Provides healthy food to children, formerly incarcerated individuals, and food-insecure communities.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $1.6M in revenue, $510K in expenses, and $1.5M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$1.6M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$510K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.5M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $1.1M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
76%
13%
12%
Program services $0.76 Management & general $0.13 Fundraising $0.12
Program efficiency
76%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
36.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+68%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2020
$2.1M$1.0M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$510K
FY2020
$1.5M$727K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$1.5M
FY2020
$4.7M$2.3M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$47K
FY2020
$142K$71K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$1.6M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$510K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.5M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$1.1M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.5M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B76%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 38
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 48
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $356K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Establishes urban farm plots to grow local and organic food for low-income families and socially conscious restaurants. The urban farm plots are setup by program participants. The urban farms are also grounds for training, education and food distribution.
$264Kprogram expense
02
Provides a job training program to previously incarcerated individuals and at-risk youth. The training program includes introductory lessons in urban agriculture, landscaping, plumbing and carpentry. Participants are trained to grow and distribute food to low-income families.
$56Kprogram expense
03
Connects children and youth ages 3-18 to their land and food through the youth program. Children learn to make healthier choices through hands-on weekly education in gardening and culinary arts.
Erika L Cuellar’s $129K as Operations Director
is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 819 $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.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Richard D Garcia · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $76K · Total expenses $510K
15%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $267K · Total expenses $510K
52%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
76%
—
—
Overhead ratio
13%
—
—
Fundraising cost ratio
4%
—
—
Accounting fee ratio
0%
—
—
Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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