Vermont · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC
COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $816,260 to it, the largest being RETREAT FARM LTD ($816,260). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $816k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Community Food Project Inc does
Mission
Community Food Project supports the local food system and builds community food sovereignty by making local, ecologically-grown food available to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. We support local farms by leveraging grant funding to purchase local food for distribution, make food available to everyone through our farmstand, and serve local seniors and families in need through our free farm shares. Our Community Garden provides space and technical support to more than 40 families to grow food for themselves and their neighbors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
This is our first year filing a Form 990. In 2024, we were included in our fiscal Sponsor Retreat Farm Ltd's Form 990. Their EIN is 47-5042006.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Community Garden and Gathering Space: We coordinate, maintain, and provide technical support to a 45-plot Community Garden. The Community Garden provides garden space, water, and a tool bank to allow gardeners from all socio-economic backgrounds to grow food for themselves and their families and neighbors. Additionally we have created an event and recreation space next to the garden for program events and so that families can gather and children can safely play while their parents work in the garden. We partner with another local nonprofit to provide seeds and vegetable starts to gardeners who would not otherwise be able to access them. The revenue is from a modest annual garden fee and gardener donations.
$150,000 spent$1,000 earned by the program38% of program spendingFree Farm Shares: We provide a full season (20 weeks) worth of farm-fresh produce. milk, and eggs to 45 households and individuals in need. We also provide a one-time winter holiday share in December that includes locally sourced vegetable, dairy, eggs, honey, maple syrup, and other festive foods. The revenue is from the Brattleboro Senior Center, who pays for 15 senior households to receive weekly farmshares throughout the summer. The rest of the shares are distributed for free to local families.
$80,000 spent$2,250 earned by the program20% of program spendingCommunity Farmstand and other food distribution efforts: We make produce from our farm and other local farms available to the whole community for free in a dignified, beautiful farmstand where everyone is welcome. We serve upwards of 150 individual households in season. We also distribute milk donated by a local dairy farm and other farm products when available to around 5 local food shelves. Revenue is from donations collected at the farmstand.
$110,000 spent$7,854 earned by the program28% of program spendingSite Management and Ecological Improvement: We improve and take care of our 2 acre parcel which houses our small farm, community garden, greenhouse, community space, farmstand, and access road. We host and support another local nonprofit who maintains a greenhouse and some programming on our site. We engage in invasive species management on the field edge and cultivate biodiversity and soil health throughout the site through a variety of ecological farming methods. We grow half an acre of diversified organic vegetable crops.
$53,642 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $393,642.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lutricia Neuse
Executive Director
Board chair
Daniel Demsey
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $816k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC?
- COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $816,260 to it, the largest being RETREAT FARM LTD ($816,260). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $816,260 in grants to COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC?
- RETREAT FARM LTD is the largest funder on record, with $816,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing