Improves neighborhood wellbeing by fostering collaboration on food access, creator support, and community voice.
Leadership
Jesse Herrera · Executive Director and Founder · $69K
Money in and out
$93K revenue, $215K expenses
Bottom line
-131% surplus margin
Improves neighborhood wellbeing by fostering collaboration on food access, creator support, and community voice.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $93K in revenue, $215K in expenses, and $-122K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$93K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$215K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$-122K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$122K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
57%
Program services $0.57
Surplus margin
-131%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -356% vs prior filing year
Donor-funded
88%
of revenue is gifts & grants▼ -10% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$93K
FY2025▼ -68%
$289K$145K$0
FY2022FY2025
Expenses
$215K
FY2025▲ +52%
$215K$107K$0
FY2022FY2025
Total assets
$0
FY2025
$1$0$0
FY2022FY2025
Total liabilities
$122K
FY2025
$122K$61K$0
FY2022FY2025
Total revenue
$93K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$215K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$-122K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$122K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$0
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B57%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 3pending
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 4pending
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $90K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Grow southeast is a program that addresses food and economic insecurity by building urban farms. Four farms were maintained and thousands of pounds of food were diverted from landfills.
$44Kprogram expense
02
Mindful market is a program that addresses food insecurity by providing healthy food options access and physical activities by supporting local micro businesses and presenting them to the community.
$43Kprogram expense
03
Real stories is a program to raise awareness of homlessness among college students
Jesse Herrera’s $69K as Executive Director and Founder
is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 63 <$100K public & societal benefit 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 · 5 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.
Highly liquid reserves (cash & marketable securities on Pt X) ÷ monthly operating expenses (Pt IX total, less non-cash grants & depreciation when reported).
Where the money goes
Program services
not reported
Management & General
not reported
Fundraising
not reported
Cost to raise $1
not reported
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $82K · Total revenue $93K
88%
Government reliance
not reported
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $11K · Total revenue $93K
12%
Investment reliance
Investment income — · Total revenue $93K
—
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $11K · Total expenses $215K
5%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $93K · Prior year $289K
-68%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $-122K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $93K · Expenses $215K
-131%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $0
—
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $-122K · Total assets $0
—
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Jesse Herrera · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER · Highest reported compensation $69K · Total expenses $215K
32%
Personnel share
Salaries & benefits — · Total expenses $215K
Form 990-EZ bundles compensation — not comparable to full-990 filers
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
57%
—
—
Revenue growth
-68%
—
—
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
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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