Growgood INC FY2023 filing

Tax-deductible

Commerce, CA501(c)(3)Since 2012Human ServicesEIN 45-5472840Revenue $354K in FY2023

On file with the IRSgrow-good.org5211 E Washington Blvd Ste 2 114, 90040-3963 · Commerce, CATax-exempt since Sep 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Growgood is a los angeles based non-profit creating urban agricultural programs to empower people and transform communities. We believe in the power of food to unite people and to lay foundations for healthy communities through food distribution, wellness offerings, and jobs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$94K 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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FY2023 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $70K a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$94K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $471K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$354K
-6% vs prior year
Spent
$380K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$436K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$354K
FY2023▼ -6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$55K
FY2021$270K
FY2022$374K
FY2023$354K
FY2024$813K
FY2025$422K
Expenses
$380K
FY2023▲ +40%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$157K
FY2022$271K
FY2023$380K
FY2024$510K
FY2025$566K
Net assets
$436K
FY2023▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$246K
FY2021$359K
FY2022$463K
FY2023$436K
FY2024$739K
FY2025$595K

From the FY2023 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 Sep 2012.

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

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $308K Management & general 17% · $65K Fundraising 2% · $8K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $94K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$94,346Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Treasurer, Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Meghan Steed Garvey’s $131K as Executive Dir. is at the 95th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Meghan Steed Garvey$130,600$142,149—
Meghan Steed——$94,346

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

Grows fresh food on an urban farm, providing meals, healing, and jobs.

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1 program · $308K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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In 2023, growgood provided programs for 4,500 individuals through food distribution, wellness offerings, and jobs. Food distribution donating weekly harvests to the salvation armys bell shelter and neighboring permanent supportive housing residents, we directly provide organically-grown, nutrient-dense produce to over 4,000 unique…

$308Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$354K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$328K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$380K
Ln 25
Programscol B$308K
Managementcol C$65K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$436K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$285K
Total assetsLn 16$436K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$328K
Government grantsLn 1e$162K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$23K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$390
Total revenueLn 12$354K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$71K
SavingsLn 2$215K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$285K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$148K
Total assetsLn 16$436K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$436K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 6625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$301K$285K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$159K$148K
Total assetsLn 16$463K$436K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22$0
Net assetsLn 32$463K$436K
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$97K$86K$11K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$135K$119K$13K$3K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$17K$2K$235
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$7K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$42K$34K$8K$40
Advertising and promotionLn 12$655$655
Office expensesLn 13$9K$6K$3K$13
Information technologyLn 14$2K$750$827
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$600$600
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$23K$17K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$31K$18K$13K$64
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15K$10K$115$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$380K$308K$65K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $422K$566K−$144K$595K 990 PDF
FY2024 $813K$510K$303K$739K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $354K$380K−$26K$436K 990 PDF
FY2022 $374K$271K$104K$463K 990 PDF
FY2021 $270K$157K$113K$359K 990 PDF
FY2020 $55K$246K 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $353,609 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $305,495$328,111
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $46,640$22,757
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10$2,351
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,166$390
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $374,311$353,609
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $122,767$250,446
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $608$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $147,428$129,599
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $270,803$380,045
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $103,508−$26,436
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $353,609 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $390 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$162,367
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$165,744
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,778
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$328,111
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $22,757$22,757
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,351$2,351
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $23,147 · Excluded from tax $2,351$353,609
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $380,045 across 30 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 $85,793 · Management $11,353$97,146
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $118,795 · Management $12,819 · Fundraising $2,901$134,515
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,590 · Management $1,960 · Fundraising $235$18,785
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,258$7,258
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $34,473 · Management $7,515 · Fundraising $40$42,028
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $655$655
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,624 · Management $3,399 · Fundraising $13$9,036
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $750 · Management $827$1,577
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $600$600
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $16,880 · Management $5,732$22,612
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,171 · Management $12,952 · Fundraising $64$31,187
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,899 · Management $115 · Fundraising $4,632$14,646
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $307,575 · Management $64,585 · Fundraising $7,885$380,045
Part X · Balance sheet $436,166 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $101,066$70,750
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $200,010$214,605
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,697$2,806
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $158,851$148,005
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $462,624$436,166
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $462,602$436,166
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $462,602$436,166
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $462,624$436,166
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $436,166 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$353,609
XI-2 Total expenses$380,045
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$26,436
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$462,602
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$436,166

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