2025-05-13T21:28:26-07:00 2024-06-30 455471087 Accounting Angel LLC 520 Yosemite Ave N Golden Valley MN 55422 990 2023-07-01 463139547 NORTH COUNTRY FOOD ALLIANCE NORT 6125684585 PO Box 7074 Minneapolis MN 554070074 Tessa Late Admin Coordinator 2623840119 2025-02-28 1 1 Acacia Willey P01010039 6128404220 2025-02-28 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Tessa Late PO Box 7074 Minneapolis MN 55407 724482 0 X www.ncfa-mn.org X 2013 MN North Country Food Alliance (NCFA) is a worker-run non-profit that takes action to strengthen food sovereignty in the Twin Cities Metro Area. We share healthy, culturally appropriate food; build community gardens; support local farmers; and reduce commercial and local food waste. 5 4 14 1 0 0 689415 724482 0 0 0 0 0 0 689415 724482 497422 538362 0 0 215798 132507 0 0 41077 76318 68813 789538 739682 -100123 -15200 59722 44522 0 0 59722 44522 The mission of North Country Food Alliance is to strengthen food sovereignty in the Twin Cities Metro Area. We do this through two main program areas: foodshare and gardening. Our foodshare program rescues overstock food that would otherwise go to waste at farms, grocery stores, and distribution centers, and delivers it to community food shelves and kitchens. We also purchase produce from BIPOC-run farms to share for free with community groups. Our garden program increases access to land for food production and shares fresh, healthy produce with people in the neighborhood. We also educate the public on issues of food waste and food sovereignty. 0 0 3245 0 0 The outreach and education program has approximately 12,500 conversations in the Twin Cities Metro raising awareness of commercial food waste. These conversations don't just affect people's view of the world but also drive fellow community members into action. Business owners, store managers, farmers, gardeners, and other people participate with the foodshare and community garden program because of their contact with canvassers. In addition we find and start communication with local nonprofit workers that guide the focus of our work. Our other programs are informed by the outreach program. We educate our neighbors and they return in kind. 638671 538362 0 Foodshare: We partner with businesses metro wide including but not limited to grocery stores, food coops, distributors, farmers markets, and food production facilities. We take the perishable food products such as fresh produce, meat, bread, and dairy that these businesses would ave to waste without our help. Our workers ensure rapid and safe transportation of the food to Twin Cities nonprofits every weekday. This fiscal year, we rescued 441,337lbs of rescued food from our grocery partners, 54,975lbs of food from farmers markets, and purchased $63,605 worth of food directly from local BIPOC farmers. 6376 0 0 Community Gardens: We plant gardens in neighborhoods with restricted access to fresh produce. These gardens give people the opportunity to learn how to grow their own healthy food and provide free produce to folks in the neighborhood. In 2021, we worked with the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority to transfer management of this community garden to the Somali American Farmers Association (SAFA). Horn Towers is home to many Somali elders, and SAFA grows East African greens and crops like millet and okra in traditional ways that include regenerative practices. We also manage a garden in North Minneapolis, which has grown to house 24 circular raised beds and 16 rectangular ones. This is the largest it's been since its founding in 2017. In spring 2022, we also started managing the community garden at Walker Church and we also cultivate a plot at the Merriam Station Community Garden in St. Paul. 0 0 0 648292 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X Andy Evren 6125684585 PO Box 7074 Minneapolis MN 554070074 Samuel Madrigal Chair 1 0 X X 21658 0 0 Alison Hoyer Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Devin Lavey Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Emma Dubay Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Devin Lavey Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Shannon Nordby Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 21658 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116082 608400 441337 724482 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 724482 0 0 0 538362 538362 21658 11695 3249 6714 88604 47846 13291 27467 22245 12012 3337 6896 1043 1043 0 0 210 0 210 0 1714 0 1714 0 6305 4955 1350 0 9895 8476 1419 0 2591 1401 1190 0 15415 0 15415 0 Program Expense 22502 22502 0 0 Miscellaneous Expense 5626 0 5626 0 Dues and Fees 3235 0 3235 0 Postage and Delivery 277 0 277 0 739682 648292 50313 41077 52119 39510 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25986 20974 7603 5012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59722 44522 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 59722 44522 0 0 59722 44522 59722 44522 -15200 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 556803 756603 777265 689415 724482 3504568 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 556803 756603 777265 689415 724482 3504568 3504568 2 10 3 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10936 0 0 0 0 10936 3515519 0.99688 0.99638 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 2019: Sale of expensed vehicle -$7,500; Insurance claim for totaled Vehicle -$3,436. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25986 20974 5012 0 0 0 0 5012 0 Waite House 2323 11th Ave S Minneapolis MN 55404 410916478 110120 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Walker Church 3104 16th Ave S Minneapolis MN 55407 933973084 72792 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 1308 E Franklin Ave Minneapolis MN 55404 412021862 58232 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Brothers Empowered 121 N Washington Ave Minneapolis MN 55401 471431272 52475 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Groveland Emergency Food Shelf 1900 Nicollet Ave Minneapolis MN 55403 411933266 44200 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Korean Service Center Grace Place 630 Cedar Ave Minneapolis MN 55454 411678348 32045 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Hamline University 1492 Hewitt Ave Saint Paul MN 55104 410693960 23825 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Calvary Food Shelf 3901 Chicago Ave Minneapolis MN 55407 411306904 23375 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Storage-put into storage 7600 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food VEAP - Bloomington 9600 Aldrich Ave S Bloomington MN 55420 416175999 7115 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Our Saviors Housing 2219 Chicago Ave Minneapolis MN 55404 411349995 7000 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food Augsburg Foodshelf 2211 Riverside Ave Minneapolis MN 55454 410694721 5450 Fair Market Value Purchased food, culled food 12 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 We maintain regular contact with our food recipients, usually visiting the site at least weekly. X 441337 441337 FMV ($1/lb) 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 As written in our bylaws, application for voting membership shall be open to any person that has a paid position at North Country Food Alliance and supports the purpose statement in Article I, Section 2. Membership is granted when an applicant is hired by a 67% majority vote of current worker-members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a As written in our bylaws, new directors and current directors shall be elected or re-elected annually by the current worker-members. Directors will be elected by a simple majority vote of the worker-members at a regularly scheduled worker meeting. The worker meeting where the annual board election is to take place must be designated at a regularly scheduled worker meeting at least two weeks prior to the election. The day a board election is scheduled, current worker-members must receive written notice by email, text, or Slack. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is sent to the organizations board members for careful review and approval prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c This was done by all members of the governing body determining if anyone would be ineligible to vote on policy decisions that would go against our current conflict of interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 As a worker-run non profit, North Country Food Alliance (NCFA) does not have an executive director or upper management employees. The role of executive director is held collectively by the worker body. The board of directors approves the annual budget of NCFA, which includes employee compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 There is a page on our website that hosts official documents. Additional documentation can always be made available by request. Our 990s can also be found on third party websites such as Candid.