Planting Justice

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Organization Details

Formation Year

2009

Legal Domicile

Phone

5107566965

Tax Period

2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31

Planting Justice, founded in 2009, is a community nonprofit in the Environment sector that reported $5.6M in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue surged 63% from the prior year, signaling strong growth momentum. The organization ran a surplus of $1.2M, a strong 22% operating margin.

Mission

Planting Justice is democratizing access to affordable, nutritious food by empowering disenfranchised urban residents with the skills, resources, and inspiration to maximize food production, economic opportunities, and environmental sustainability in our neighborhoods.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $1,992,649 Revenue: $209,829

Commercial Organic Nursery: In fall of 2015, Planting Justice purchased Rolling River Commercial Organic Nursery, in order to create more jobs and demonstrate the organizations ability to promote and manage social benefit enterprises that can accomplish the mission without necessarily requiring charitable support or public funding. In addition to the commercial nursery, Planting Justice will construct and operate aquaponics greenhouses, which can be replicated on urban lots, paved areas, or toxic soils, using an innovative technique to grow vegetables above self-contained fish tanks.

Program 2

Expenses: $495,713 Revenue: $84,837

Food Justice Education: The Planting Justice Education Team leads workshops using its self-designed curriculum in food justice, culinary arts, and permaculture design that empowers participants with the skills and knowledge they need to transform their common spaces into productive and educational organic gardens.

Program 3

Expenses: $347,985 Revenue: $7,608

5 Acre Farm: With more than 400 trees now planted on contour in earthscape features called swales Planting Justice is now focused on supporting those trees and planting fruiting shrubs in between...

5 Acre Farm: With more than 400 trees now planted on contour in earthscape features called swales Planting Justice is now focused on supporting those trees and planting fruiting shrubs in between rows. Planting Justice is approaching the incredible milestone of having 1,000 varieties of edible plants in the soil in El Sobrante.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $5,231,466

Program Service Revenue $93,644

Investment Income $418

Other Revenue $238,272

TOTAL REVENUE $5,563,800

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $113,809

Salaries & Benefits $2,969,393

Fundraising Expenses $63,137

Program Expenses $3,321,052

Other Expenses $1,242,384

TOTAL EXPENSES $4,325,586

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2023	2022	Change
Revenue	$5,563,800	$3,413,336	+0.6%
Expenses	$4,325,586	$4,114,461	+0.1%
Net Income	$1,238,214	$-701,125	-2.8%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✓ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

⚠ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$293,741

Total Directors

$326,716

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Raders Gavin	Director	40.00	Officer Director	$78,838	$0	$78,838
Salvador Mateo	CEO	40.00	Officer Director	$76,087	$0	$76,087
Lynn Vidal	President	40.00	Officer Director	$69,503	$0	$69,503
Chahrour Andrew	Director	40.00	Officer Director	$65,713	$0	$65,713
Luis Ortega	Director	40.00	Director	$32,975	$0	$32,975
Wires Nicole	Treasurer	0.00	Officer Director	$3,600	$0	$3,600
Butler Amy	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Garcia Cora Lee	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jacobs Jennifer	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Sheldon Paul	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Smith Erica Meta	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Stavropoulos Alexis	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Zandi Haleh	President	40.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Garzo Marcelo	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Moore Joy	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Ramrez Vernica	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Boas Chris	Secretary	0.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
DeWayne Hendrix	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2024	No data	No data	No data	No data
2023	$5,563,800	$4,325,586	$4,973,288	$1,238,214
2022	$3,413,336	$4,114,461	$3,802,203	$-701,125
2021	$5,197,320	$3,854,283	$4,611,145	$1,343,037
2020	$4,909,199	$2,999,910	$3,518,264	$1,909,289
2019	$2,986,400	$2,221,866	$1,908,209	$764,534
2018	$1,900,985	$1,836,703	$1,135,710	$64,282