SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC (EIN 47-2549969)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-10-27
IRS object ID: 202203009349301865
Schema version: 2021v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-10-27T14:11:29-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390974031	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEGNER CPAS LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	230 PARK AVE FL 3	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	101690005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	472549969	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SOUL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5188809372	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1972 NY HWY 2	AddressLine1Txt
City	PETERSBURG	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12138	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TAINA DEL VALLE	PersonNm
Person Title	CHAIR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5188809372	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-10-26	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	TAINA	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	DEL VALLE	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	BRUCE MAYER CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00187180	PTIN
Phone	2125511724	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-10-07	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	TAINA DEL VALLE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1972 NY HWY 2	AddressLine1Txt
City	PETERSBURG	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12138	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,379,213	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	SOULFIREFARM.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2014	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO FURTHER THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, NATURAL BUILDING, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS; TO CONDUCT ON-FARM AND FILED RESEARCH TO ADVANCE BEST PRACTICES IN FARMING AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY; TO PROVIDE ON-FARM TRAINING ON THE BEST PRACTICES IN FARMING AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO FARMERS; TO OFFER OFF-FARM PRESENTATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY; TO PUBLISH CURRICULUM, ARTICLES, AND OTHER WRITTEN AND RECORDED WORK FOR THE ON-FARM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT; TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	14	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	595	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$7,518,625	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,959,920	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$235,845	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$341,033	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$16,800	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$21,842	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$14,299	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$37,720	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$7,785,569	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,360,515	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$426,861	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$121,250	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$493,942	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$560,141	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$69,155	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$380,437	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$521,543	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,301,240	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,202,934	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,484,329	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,157,581	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$8,136,225	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$11,344,794	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$35,153	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$22,725	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$8,101,072	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$11,322,069	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	SOUL FIRE FARM IS AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS CENTERED COMMUNITY FARM COMMITTED TO UPROOTING RACISM AND SEEDING SOVEREIGNTY IN THE FOOD SYSTEM. WE RAISE AND DISTRIBUTE LIFE-GIVING FOOD AS A MEANS TO END FOOD APARTHEID. WITH DEEP REVERENCE FOR THE LAND AND WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS, WE WORK TO RECLAIM OUR COLLECTIVE RIGHT TO BELONG TO THE EARTH AND TO HAVE AGENCY IN THE FOOD SYSTEM. WE BRING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER ON THIS HEALING LAND TO SHARE SKILLS ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, NATURAL BUILDING, SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE ARE TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ACTIVIST-FARMERS AND STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$693,752	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$121,250	GrantAmt
Revenue	$272,201	RevenueAmt
Desc	FARM-BASED - SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE, INC. GROWS 20,000 POUNDS OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, AND PLANT MEDICINE AND 250 CHICKENS INTENSIVELY ON 2 ACRES OF LAND USING LOW-TILL METHODS; PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, DOORSTEP DELIVERY OF ITS OWN FARM FRESH ORGANIC VEGETABLES, HERBS, EGGS, AND MEAT TO 80+ FAMILIES; TRAINS 130+ NEW FARMER-ACTIVISTS THROUGH OUR BIPOC FIRE (BLACK-INDIGENOUS-PEOPLE OF COLOR FARMING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH EARTH) AND BIPOC BUILDERS WEEKLONG IMMERSIONS; STRENGTHENS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE LAND BY PROVIDING DAYLONG FOOD JUSTICE PROGRAMS TO 250+ BIPOC YOUTH, COMMUNITY FARM DAYS TO 300+ INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND "SOUL FIRE IN THE CITY" LAWN TO GARDEN WORKSHOPS FOR 30+ PEOPLE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$251,992	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$83,998	RevenueAmt
Desc	PUBLIC EDUCATION - THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING, TRAINING, AND MEDIA, SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE, INC. AWAKENS THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF 3,000 LISTENERS AND READERS WHO INTERACT WITH ITS PUBLIC TALKS, BOOKS, AND ARTICLES - AS EVIDENCED BY 30+ EXAMPLES OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS REPORTING THEIR CONCRETE ACTIONS TOWARD FOOD JUSTICE AND LAND SOVEREIGNTY AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY LEARNED. IN ADDITION, SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE, INC. CATALYZES THE TRANSFER OF RESOURCES, LAND, AND POWER TO BIPOC FARMER-ACTIVISTS BY INCUBATING THE NORTHEAST FARMERS OF COLOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, TRAINING 200+ ACTIVISTS THROUGH UPROOTING RACISM IN THE FOOD SYSTEM INTENSIVES, PARTICIPATING IN POLICY-ORGANIZING WORK WITH HEAL, NBFJA, USFSA, AND BUGS, GENERATING 7+ MATCHES THROUGH THE REPARATIONS MAP, AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF AT LEAST ONE SIBLING FARM INTERNATIONALLY.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$945,744	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	47	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	14	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AZURE KEAHI	PersonNm
Phone	8082325495	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	488 2ND AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TROY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12182	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
TAINA DEL VALLE
CHAIR	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$1,500	$0	$0
GERALD MITCHELL
TREASURER	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TAGAN ENGEL
SECRETARY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KAREN WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DR CLAUDIA FORD
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR GAIL MYERS
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JALAL SABUR
DIRECTOR	6.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAVITHA RAO
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEISHA CAMERON
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
OLIVIA WATKINS
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROSA RIVERA
DIRECTOR (THRU AUGUST)	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LEAH PENNIMAN
CO-EXEC DIR/FARM DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$60,420	$0	$10,470
IFE KILIMANJARO
CO-EXEC DIR/MANAGING DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$68,350	$0	$6,053

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$130,270	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$16,523	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NEW FRAMEWORKS CONSTRUCTION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 MILL ST STE 161	AddressLine1Txt
City	BURLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	CONSTRUCTION SERVICES	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$104,926	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$3,959,920	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$97,397	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,959,920	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PROGRAM FEES	110000	$228,366	$228,366
PUBLIC SPEAKING	616000	$96,078	$96,078
FARM INCOME	110000	$16,589	$16,589

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$341,033	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$21,842	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$21,842	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$38,919	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$18,698	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$20,221	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$15,166	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$5,055	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$17,499	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$17,499	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$17,499	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,360,515	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$356,199	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$44,396	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$113,750	TotalAmt
Program Services	$113,750	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$146,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$87,973	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,011	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,809	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$324,586	TotalAmt
Program Services	$261,797	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,955	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,834	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,318	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,538	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$94	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$686	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,133	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,557	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,076	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,500	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,311	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,570	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,098	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,643	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,744	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,744	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,853	TotalAmt
Management And General	$15,853	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$149,196	TotalAmt
Program Services	$132,695	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,501	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,499	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,265	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,671	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,563	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,256	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,643	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,524	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,089	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$86,581	TotalAmt
Program Services	$73,907	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,317	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,357	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,323	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,204	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,119	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,836	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,836	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,936	TotalAmt
Program Services	$83,936	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,937	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,521	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,742	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,674	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
FOOD AND SUPPLIES	$65,436	$40,887	$24,549
FARM EXPENSES	$27,019	$27,019

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,927	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,982	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,945	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,202,934	TotalAmt
Program Services	$945,744	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$188,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$69,155	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$341,359	BOYAmt
EOY	$382,911	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,750,012	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,631,420	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,905,793	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,733,154	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,722	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,760	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,192	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,570	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,114	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,359	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,990,109	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$153,843	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,518,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,836,266	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$84,143	BOYAmt
EOY	$208,942	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$510,190	BOYAmt
EOY	$529,412	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,136,225	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,344,794	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,811	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,925	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,800	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,153	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,725	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,324,085	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,872,265	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,776,987	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,449,804	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,101,072	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,322,069	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,136,225	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,344,794	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$3,157,581	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$42,779	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$20,637	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$216,208	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$459,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,196,512	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,518,625	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,959,920	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$13,351,215	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$216,208	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$459,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,196,512	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,518,625	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,959,920	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$13,351,215	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,724,180	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$10,627,035	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$404	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,647	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$15,430	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$14,060	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$21,842	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$60,383	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,707	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$11,913	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$13,423,511	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,222,779	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.79170	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.69380	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$986,785	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$55,995	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$930,790	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$141,841	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$70,148	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$71,693	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$861,483	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$27,700	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$833,783	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,836,266	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,442,629	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$42,779	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$20,637	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$63,416	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,379,213	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$18,698	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$18,698	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,360,515	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,221,632	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$18,698	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$18,698	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,202,934	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,202,934	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	DIRECT EXPENSES REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 10B -18,698.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	DIRECT EXPENSES REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 10B 18,698.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESIST INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	42 SEAVERNS AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	JAMAICA PLAIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02130	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	042433182	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$101,250	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of Grant	NORTHEAST FARMERS OF COLOR	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	SCHOLARSHIPS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	3	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$7,500	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MANAGEMENT REVIEWS THE ANNUAL REPORT PROVIDED BY THE GRANTEE.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	5	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$96,318	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$750	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	COST OF DONATED PROP	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	SEEDS	Desc
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$329	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	COST OF DONATED PROP	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, COLUMN (B):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN COLUMN (B).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B	ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM 990 WITH THE IRS, A COPY OF THE RETURN IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. THE 990 IS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE OFFICERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANNUALLY ALL DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS COMPLETE AND SIGN A STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR INTERESTS AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY MAKE DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER A CONFLICT EXISTS AND REVIEW ACTUAL CONFLICTS. ANY PERSON WITH A CONFLICT IS PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNING BODY'S DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS IN THE TRANSACTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE SFFI BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESEARCHED SALARIES IN COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS REGIONALLY AND STATEWIDE BY LOOKING AT 990S. THIS INFORMATION WAS USED TO APPROVE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION IS BELOW REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE AVERAGES. IN ADDITION TO A MARKET REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SALARIES, THE BOARD DID A REVIEW OF COMPARABLE SALARIES FOR ALL POSITIONS (FARMERS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS) TO ENSURE SALARIES WERE COMMENSURATE AND DID NOT OUTCOMPETE PRIVATE FARMS. THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING COMPENSATION IS DOCUMENTED (TYPICALLY IN MINUTES).
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	CONTRACT SERVICES:OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICES:PROGRAM CONTRACTORS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 127,941. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 16,501. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 144,442. CONTRACT SERVICES:OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICES:VIDEO PRODUCTION: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 4,754. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 4,754.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE AUDIT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE.