2020-10-27T16:12:46-05:00 2019-12-31 390974031 WEGNER CPAS LLP 230 PARK AVE FL 3 NEW YORK NY 101690005 990 2019-01-01 472549969 SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC SOUL 5182291339 1972 NY HWY 2 PETERSBURG NY 12138 TAINA DEL VALLE PRESIDENT 5182291339 2020-10-26 1 BRUCE MAYER CPA P00187180 2125511724 66.222.124.178 2020-10-26 09:42:49 CD P 064F4117F09D37B45CB2B94A19393E5FFC244F79 74B0C536FBDEA54BE69F712409E5EA3D5A3AE8D3 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z TAINA DEL VALLE 1972 NY HWY 2 PETERSBURG NY 12138 1467603 0 X SOULFIREFARM.ORG X 2014 NY TO FURTHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY. 15 15 13 25 0 0 459950 1196512 222765 223950 8647 15282 2206 9707 693568 1445451 0 0 0 0 250288 376547 0 0 20006 243028 365122 493316 741669 200252 703782 857473 1625442 504776 17823 352697 1607619 X SOUL FIRE FARM IS COMMITTED TO ENDING RACISM AND INJUSTICE 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. 0 0 474230 113420 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. 175312 118817 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. 649542 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 32 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X AZURE KEAHI - CAPITAL BOOKKEEPING C 8082325495 313 10TH ST TROY NY 12180 TAINA DEL VALLE PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 DR KRISTIN REYNOLDS TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 TAGAN ENGEL SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ADAKU UTAH DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 REV DR ADELE SMITH-PENNIMAN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DR CLAUDIA FORD DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DR GAIL MYERS DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 GERALD MITCHELL DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JALAL SABUR DIRECTOR 6.00 X 750 0 0 KAREN WASHINGTON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KAVITHA RAO DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KEISHA CAMERON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 OLIVIA WATKINS DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ROSA RIVERA DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ABBY LUBLIN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 LEAH PENNIMAN CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 56160 0 1426 JONAH VITALE-WOLFF CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 56160 0 1426 LARISA JACOBSON CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 54080 0 0 167150 0 2852 0 0 0 0 0 1196512 7674 1196512 PUBLIC SPEAKING 611430 118817 118817 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 813410 58799 58799 FARM INCOME 110000 46334 46334 223950 15430 15430 3025 3173 -148 -148 -148 27266 18979 8287 8287 1420 1420 1420 1445451 232237 0 16702 X 170002 135479 22736 11787 154648 149092 2806 2750 1704 1494 134 76 25494 22348 2006 1140 24699 21651 1944 1104 8599 8599 97587 93739 3848 300 300 19263 18347 584 332 68332 65237 1972 1123 33123 27082 6041 4190 4190 25028 25028 19218 16846 1512 860 FOOD AND SUPPLIES 47045 41212 4999 834 FARM EXPENSES 31987 31987 10450 10450 741669 649542 72121 20006 621352 149561 1159536 32983 40405 15522 5037 1005 292835 39354 151072 253481 8317 44644 0 857473 1625442 1015 17823 503761 504776 17823 X 352697 1528879 78740 352697 1607619 857473 1625442 703782 3361 547779 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 52515 148712 216208 459950 1196512 2073897 52515 148712 216208 459950 1196512 2073897 446201 1627696 6 135 404 8647 15430 24622 2206 9707 11913 2110432 669723 0.77130 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 126856 9794 117062 94742 29560 65182 71237 71237 253481 1467791 3361 3361 1464430 -18979 -18979 1445451 760648 18979 18979 741669 0 741669 PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT EXPENSES REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 10B PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT EXPENSES REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 8B SOUL FIRE FARM LAND STEWARDSHIP COLLECTIVE LLC LEAH PENNIMAN AND JONAH VITALE-WOLFF, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, OWN THE LLC 19945 THE ORGANIZATION RENTS THE LAND AND BUILDINGS WHERE THE FARM IS LOCATED FROM AN LLC CO-OWNED BY TWO OFFICERS. THE VALUE OF THE RENTAL IS BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL COUNSEL TO ENSURE NO EXCESS BENEFIT OR PRIVATE INUREMENT. OFFICERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARE EXCLUDED FROM DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE RENTAL AGREEMENT. 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 REV. DR. ADELE SMITH-PENNIMAN AND LEAH PENNIMAN HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. JONAH VITALE-WOLFF AND LEAH PENNIMAN HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. 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 COMPESSURATE AND DID NOT OUTCOMPETE PRIVATE FARMS. 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 CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 93,739. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 3,848. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 97,587.