · $583K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Shared Garden Program

Valley verde partners with schools in underserved neighborhoods. Children are taught to garden at school, while their parents garden at home. Families enrolled in the program are provided raised-bed gardens at home, along with the supplies needed to grow fresh vegetables; such as soil, compost, irrigation systems, and seedlings.

$583Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$21K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$442K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$423K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$704K
Ln 25
Programscol B$583K
Managementcol C$61K
Fundraisingcol D$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$422K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$407K
Total assetsLn 16$422K
LiabilitiesLn 26$437
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$423K
Government grantsLn 1e$115K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$442K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$7K
SavingsLn 2$400K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$407K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$422K
LiabilitiesLn 26$437
Net assetsLn 32$422K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 653
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$662K$407K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K$14K
Total assetsLn 16$684K$422K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20$437
Net assetsLn 32$684K$422K
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$110K$50K$17K$44K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$406K$377K$29K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K$30K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$41K$33K$4K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12K$4K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$9K$7K$2K$230
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$6K$5K$631$631
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$379
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K$429$429
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$66K$60K$3K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$13K$12K$579$280
Total functional expensesLn 25$704K$583K$61K$60K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $442K$704K−$262K$422K 990 PDF
FY2024 $513K$650K−$137K$684K 990 PDF
FY2023 $765K$548K$217K$821K 990 PDF
FY2022 $688K$554K$133K$604K 990 PDF
FY2021 $593K$544K$49K$471K 990 PDF
FY2020 $767K$437K$330K$422K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $442,252 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $494,264$422,692
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $921$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,371$16,235
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,396$3,325
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $512,952$442,252
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $532,846$589,035
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $117,057$115,248
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $649,903$704,283
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$136,951−$262,031
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $442,252 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,125 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$115,102
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$307,590
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$422,692
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $16,235$16,235
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $200$200
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $19,560$442,252
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $704,283 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 $49,610 · Management $16,535 · Fundraising $44,095$110,240
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $376,598 · Management $29,195$405,793
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $29,853 · Management $1,850$31,703
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,213 · Management $4,116 · Fundraising $3,970$41,299
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,803$2,803
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,750 · Fundraising $7,900$11,650
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,754 · Management $1,534 · Fundraising $230$8,518
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,030 · Management $631 · Fundraising $631$6,292
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,413 · Management $379$2,792
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,535 · Management $429 · Fundraising $429$4,393
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $60,315 · Management $2,873 · Fundraising $2,873$66,061
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,880 · Management $579 · Fundraising $280$12,739
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $582,951 · Management $60,924 · Fundraising $60,408$704,283
Part X · Balance sheet $422,167 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $63,949$6,834
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $598,215$399,760
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,139$1,139
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $20$10
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,458$14,424
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $683,781$422,167
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$390
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $20$47
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20$437
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $523,928$336,543
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $159,833$85,187
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $683,761$421,730
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $683,781$422,167
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $421,730 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$442,252
XI-2 Total expenses$704,283
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$262,031
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$683,761
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$421,730

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