2024-10-02T15:40:38-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 262131406 SAN DIEGO ROOTS SUSTAINABLE FOOD PROJECT SAND 6196024721 PO Box 153 Imperial Beach CA 91933 Mel Lions Secretary/Treasurer 6196024731 2024-09-30 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X sandiegoroots.org X X 191355 X 181976 9379 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191355 0 0 0 0 0 0 4441 4441 186914 3945 100 190959 3945 190959 0 0 0 0 3945 190959 0 0 3945 190959 Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Education The organization was on hiatus (pandemic) with minimal activity for the years 2020-2022. The organization reactivated in 2023 by developing the SunCoast Community Fund, a program to address food security and access deficiencies in Imperial Beach CA 91932. 0 0 In furtherance of our Purposes and Mission, and to meet our underserved community's need to access healthy food that has been otherwise unavailable, in 2023 San Diego Roots began accepting donations under an attorney-advised, Model C fiscal-sponsorship contract with a community- organized and -led initiative to open a cooperative grocery store in the racially diverse, low-income, food-desert/food-swamp community of Imperial Beach, California, where San Diego Roots is based. Because of Imperial Beach's demographics, retail grocery chains are not interested in siting stores in the city, which is dominated by convenience stores and fast-food chains. To effect this partnership, San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project has a Model C Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement and an MOU with SunCoast Market Co-op, a registered California Cooperative Corporation, acting as its own agency and separately insured, working to open this community-owned grocery store in order to address a critical lack of access to healthy food. SunCoast Market Co-op is pre-revenue, expecting to open in late 2024 or early 2025. In alignment with San Diego Roots' nonprofit Purposes and Mission, the store will prioritize sourcing produce from local farms, as well as purchasing healthy grocery products from local businesses in order to support and strengthen the local food economy. Funds to open the store have been donated primarily by small donors and local businesses, including one small grant ($5000) from a local utility company. The donated funds are held in a bank account separate from the general operating account of San Diego Roots, with donations and expenses classified and recorded separately from the nonprofit's general funds. For our services, San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project is paid a commission of 5% of donations raised. As of the date of this submission (August 2024), no funds have been distributed to SunCoast Market Co-op. 5000 0 0 Jarrod Groves President 1 0 0 0 Mel Lions Secretary-Treasurer 4 0 0 0 Richard Winkler Director 1 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Mel Lions 839 Carolina St Imperial Beach CA 91932 6196024721 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 60631 6856 1673 268 191355 260783 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60631 6856 1673 268 191355 260783 122169 138614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 660 0 660 261452 261452 0.53017 0.43018 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 $660 was a refund of a tax penalty paid in 2021 but received in 2022. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Insurance;3241|Licenses Permits Fees Dues;355|Office Supplies Postage Post Office Box;658|Banking Fees;187^Total;4441^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 This $100 expense was for fees recorded and reported on the 2022 return, but not paid until 2023, plus a $1 rounding error. Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 33 In furtherance of our Purposes and Mission, and to meet our underserved community's need to access healthy food that has been otherwise unavailable, in 2023 San Diego Roots began accepting donations under an attorney-advised, Model C fiscal-sponsorship contract with a community- organized and -led initiative to open a cooperative grocery store in the racially diverse, low-income, food-desert/food-swamp community of Imperial Beach, California, where San Diego Roots is based. Because of Imperial Beach's demographics, retail grocery chains are not interested in siting stores in the city, which is dominated by convenience stores and fast-food chains. To effect this partnership, San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project has a Model C Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement and an MOU with SunCoast Market Co-op, a registered California Cooperative Corporation, acting as its own agency and separately insured, working to open this community-owned grocery store in order to address a critical lack of access to healthy food. SunCoast Market Co-op is pre-revenue, expecting to open in late 2024 or early 2025. In alignment with San Diego Roots' nonprofit Purposes and Mission, the store will prioritize sourcing produce from local farms, as well as purchasing healthy grocery products from local businesses in order to support and strengthen the local food economy. Funds to open the store have been donated primarily by small donors and local businesses, including one small grant ($5000) from a local utility company. The donated funds are held in a bank account separate from the general operating account of San Diego Roots, with donations and expenses classified and recorded separately from the nonprofit's general funds. For our services, San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project is paid a commission of 5% of donations raised. As of the date of this submission (August 2024), no funds have been distributed to SunCoast Market Co-op. Form 8868 was filed on May 11, 2024. The return was delayed because of accounting issues related to the fiscal sponsorship agreement.