2024-08-29T13:33:07-05:00 2023-12-31 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 1188 PADRE DRIVE STE 101 SALINAS CA 93901 990 2023-01-01 205422676 UNITED VEGETABLE GROWERS COOPERATIVE UNIT 8312064640 512 PAJARO STREET 13 SALINAS CA 93901 TONY ALAMEDA PRESIDENT 8312064640 2024-07-01 1 1 RAE GULARTE P01323216 8317596300 2024-07-01 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z TIM SHORT 512 PAJARO STREET 13 SALINAS CA 93901 265259 0 X VEGCOOP.COM X 2006 CA HELPING MEMBERS IMPROVE RETURNS TO THEIR RANCH THROUGH FULLY LEVERAGING ECONOMIES OF SCALE. 10 10 1 10 0 0 0 0 121573 265248 11 11 0 0 121584 265259 104000 0 0 0 262953 263795 0 0 0 41417 61092 408370 324887 -286786 -59628 578222 518594 0 0 578222 518594 WE BELIEVE IN GROWING THE HEALTHIEST FOOD IN THE WORLD, WHILE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND. IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE DIRT AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IT AND HARVEST ITS ABUNDANCE. WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE FARM. 0 0 THE COOP IS AN INFORMATION SHARING COOPERATIVE. THE MEMBERS, ALL OF WHICH ARE FARMERS, MEET TO DISCUSS PRODUCTION LEVELS AND PRICING IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRICES FOR THEIR PERISHABLE COMMODITIES. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X TIM SHORT 8312064640 512 PAJARO STREET STE 13 SALINAS CA 93901 TONY ALAMEDA PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GARY CARACCIOLI TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ALAN CLARK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DIRK GIANNINI SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN PUTTULLO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC MURPHY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RODNEY BRAGA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIM SHORT CEO 40.00 X X 250000 0 0 STEVE TAYLOR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PETER GUERRERO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 250000 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 MEMBERSHIP DUES AND AS 110000 265248 265248 265248 11 11 265259 265248 0 11 X 250000 13795 1740 3623 37644 3244 288 3328 DUES & MEMBERSHIPS 7585 PAYCHEX FEE 2969 WORKER'S COMPENSATION I 671 324887 556658 497020 21564 21574 578222 518594 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 578222 518594 578222 518594 578222 518594 -59628 0 X 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 TIM SHORT CEO 250000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250000 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 ALL MEMBERS ARE OF THE SAME CLASS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE CHOSEN NO LESS FREQUENTLY THAN AS ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE HELD, AND EACH SUCH OFFICER SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF MEMBERS AND UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND QUALIFIED. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY APPOINT ASSISTANT SECRETARIES, ASSISTANT TREASURERS, AND ANY OTHER OFFICERS IT DEEMS NECESSARY TO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD AND WHO SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD. A VACANCY IN ANY OFFICE BECAUSE OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, DISQUALIFICATION OR ANY OTHER CAUSE SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED ABOVE FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENTS TO SUCH OFFICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, DIRECTORS SHALL BE ELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCIES OF THOSE WHOSE TERMS THEN EXPIRE. REPORTS OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED, FINANCIAL REPORTS SHALL BE REVIEWED, AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS MAY BE TRANSACTED THAT IS WITHIN THE POWER OF THE MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS, REPEAL AND ADOPTION OF THE BYLAWS AND THE APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. MEMBERS MAY REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF A DIRECTOR. THE REMOVAL OF A DIRECTORY SHALL BE VOTED ON AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION. IF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTE FOR REMOVAL, THE ASSOCIATION MAY REMOVE THE DIRECTOR AND FILL THE VACANCY. NEW BYLAWS MAY BE ADOPTED OR THE BYLAWS MAY BE AMENDED OR REPEALED BY A VOTE OR WRITTEN CONSENT OF A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, IF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION SET FORTH THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION, THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF DIRECTORS MAY BE CHANGED ONLY BY AN AMENDMEND OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD REVIEWS THE FORM 990, BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD MEETS TO DISCUSS THE CEO COMPENSATION AND USES COMPARABILITY DATA FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND PAST COMPENSATION OF THE CEO POSITION. THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO IS SET AFTER DELIBERATIONS ARE COMPLETED AND THEN DOCUMENTED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G FOOD SAEFETY CONSULTANT 37,644.