York Fresh Food Farms
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475548242
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- York, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7173682266
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $321,665
- Expenses
- $357,536
- Assets
- $283,410
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRUCE MANNS (PRESIDENT & FARM MANAGER)
Highest reported compensation
- SAM FARAGE (FARM SUPERVISOR): $27,810 total reported compensation
- BRUCE MANNS (PRESIDENT & FARM MANAGER): $21,278 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cultivating community health through agriculture, access , and affordability.
What it reported doing in 2024
A. Urban farm operation. York fresh food farms was founded to reduce hunger in york county, pa, by growing safe, healthy food for people in need, and its sustainable, year-round farming program grew 26,625 pounds of vegetables, herbs and berries in 2024 on its 4+ acre urban farm at 2 locations in york, pa. York fresh food farms follows advanced commercial growing methods and uses intense growing techniques in our 2 greenhouses, 4 high tunnels and for the field crops, including: drip irrigation, fertigation, integrated pest management, trellising, field-bed turnaround and succession planting. Farming is overseen by the farm manager with 3-4 p/t seasonal farm hands and volunteers who plant, raise, tend, and harvest the greenhouse, high tunnel and field crops from early april and until thanksgiving. Winter-hardy crops are grown in 4 high tunnels from november to april. Y3f plays a critical role in the york county food system and increasing dietary choices by growing approximately 50 different varieties of vegetables including culturally specific crops for black and hispanic customers. Working with other york county, pa, farms and orchards, york fresh food farms brings locally grown fruit, sweet corn, melons, and other farm products to our york city customers to supplement what we grow. In addition, york fresh food farms' 4+ acre urban farm plays a key role in reducing overall food miles, minimizing the urban heat island effect, and creating green spaces and green jobs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $34.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $322K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $28K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.