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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.8Mrevenue
FY2024 · +88% in 3 yrs36staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−38.4%
Months of reserve6.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+36.6%
Middle half of peersMedianLa Compost
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.5M spent
Programs$1.5M61%Management and general$952k38%Fundraising$41k2%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 13% of revenue stopped after FY2021
People Food and Land Foundation gave $124k in FY2021, 13% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$80k in FY2022 and −$702k in FY2024. Cash covers 6.8 months, above the peer median of 4.1.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 37% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort42funders
$968ka year, last 3 years
59%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Angell FoundationSince FY2018$125k$35k$40k$65k$75k$250The Schmidt Family FoundationSince FY2022$150k$162kDurfee FoundationStopped after FY2021$35k$50k$50k$155k$10k–Stranahan FoundationStopped after FY2022$40k$40k$40k$40k–People Food and Land FoundationOn and off$124kClimate Imperative FoundationNew in FY2023$100kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$150k$140k$74k$300k$367k$226k$1.3M19 other fundersUp to $90k a year each$15k$87k$37k$121k$75k$166k$33k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped