The Terrace Foundation

Tax-deductible

Santa Barbara, CA501(c)(3)Food & AgricultureEIN 82-2475808Revenue $513K in FY2024

On file with the IRS1219 State St Ste A, 93101-2663 · Santa Barbara, CATax-exempt since Mar 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To abolish food deserts in underserved low-income communities, create the next generation of farmers, and provide healthy fresh produce to the under represented population. Through education, the goal of the Terrace Foundation is to teach the children and adults to live sustainably, own their food supply, and defeat food related illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, and strokes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 13 volunteers and 13 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $219K a year · 30% 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
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$13K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 89% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $167K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$158K
93% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 93% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$513K
-1% vs prior year
Spent
$367K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$12K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$513K
FY2024▼ -1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$548K
FY2022$483K
FY2023$520K
FY2024$513K
Expenses
$367K
FY2024▼ -32%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$600K
FY2021$455K
FY2022$564K
FY2023$541K
FY2024$367K
Net assets
$12K
FY2024▲ +109%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$146K
FY2021−$54K
FY2022−$113K
FY2023−$134K
FY2024$12K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2018.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $266K Management & general 27% · $99K Fundraising 1% · $3K

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; $13K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$11,196Pt VII · Sec A
Former Executive Director
$1,667Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Louis Alvaro’s $11K as Executive Director is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1171 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Manny Ayala$1,667$21,473$57,482$90,368$50,088
John Jeffries——$14,155$24,180$19,620
Michael Vondran—$13,440———
Louis Alvaro$11,196————

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

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

Fights food deserts by teaching sustainable farming and providing fresh produce to underserved communities.

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1 program · $266K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

See Schedule Oprograms at the Terrace Foundation

- VETS2FARMERS - training veterans skills that will allow them to be self-sufficient and be productive members of our SOCIETY.- FARMS4HEROS - inner city program that works with urban veterans utilizing open spaces to create gardens that can be a source for education,generating income, and job TRAINING.- food distribution - distribution…

$266Kprogram 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 1 funder$167K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$513K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$334K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$180K
Investment incomeLn 3$189
Money outPt IX
$367K
Ln 25
Programscol B$266K
Managementcol C$99K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$12K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11K
Total assetsLn 16$170K
LiabilitiesLn 26$158K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$180K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$334K
Investment incomeLn 3$189
Total revenueLn 12$513K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$11K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$150K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$170K
LiabilitiesLn 26$158K
Net assetsLn 32$12K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 613
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22K$11K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$150K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$41K$170K
LiabilitiesLn 26$175K$158K
Net assetsLn 32−$134K$12K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$13K$10K$2K$643
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$182K$132K$50K
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$14K$5K$64
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$25K$3K$7
Advertising and promotionLn 12$16K$13K$2K$812
Office expensesLn 13$7K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$24K$19K$4K$1K
TravelLn 17$9K$8K$868
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$9K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$35K$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$367K$266K$99K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $513K$367K$146K$12K 990 PDF
FY2023 $520K$541K−$21K−$134K 990 PDF
FY2022 $483K$564K−$80K−$113K 990 PDF
FY2021 $548K$455K$92K−$54K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.6M$600K$956K−$146K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $513,384 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $28,495$179,630
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $491,527$333,565
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18$189
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $520,040$513,384
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $300,285$213,985
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $240,650$153,511
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $540,935$367,496
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$20,895$145,888
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $513,384 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$167,401
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$12,229
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$179,630
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $333,565$333,565
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $189$189
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $333,565 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $189$513,384
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $367,496 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $10,291 · Management $1,929 · Fundraising $643$12,863
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $131,778 · Management $49,973$181,751
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,141 · Management $5,166 · Fundraising $64$19,371
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,075$1,075
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,435$15,435
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,406 · Management $3,450 · Fundraising $7$28,863
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $12,992 · Management $2,436 · Fundraising $812$16,240
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $6,726$6,726
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,257 · Management $3,611 · Fundraising $1,204$24,072
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,784 · Management $868$8,652
IX-20 InterestManagement $6,795$6,795
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,401 · Management $1,045$10,446
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,207$35,207
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $266,257 · Management $98,509 · Fundraising $2,730$367,496
Part X · Balance sheet $169,985 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,720$11,351
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,836$5,390
X-12 Other securities$150,044
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,200$3,200
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $40,756$169,985
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $157,181$157,181
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $17,818$1,159
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $174,999$158,340
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$134,243$11,645
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$134,243$11,645
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $40,756$169,985
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,645 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$513,384
XI-2 Total expenses$367,496
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$145,888
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$134,243
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,645

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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