ROOTS & DREAMS AND MUSTARD SEEDS INC

EIN: 823012805 501(c)(3) Community Improvement

Hinsdale, MA

Total Revenue
$231,240
Total Expenses
$231,240
Total Assets
$371,504
Net Assets
$347,304
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Organization Details

Formation Year
2017
Legal Domicile
MA
Principal Officer
Nicole Fecteau
Phone
4133452794
Tax Period
2023-09-01 to 2024-08-31

ROOTS & DREAMS AND MUSTARD SEEDS INC, founded in 2017, is a small nonprofit in the Community Improvement sector that reported $231K in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue surged 53% from the prior year, signaling strong growth momentum.

Mission

Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc. believes that economic participation and ownership is key to the empowerment of our most vulnerable community members. This type of participatory cooperative model aspires to true equity and justice, where everyone has a voice in their work, housing, local, state and national government and can easily access basic needs that extends to social, educational and artistic endeavors. Organized and led by members with lived experience of poverty, projects include co-op business development, food justice, transportation access, mutual aid, youth and arts programming, and a community owned real-estate project that holds our community center and developing cooperative businesses.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $41,046 Revenue: $36,932

The Transportation Program provides critical rides to vulnerable people needing to get to new employment, as well as medical, social service and therapeutic programming. The program continues to be...

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The Transportation Program provides critical rides to vulnerable people needing to get to new employment, as well as medical, social service and therapeutic programming. The program continues to be run by a dedicated volunteer group who receive a stipend for time committed to the program. The service is vital to an area that has very limited bus service. The program normally serves 120 - 170 vulnerable community members on a regular basis and over 1000 subsidized rides through out the year.

Program 2
Expenses: $84,890 Revenue: $9,890

Our Co-op Business Development program includes 73 participants developing seven different co-op businesses Included is Rose & Cole's Transport, Ecuadorian Cleaning, The Handy Man Co-op. The...

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Our Co-op Business Development program includes 73 participants developing seven different co-op businesses Included is Rose & Cole's Transport, Ecuadorian Cleaning, The Handy Man Co-op. The Artisan's Co-op, King Kone Iceceam Shop, and La Cocineras Latin.as and is expanding to include the sectors of child care and interpretation. Developing cooperative groups attend weekly one on one group meetings with their cooperative developer as well as bi-monthly classes, supporting them through the developmental stages of assess, implementation, governance, sustainability and growth. Aside from technical assistance, co-grant writing with teams has become a huge part of our program as lack of start-up capital is one of the greatest impedance to very low income groups developing cooperative businesses. As for our cooperative housing project, we are still researching down payment options to establish 12-24 units of limited equity co-op housing, with units providing a diminishing lease that acts as an equity builder for families living in multifamily residences, as an affordable housing option, as displacement continues to be a major issue in our city.

Program 3
Expenses: $63,420 Revenue: $0

Our community Programming includes Mercado De Vida, a free market for vulnerable families operating five days per week serving close to 600 low income families weekly and approximately 1800 people...

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Our community Programming includes Mercado De Vida, a free market for vulnerable families operating five days per week serving close to 600 low income families weekly and approximately 1800 people when including all household members. It partners with our urban garden, Madre Jardin, which teaches youth and adults to grow food together, in which families are encouraged to take produce home. Our community owned building project hosts our community center which includes our Mercado De Vida market but also offers navigation services to resource vulnerable people and families, youth and adult dance and art classes, our co-op business classes, a weekly wellness clinic, and member led educational workshops. During the summer, we run a bi-lingual youth camp, Corazonidos Community School, serving approximately 90 youths from pre-school to teen years, offering a Montessori-like whole child model that has tables set up for art, building, language, science, math, musical instruments as well as physical education games.

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

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Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $186,681
Program Service Revenue $44,559
Investment Income $0
Other Revenue $0
TOTAL REVENUE $231,240

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $159,372
Fundraising Expenses $0
Program Expenses $231,240
Other Expenses $71,868
TOTAL EXPENSES $231,240

Year-over-Year Comparison

2023 2022 Change
Revenue $231,240 $150,749 +0.5%
Expenses $231,240 $141,168 +0.6%
Net Income $0 $9,581 -1.0%
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Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
12
Independent Members
12
Employees
4
Volunteers
42

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
2
$51,066
Total Directors
12
$97,630
Key Employees
18
$116,388
Highest Compensated
2
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Michael Hitchcock President, Co-Director 60.00
Director Key Emp Highest
$44,044 $0 $44,044
Nicole Fecteau Treasurer, Co-Director 40
Officer Director Key Emp
$40,129 $0 $40,129
Mariam Orengo Director, Mercado De Vida Worker, Stipend 5
Officer Director
$10,937 $0 $10,937
Maria Elisa fuller Co-op Business Developer 12
Key Emp
$7,920 $0 $7,920
Lillian Volat Co-op Business Developer 10
Key Emp
$7,560 $0 $7,560
Susan Petrowski Mercado De Vida Volunteer 0
Highest
$3,009 $0 $3,009
Nat Romano Mercado De Vida Volunteer 1
Key Emp
$1,840 $0 $1,840
Isadora Aqui Youth Program Volunteer 1
Key Emp
$1,560 $0 $1,560
Alissa Rudnitski Madre Jardin volunteer 1
Key Emp
$1,550 $0 $1,550
Terry Moore Director 3
Director Key Emp
$1,520 $0 $1,520
Kiel Chavez Co-op DevelopmentTraining Stipend 1
Key Emp
$1,355 $0 $1,355
Estafania Alegria Co-op Development Training Stipend 1
Key Emp
$1,154 $0 $1,154
Daniel Varela Plumber 0
Key Emp
$1,066 $0 $1,066
Maria Arias Director, Community Center Health Worker, Arts Programming 1
Director Key Emp
$1,000 $0 $1,000
Chris Kowalski Problem Gambling Training Stipend 1
Key Emp
$980 $0 $980
Nathalia Rodriquez Co-op Development Training Stipend 1
Key Emp
$980 $0 $980
Frozan Mongal Co-op Development Training Stipend 1
Key Emp
$940 $0 $940
Spozmai Mangal Co-op Development Training Stipend 1
Key Emp
$940 $0 $940
Rochelly DeJesus Co-op Development Traning Stipend 1
Key Emp
$930 $0 $930
Tyler Kibbe Co-op Development Training Stipend 1
Key Emp
$920 $0 $920
Rae Langsdale Clerk 1
Director
$0 $0 $0
Anaelisa Jacobsen Director 1
Director
$0 $0 $0
Pavel Urango Director 2
Director
$0 $0 $0
Javier Luengo-Garrido Director 2
Director
$0 $0 $0
Akil Vicks Director 1
Director
$0 $0 $0
Tim O'Donell Director 1
Director
$0 $0 $0
Anthony Barnaba Advisory Board Director, Architect 1
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 $231,240 $231,240 $371,504 No data
2021 $280,245 $273,436 $170,609 $6,809
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