2024-06-26T11:25:23-04:00 2023-12-31 461335331 ALTRUIC ADVISORS CPAS 417 FOREST AVENUE PLYMOUTH MI 48170 990 2023-01-01 743091845 GROWING HOPE INC GROW 7347868401 922 W MICHIGAN AVENUE YPSILANTI MI 48197 JULIUS BUZZARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7347868401 2024-06-24 true JULIUS BUZZARD XXX-XX-XXXX false RYAN N HAGAN CPA P00293011 8882985297 2024-06-24 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z GERMAINE SMITH 922 W MICHIGAN AVENUE YPSILANTI MI 48197 872466 false X WWW.GROWINGHOPE.NET X 2003 MI FOSTERS AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED TO GROW, SELL, BUY, PREPARE, AND EAT NOURISHING FOOD. 5 5 29 150 0 780364 755068 117209 104521 -870 5687 2658 6221 899361 871497 813 68165 0 594828 533902 0 61032 229838 219041 825479 821108 73882 50389 1828294 1879298 185599 186214 1642695 1693084 X FOSTERS AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED TO GROW, SELL, BUY, PREPARE, AND EAT NOURISHING FOOD. false false 182717 8116 FARM AND GARDEN PROGRAMS: THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO GROW, PREPARE, AND EAT NOURISHING FOOD WITH HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, AND FIELD TRIPS ON THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM DEMONSTRATION GARDENS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS YPSILANTI HOME, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL GARDENS BY PROVIDING RAISED BEDS, COMPOST, SEEDLINGS/SEEDS, TOOLS, AND MENTORSHIP. IN 2023: -WE INCREASED OUR FARM'S PRODUCTION BY 56% THROUGH OPENING UP NEW GROWING SPACE. -OUR COMPOSTING AREA WAS EXPANDED AND WE PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO TEST A COMMUNITY COMPOSTING SYSTEM, WHICH YIELDED NEARLY 30 YARDS OF ORGANIC COMPOST USED ON GROWING HOPE'S URBAN FARM AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. -5,403 POUNDS OF PRODUCE FROM OUR FARM WAS DONATED DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR FREE COMMUNITY PRODUCE CART, FARM SHARES FOR OUR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND DONATIONS TO OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. -5,000 VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS WERE GIVEN TO AREA GARDENERS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY GARDENS. -60 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN PROGRAM, RECEIVING GARDEN BEDS, RESOURCES, AND MATERIALS. -40 GARDEN BEDS WERE INSTALLED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TOWNE CENTER SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI. -38 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN OUR INAUGURAL SLIDING SCALE CSA, "SOLIDARITY SHARES." -115 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED GROWING HOPE'S GARDEN-BASED WORKSHOPS 163497 25620 FARMERS MARKET PROGRAMS: WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INCREASING ACCESS TO LOCAL FRESH FOODS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION MANAGES THE DEPOT TOWN YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET, WHICH PROVIDES A VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACE FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD MAKERS TO SELL DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS. ADDITIONALLY, IT MANAGES THE YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET, A SAFE AND CONVENIENT OPTION. SIX FORMS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS ARE ACCEPTED AT ALL MARKETS. IN 2023: -OUR DEPOT TOWN MARKET HOSTED OUR FIRST-EVER POWER OF PRODUCE (POP) CLUB WITH 40 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN INTERACTIVE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES AND RECEIVING 3 IN MARKET TOKENS TO SPEND ON FRESH FRUITS OR VEGETABLES AT THE MARKET. -WE RELAUNCHED THE INDOOR WINTER MARKET DOWNTOWN, WELCOMING 150-300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. -273,000 OF LOCAL FOODS AND GOODS WERE SOLD THROUGH THE YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET AND YPSI FARMERS MARKETS. -18% OF ALL MARKET SALES USED FOOD ASSISTANCE. -89 LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS SOLD THEIR PRODUCTS THROUGH THE YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS AND YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET. -360 HOUSEHOLDS PLACED ORDERS THROUGH THE ONLINE MARKET. -ON AVERAGE, 700 INDIVIDUALS VISITED THE DEPOT TOWN FARMERS MARKET. 201182 80 YOUTH AND SCHOOLS PROGRAMS: GARDEN-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION IS PROVIDED FOR PRE-K THROUGH 8TH-GRADE YOUTH AT THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM IN CLASSROOMS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND THROUGH ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE YPSILANTI'S FARM TO SCHOOL INITIATIVE. IN ITS YEAR- ROUND TEEN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, TEENS GROW THEIR LEADERSHIP AND JOB SKILLS WHILE WORKING ON THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM, AT ITS MARKETS, AND IN ITS INCUBATOR KITCHEN, CREATING THE NEXT CHANGEMAKERS IN THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. IN 2023: -13 TEENS PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, 7 PARTICIPATED IN OUR SCHOOL YEAR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND 2 PREVIOUS GRADUATES RETURNED FOR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS. -TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOCUSED ON REBUILDING THE TEEN GARDEN, OR "THE OASIS." -TEENS ENGAGED IN NEW, INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING AS THEY PREPARED, COOKED, ATE, AND GREW FRESH PRODUCE WITH FOLKS AT THE YPSILANTI SENIOR CENTER. -EVERY YOUTH WHO GRADUATED FROM THE TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION. -290 YOUTH TOOK PART IN STEM-BASED FIELD TRIPS TO THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM & YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET PLACE. -20 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN OUR IN-CLASS GARDENING AND NUTRITION EDUCATIONAL SERIES AT YPSILANTI INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. -25 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT WEEKLY SESSIONS AT THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKRIDGE SUMMER CAMP. 153263 68165 70705 FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WITH THE GOAL OF GROWING THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY, THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS START-UP FOOD MAKERS WITH ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S INCUBATOR KITCHEN. WITH 24/7 ACCESS TO A COMMERICAL-GRADE FACILITY, RENTERS ARE ASSISTED WITH FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS, LICENSING, AND CREATING CONNECTIONS WITH GROWERS AND RETAIL MARKETS. IN 2023: -37 LOCAL BUSINESSES UTILIZED THE GROWING HOPE INCUBATOR KITCHEN SERVICES. -10 BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED IN THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION PROGRAM FOR COVID-IMPACTED MICROENTERPRISES, A PROGRAM WE PILOTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RECEIVING TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COACHING, AND A 5,000 GRANT TO HELP ACCELERATE THEIR BUSINESS. -3 MAKERS GRADUATED FROM GROWING HOPE'S INCUBATOR KITCHEN INTO THEIR OWN BRICK-AND-MORTAR ESTABLISHMENTS. -93 HOURS OF KITCHEN USE WERE DEDICATED TO PROGRAMMING BY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH & INVOLVEMENT. THOUGH ITS OUTREACH, THE ORGANIZATION CULTIVATES AND PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT AND GUIDE ITS MISSION IN THE COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVE IN SEVERAL CITY, COUNTY, AND STATEWIDE COALITIONS AND NETWORKS, ADVOCATING FOR FOOD JUSTICE AND AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. 153263 68165 70705 700659 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 29 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true false false MI X X CAROLYN GEHRKE 7347868401 922 W MICHIGAN AVENUE YPSILANTI MI 48197 JULIUS BUZZARD EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 70000 0 539 GERMAINE SMITH PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HARLEY SHERMAN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JESSICA KRUEGER-KOUPAL SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ERINN WILLIAMSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEFANIE STAUFFER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 70000 539 false false false 17770 217970 519328 5799 755068 RENTAL INCOME 69206 69206 PROGRAM REVENUE 35315 35315 104521 5687 5687 6890 17770 969 5921 MISCELLANEOUS 300 300 300 871497 104521 5987 7792 7792 60373 60373 70000 60760 3290 5950 395139 331685 31484 31970 28947 26832 817 1298 39816 33565 2588 3663 12715 12715 7850 7850 1218 1125 39 54 7413 4267 278 2868 9051 6601 831 1619 26963 25780 484 699 3831 2630 790 411 4032 3399 262 371 73804 62217 4797 6790 11842 10269 648 925 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 24567 23860 290 417 PROGRAM SUPPLIES 19906 19906 BANK & SERVICE CHARGES 8191 4260 39 3892 MISCELLANEOUS 4433 4263 65 105 3225 3225 821108 700659 59417 61032 256712 457212 191459 193436 201119 128832 11766 4568 3133 3100 1621012 528862 1164105 1092150 1828294 1879298 22456 22072 8779 148296 144636 14847 10727 185599 186214 X 1299971 1528732 342724 164352 1642695 1693084 1828294 1879298 50389 X false true X true false X 578703 907709 1336000 780364 755068 4357844 55891 77810 136399 137717 111411 519228 219303 16318 2427 980 300 239328 853897 1001837 1474826 919061 866779 5116400 83558 146336 229894 83558 146336 229894 4886506 128 141 124 855 5687 6935 128 141 124 855 5687 6935 854025 1001978 1474950 919916 872466 5123335 0.95380 0.95360 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 225000 225000 1339176 476859 862317 15343 10510 4833 41493 41493 1092150 FUNDS HELD FOR OTHERS 10727 10727 874797 3300 3300 871497 871497 824408 3300 3300 821108 821108 FALL AUCTION 7600 3045 4555 206 7600 3045 4555 206 206 4349 true WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET 7792 PROGRAM SUPPORT 1 SUPPORT 11 60373 FORM 990 IN 2021, THE ORGANIZATION RAN A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN RAISING 500,000, WHICH WAS USED IN PART TO PAY OFF TWO MORTGAGES TOTALING APPOXIMATELY 400,000. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A FARM AND GARDEN PROGRAMS: THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO GROW, PREPARE, AND EAT NOURISHING FOOD WITH HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, AND FIELD TRIPS ON THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM DEMONSTRATION GARDENS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS YPSILANTI HOME, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL GARDENS BY PROVIDING RAISED BEDS, COMPOST, SEEDLINGS/SEEDS, TOOLS, AND MENTORSHIP. IN 2023: -WE INCREASED OUR FARM'S PRODUCTION BY 56% THROUGH OPENING UP NEW GROWING SPACE. -OUR COMPOSTING AREA WAS EXPANDED AND WE PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO TEST A COMMUNITY COMPOSTING SYSTEM, WHICH YIELDED NEARLY 30 YARDS OF ORGANIC COMPOST USED ON GROWING HOPE'S URBAN FARM AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. -5,403 POUNDS OF PRODUCE FROM OUR FARM WAS DONATED DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR FREE COMMUNITY PRODUCE CART, FARM SHARES FOR OUR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND DONATIONS TO OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. -5,000 VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS WERE GIVEN TO AREA GARDENERS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY GARDENS. -60 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN PROGRAM, RECEIVING GARDEN BEDS, RESOURCES, AND MATERIALS. -40 GARDEN BEDS WERE INSTALLED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TOWNE CENTER SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI. -38 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN OUR INAUGURAL SLIDING SCALE CSA, "SOLIDARITY SHARES." -115 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED GROWING HOPE'S GARDEN-BASED WORKSHOPS FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B FARMERS MARKET PROGRAMS: WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INCREASING ACCESS TO LOCAL FRESH FOODS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION MANAGES THE DEPOT TOWN YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET, WHICH PROVIDES A VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACE FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD MAKERS TO SELL DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS. ADDITIONALLY, IT MANAGES THE YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET, A SAFE AND CONVENIENT OPTION. SIX FORMS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS ARE ACCEPTED AT ALL MARKETS. IN 2023: -OUR DEPOT TOWN MARKET HOSTED OUR FIRST-EVER POWER OF PRODUCE (POP) CLUB WITH 40 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN INTERACTIVE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES AND RECEIVING 3 IN MARKET TOKENS TO SPEND ON FRESH FRUITS OR VEGETABLES AT THE MARKET. -WE RELAUNCHED THE INDOOR WINTER MARKET DOWNTOWN, WELCOMING 150-300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. -273,000 OF LOCAL FOODS AND GOODS WERE SOLD THROUGH THE YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET AND YPSI FARMERS MARKETS. -18% OF ALL MARKET SALES USED FOOD ASSISTANCE. -89 LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS SOLD THEIR PRODUCTS THROUGH THE YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS AND YPSI AREA ONLINE MARKET. -360 HOUSEHOLDS PLACED ORDERS THROUGH THE ONLINE MARKET. -ON AVERAGE, 700 INDIVIDUALS VISITED THE DEPOT TOWN FARMERS MARKET. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C YOUTH AND SCHOOLS PROGRAMS: GARDEN-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION IS PROVIDED FOR PRE-K THROUGH 8TH-GRADE YOUTH AT THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM IN CLASSROOMS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND THROUGH ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE YPSILANTI'S FARM TO SCHOOL INITIATIVE. IN ITS YEAR- ROUND TEEN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, TEENS GROW THEIR LEADERSHIP AND JOB SKILLS WHILE WORKING ON THE ORGANIZATION'S URBAN FARM, AT ITS MARKETS, AND IN ITS INCUBATOR KITCHEN, CREATING THE NEXT CHANGEMAKERS IN THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. IN 2023: -13 TEENS PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, 7 PARTICIPATED IN OUR SCHOOL YEAR TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND 2 PREVIOUS GRADUATES RETURNED FOR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS. -TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOCUSED ON REBUILDING THE TEEN GARDEN, OR "THE OASIS." -TEENS ENGAGED IN NEW, INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING AS THEY PREPARED, COOKED, ATE, AND GREW FRESH PRODUCE WITH FOLKS AT THE YPSILANTI SENIOR CENTER. -EVERY YOUTH WHO GRADUATED FROM THE TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION. -290 YOUTH TOOK PART IN STEM-BASED FIELD TRIPS TO THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM & YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKET PLACE. -20 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN OUR IN-CLASS GARDENING AND NUTRITION EDUCATIONAL SERIES AT YPSILANTI INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. -25 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT WEEKLY SESSIONS AT THE GROWING HOPE URBAN FARM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKRIDGE SUMMER CAMP. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WITH THE GOAL OF GROWING THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY, THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS START-UP FOOD MAKERS WITH ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S INCUBATOR KITCHEN. WITH 24/7 ACCESS TO A COMMERICAL-GRADE FACILITY, RENTERS ARE ASSISTED WITH FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS, LICENSING, AND CREATING CONNECTIONS WITH GROWERS AND RETAIL MARKETS. IN 2023: -37 LOCAL BUSINESSES UTILIZED THE GROWING HOPE INCUBATOR KITCHEN SERVICES. -10 BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED IN THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION PROGRAM FOR COVID-IMPACTED MICROENTERPRISES, A PROGRAM WE PILOTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RECEIVING TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COACHING, AND A 5,000 GRANT TO HELP ACCELERATE THEIR BUSINESS. -3 MAKERS GRADUATED FROM GROWING HOPE'S INCUBATOR KITCHEN INTO THEIR OWN BRICK-AND-MORTAR ESTABLISHMENTS. -93 HOURS OF KITCHEN USE WERE DEDICATED TO PROGRAMMING BY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH & INVOLVEMENT. THOUGH ITS OUTREACH, THE ORGANIZATION CULTIVATES AND PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT AND GUIDE ITS MISSION IN THE COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVE IN SEVERAL CITY, COUNTY, AND STATEWIDE COALITIONS AND NETWORKS, ADVOCATING FOR FOOD JUSTICE AND AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITEE PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE POLICY IS MANAGED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER, AND MEMBER OR A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS ANNUALLY SIGNS A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS EACH PERSON HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE POLICY, HAS READ AND UDNERSTANDS THE POLICY, AND HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD USING PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND COMPARABILITY DATA. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.