GROW FOOD NORTHAMPTON INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: GROW FOOD NORTHAMPTON INC (EIN 01-0959428)
Tax period: 2011-06-01 to 2012-05-31
Filed: 2012-10-04
IRS object ID: 201212789349300226
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-10-04T12:29:03-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-05-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	205507118	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	S REICHELT & CO LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	251 NORTHAMPTON ST STE D	AddressLine1
City	EASTHAMPTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01027	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-06-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010959428	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GROW FOOD NORTHAMPTON INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GROW	NameControl
Phone	4135840081	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 849	AddressLine1
City	NORTHAMPTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	010610849	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ELIZABETH LOMBARD	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	4135840081	Phone
Date Signed	2012-09-18	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	WILLIAM T REICHELT CPA	Name
PTIN	P00296621	PTIN
Phone	4135273251	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ELIZABETH LOMBARD	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 849	AddressLine1
City	NORTHAMPTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	010610849	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	69824	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	GROWFOODNORTHAMPTON.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2010	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY BY ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE ARGRICULTURE IN THE NORTHAMPTON MA AREA	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	75	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	647675	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	45509	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	0	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	24315	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	0	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	2226	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	649901	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	69824	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	10087	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	36060	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	3830	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	57262	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	36734	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	67349	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	72794	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	582552	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-2970	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	687398	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	681222	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	104846	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	101640	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	582552	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	579582	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY BY ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTHAMPTION MASSACHUSETTS AREA	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Revenue	2573	Revenue
Description	LEASED 40 ACRES OF OUR LAND TO CRIMSON & CLOVER CSA FARM TO SELL SUSTAINABLY-GROWN VEGETABLES TO LOCAL MARKETS, RUN FARM EDUCATION PROGRAMS, HOST PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND DONATE EXCESS PRODUCE TO HUNGER RELIEF AGENCIES.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	28486	Expense
Revenue	21742	Revenue
Description	MAINTAINED AN AFFORDABLE FARM SHARE PROGRAM THAT SUBSIDIZED FARM SHARES FOR LOW-INCOME AND SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	28486	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	1	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	0	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	0	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	4135840081	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	39 MUNROE STREET	AddressLine1
City	NORTHAMPTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01060	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (9 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ADELE FRANKS
PRESIDENT	20.00	X	X	0	0	0
ANNIE SULLIVAN-CHIN
CLERK	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
JOE BLOTNICK
TREASURER	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
LLAMA MAYNARD
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
SETH GREGORY
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
TOM BENJAMIN
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
GABY IMMERMAN
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
JIM WEED
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
ELIZABETH A LOMBARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	20.00		X	25000	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	25000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Government Grants	12256	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	33253	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	45509	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FARM SHARES	900099	19082	19082
GARDEN PLOTS	900099	2660	2660
LEASE FEES	900099	2573	2573

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	24315	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	69824	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	24315	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	25000	Total
Management And General	25000	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7669	Total
Program Services	2875	ProgramServices
Management And General	4794	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3391	Total
Program Services	298	ProgramServices
Management And General	3093	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4549	Total
Management And General	4549	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1100	Total
Management And General	1100	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5355	Total
Program Services	542	ProgramServices
Management And General	1188	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3625	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	205	Total
Fundraising	205	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1177	Total
Program Services	1177	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1377	Total
Program Services	623	ProgramServices
Management And General	754	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
FOOD STAMP SUBSIDIES	10212	10212
LAND MANAGEMENT	8349	8349
COMMUNITY EDUCATION	3485	3485
COMPOST	925	925

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	72794	Total
Program Services	28486	ProgramServices
Management And General	40478	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3830	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	97529	BOY
EOY	78182	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1783	BOY
EOY	1093	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	604604	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2657	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	588086	BOY
EOY	601947	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	687398	BOY
EOY	681222	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10965	BOY
EOY	5055	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	93881	BOY
EOY	96035	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	550	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	104846	BOY
EOY	101640	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	582552	BOY
EOY	579582	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	582552	BOY
EOY	579582	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	687398	BOY
EOY	681222	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-2970	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	0	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	649731	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	69824	CurrentTaxYear
Total	719555	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	649731	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	69824	CurrentTaxYear
Total	719555	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	53666	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	665889	PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support	719555	TotalSupport
First5 Years170	X	First5Years170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	559970	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	559970	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	44634	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2657	Depreciation
Book Value	41977	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	601947	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	ACCRUED PAYROLL TAXES AND WITHHOLDINGS	Description
Amount	$550	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	550	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO ITS FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.