Farm For LA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473050128
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
9178388314
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,703
Expenses
$4,274
Assets
$8,123

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Emily Gleicher (President)

People named in this filing

  • Emily Gleicher (President)
  • Jason Wood (Secretary)
  • Evie Whiting (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Farm LA is dedicated to helping rescue underutilized land in Los Angeles to be converted into the sole purpose of growing food for low-income families in the surrounding community.

What it reported doing in 2022

Farm For LA's main programs are: Urban Farming and Lima Bean Donation Kits distribution. We've prepared over 150 Lima Bean kits this year for donation. There is no revenue involved in any of our programs. Urban Farming: We host monthly volunteer days at our Urban Lima Bean & Sweet Potato Farm in Elysian Valley, LA. Volunteers, who are Angelenos interested in getting involved in farming and gardening, come and help maintain, harvest and prep donation kits. We grow food(predominantly Lima Beans, Sweet Potatoes and squashes; focusing on drought-tolerant veggies) here and donate them to our community and surrounding communities in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 53.8%; rating input score 54

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -58.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -30.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 53.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.