Our Vision at Grow2Zero FARMS is to empower local communities to improve human & environmental health by building access to local healthy food teaching regenerative farming & gardening practices and instilling principles of waste reduction and pollution prevention.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$301K 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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FY2025 · 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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $11K a year · 2% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
Looks good: 98% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$301K
to officers and key staff · 33% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 33% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<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 · $150K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$57K
203% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 203% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$837K
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$919K
To programs
98%
Net assets
−$29K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$837K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$177K
FY2022$298K
FY2023$459K
FY2024$944K
FY2025$837K
Expenses
$919K
FY2025▲ +0.9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$282K
FY2023$470K
FY2024$910K
FY2025$919K
Net assets
−$29K
FY2025▼ -155%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$14K
FY2022$30K
FY2023$19K
FY2024$53K
FY2025−$29K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2021.

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Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $901K Management & general 2% · $18K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $301K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Program Manager
$115,397Pt VII · Sec A
Farm Manager and Board Member
$92,032Pt VII · Sec A
Program Manager
$79,798Pt VII · Sec A
Farm Assistant
$13,969Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erin Harris’s $115K as Program Manager is at the 94th 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Erin Harris$115,397$110,668$92,725$10,709
Leif Kemp$92,032$80,810$78,111$68,640
Kirsten Kelley$79,798$75,053$44,201—
Iam Gregory$13,969$4,893$19,735—
Judi Gregory——$9,915—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Teaches regenerative farming and gardening for healthier communities and environments.

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3 programs · $506K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Grow2zero Farms

23 CFCI CARE - This grant awarded by Los Angeles County provides no-cost urban farmer training to young adults along with internships and assistance with job placement. Additionally the grant provides funding to support food recovery and donation efforts.

$279Kprogram expense
02

Grow2zero Farms

23 LBFF NIFA - The grant is awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant supports funding for internships for both farming and food preparation. The grant supports recovering landfill bound food collection and preparation into nutritious meals which are distributed during healthy meal prep workshops.

$134Kprogram expense
03

Grow2zero Farms

23 FUFA USDA-UAIP - Provide online urban farm education and healthy meal distribution. Grant commenced 3 2023

$93Kprogram expense

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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$150K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$837K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$567K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$271K
Money outPt IX
$919K
Ln 25
Programscol B$901K
Managementcol C$18K
Owns and owesPt X
−$29K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28K
Total assetsLn 16$28K
LiabilitiesLn 26$57K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$567K
Government grantsLn 1e$566K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$271K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$837K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$28K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$28K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$28K
LiabilitiesLn 26$57K
Net assetsLn 32−$29K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$105K$28K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$112K$28K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60K$57K
Net assetsLn 32$53K−$29K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$301K$301K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$249K$249K$620$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10K$9K$300$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$46K$45K$500$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$46K$46K$45$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$0$1K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$27K$27K$370$0
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K$620$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$38K$34K$4K$0
TravelLn 17$1K$1K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$68K$61K$7K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$116K$115K$505$0
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$7K$3K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$919K$901K$18K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $837K$919K−$82K−$29K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 7, 2025 $944K$910K$34K$53K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 16, 2024 $459K$470K−$11K$19K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 30, 2023 $298K$282K$16K$30K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 24, 2023 $177K$14K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $837,306 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $641,027$566,648
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $302,967$270,658
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $943,994$837,306
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 $636,163$651,673
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $274,178$267,258
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $910,341$918,931
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $33,653−$81,625
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $837,306 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$565,666
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$982
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$566,648
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$270,658
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$837,306
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $918,931 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $301,196 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$301,196
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $248,588 · Management $620 · Fundraising $0$249,208
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,285 · Management $300 · Fundraising $0$9,585
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $45,254 · Management $500 · Fundraising $0$45,754
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,885 · Management $45 · Fundraising $0$45,930
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $1,300 · Fundraising $0$1,300
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $26,784 · Management $370 · Fundraising $0$27,154
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,581 · Management $620 · Fundraising $0$6,201
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,130 · Management $3,792 · Fundraising $0$37,922
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,420 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,420
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $61,372 · Management $6,819 · Fundraising $0$68,191
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $115,014 · Management $505 · Fundraising $0$115,519
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,685 · Management $2,866 · Fundraising $0$9,551
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $901,194 · Management $17,737 · Fundraising $0$918,931
Part X · Balance sheet $28,034 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $104,586$28,034
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,049$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,637$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $112,272$28,034
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,613$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $56,954$56,954
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $59,567$56,954
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $52,705−$28,920
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $112,272$28,034
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$28,920 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$837,306
XI-2 Total expenses$918,931
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$81,625
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$52,705
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$28,920

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