Utah · Nonprofit
THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX
THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX (Utah) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $815,633 to it, the largest being SORENSON LEGACY FOUNDATION ($165,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $-12083
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $816k
- Net assets
- $10k
What The Green Urban Lunch Box does
Mission
GULB's mission is to empower people to connect to their food and community by revitalizing urban spaces and building a resilient food culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our Backfarms program grew and distributed fresh vegetables in the backyards of senior citizens throughout the Salt Lake valley. This produce was distributed to senior citizens who visited our free farm stands at Salt Lake County senior centers. In back farms gardens, we teach garden apprentices how to grow their own food while beautifying neighborhoods, building cross-generational relationships, and building a positive food culture in our community.
$687 spent2% of program spendingThe small farm initiative grew fresh vegetables on our urban community farm and distributed the food through our community supported agriculture (CSA) program. In addition to the vegetables grown, we trained farm apprentices/stewards in urban agriculture skills and small business management.
$23,944 spent67% of program spendingOur fruitshare program harvested fruit from fruit trees located in community members' backyards. This fruit was rescued from a trip to the landfill, and was instead distributed to feed food insecure families in our community. Additionally, we hosted several volunteers at our fruit harvests. In exchange, they learned about basic fruit tree care and the importance of fresh nutritious food, and forged a deep connection to their community.
$6,648 spent19% of program spendingAll Other Program Services
$4,428 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,707.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $288k to $124k (−57%).
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: 2019 15% · 2020 9% · 2021 15% · 2022 4% · 2023 2% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Rachel Tibolla
Executive Director
Board chair
Matt Mulligan
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $70k → $100k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 59% · 2019 35% · 2020 26% · 2021 25% · 2022 19% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $231k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX has grown faster than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$25k
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 THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX?
- THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX (Utah) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $815,633 to it, the largest being SORENSON LEGACY FOUNDATION ($165,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $815,633 in grants to THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX?
- SORENSON LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GREEN URBAN LUNCH BOX find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 32 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