California · Nonprofit
GROW2ZERO FARMS
GROW2ZERO FARMS (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY PARTNERS ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $837k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $-28920
What Grow2zero Farms does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$279,014 spentof which $343,309 as grants$343,309 earned by the program31% of program spendingGrow2Zero FARMS:23 FUFA USDA-UAIP - Provide online urban farm education and healthy meal distribution. Grant commenced 3 2023
$92,551 spentof which $101,475 as grants$101,475 earned by the program10% of program spendingGrow2Zero 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.
$134,076 spentof which $113,757 as grants$113,757 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther programs
$395,553 spentof which $7,125 as grants$270,658 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $901,194.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $112k to $28k (−75%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 49% · 2023 42% · 2024 64% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of GROW2ZERO FARMS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Judi Gregory
Executive Director Board Member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $0.
From the IRS filings of GROW2ZERO FARMS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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 GROW2ZERO FARMS's grant income comes from California 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
GROW2ZERO FARMS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding GROW2ZERO FARMS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $710k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$635k
- Environmental Protection Agency$75k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GROW2ZERO FARMS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GROW2ZERO FARMS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GROW2ZERO FARMS?
- GROW2ZERO FARMS (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY PARTNERS ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROW2ZERO FARMS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $150,000 in grants to GROW2ZERO FARMS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROW2ZERO FARMS?
- COMMUNITY PARTNERS is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROW2ZERO FARMS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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