Growing Hope INC: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 74-3091845)

Julius Buzzard’s $67K as Executive Di is at the 6th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Cynthia Vanrenterghem	—	—	$55,895	$75,000	$61,021
Julius Buzzard	$66,946	$70,000	$64,821	—	—
Carolyn Gehrke	—	—	—	—	$36,727

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers communities to grow, sell, buy, prepare, and eat healthy food for an equitable local food system.

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3 programs · $526K · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Farm and Garden Programs

The organization helped over 100 gardeners obtain the resources they needed to start growing gardens in the ypsilanti community. We gave away 12 yards of garden SOIL/COMPOST at our farm, and over 1600 seed packets. We distributed more than 6,000 seedlings to home, community, and school gardens.

$185Kprogram expense

02

Farmers Market Programs

The organization continued the ypsi area online market to provide no-contact pick-up during COVID-19. We partnered with the farm at ST. Joe's hospital to offer two pick-up locations for customers. We continued to offer snap and double up food bucks for customers using the online market.

$180Kprogram expense

03

Youth and Schools Programs

The organization reached 105 youth through in-person field trips and 275 youth through our virtual farm field trips. We created garden and cooking videos and printed handouts for k-5 ypsilanti students. Handouts were included in produce boxes put together by eastern michigan university--bright futures and distributed to students.

$160Kprogram expense

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Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

New Profit INCFY2025$110K

Grapevine Giving FoundationFY2025$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$116K

Grants paid · 4 grants · $79K · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,349

Unitemized GrantFY2023$60,373

Individual RecipientFY2023$7,792

Willow Run AcresMI · FY2020$5,280

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.5M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$120K

Other incomeLn 4–11$5K

Money outPt IX

$818K

Ln 25

Programscol B$641K

Managementcol C$81K

Fundraisingcol D$96K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$322K

Total assetsLn 16$1.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$201K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Government grantsLn 1e$103K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$45K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$120K

Investment incomeLn 3$124

Other incomeLn 4–11$5K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$343

Total revenueLn 12$1.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$223K

SavingsLn 2$99K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$322K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M

Total assetsLn 16$1.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$201K

Net assetsLn 32$1.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 526

VolunteersI 646

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 FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$294K	$322K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.3M	$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16	$1.6M	$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$713K	$201K
Net assetsLn 32	$925K	$1.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$75K	$45K	$15K	$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$413K	$338K	$33K	$42K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$28K	$23K	$2K	$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$44K	$35K	$3K	$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$14K		$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$23K	$18K	$1K	$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K	$128	$192
Office expensesLn 13	$12K	$7K	$522	$5K
Information technologyLn 14	$12K	$7K	$2K	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$16K	$14K	$682	$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$4K	$3K	$280	$579
InterestLn 20	$14K	$12K	$835	$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$81K	$65K	$6K	$10K
InsuranceLn 23	$10K	$9K	$685	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$67K	$62K	$891	$4K
All other expensesLn 24e	$3K	$2K	$76	$346
Total functional expensesLn 25	$818K	$641K	$81K	$96K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.2M	$895K	$345K	$2.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$871K	$821K	$50K	$1.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$899K	$825K	$74K	$1.6M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$1.5M	$818K	$644K	$1.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$1.1M	$787K	$294K	$925K	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

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Part I · Summary $1,461,456 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $907,709$1,336,000

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $34,801$120,221

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $141−$219

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $137,958$5,454

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,080,609$1,461,456

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,875$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $544,719$560,218

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $236,018$257,649

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $786,612$817,867

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $293,997$643,589

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

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 $1,461,456 across 12 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$26,658

VIII-1c Fundraising events$45,382

VIII-1e Government grants$103,143

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,160,817

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$10,121

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,336,000

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $120,221$120,221

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $124$124

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$343−$343

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$3,027

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,427$2,427

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $119,878 · Excluded from tax $2,551$1,461,456

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $817,867 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $45,000 · Management $15,000 · Fundraising $15,000$75,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $337,857 · Management $33,255 · Fundraising $42,012$413,124

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $22,901 · Management $1,822 · Fundraising $3,663$28,386

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,966 · Management $3,497 · Fundraising $5,245$43,708

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,779$13,779

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,753 · Management $1,487 · Fundraising $3,731$22,971

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,644 · Management $128 · Fundraising $192$1,964

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,015 · Management $522 · Fundraising $4,717$12,254

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,671 · Management $1,501 · Fundraising $3,826$11,998

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $14,344 · Management $682 · Fundraising $1,024$16,050

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,141 · Management $280 · Fundraising $579$4,000

IX-20 InterestPrograms $11,538 · Management $835 · Fundraising $1,252$13,625

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $64,757 · Management $6,476 · Fundraising $9,714$80,947

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,545 · Management $685 · Fundraising $1,028$10,258

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $62,326 · Management $891 · Fundraising $3,788$67,005

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,376 · Management $76 · Fundraising $346$2,798

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $640,834 · Management $80,916 · Fundraising $96,117$817,867

Part X · Balance sheet $1,769,633 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $245,758$223,458

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $48,480$98,530

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $43,790$220,091

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $39,510$5,526

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,260,832$1,222,028

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,638,370$1,769,633

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $66,631$34,315

X-25 Other liabilities$16,505

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $713,146$200,820

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $837,169$1,260,862

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $88,055$307,951

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $925,224$1,568,813

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,638,370$1,769,633

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,568,813 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,461,456

XI-2 Total expenses$817,867

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$643,589

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$925,224

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,568,813

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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