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Nonprofit · EIN 27-0334905

PLANTING JUSTICE

Tax-exempt · OAKLAND, CA 94603

Financials

$5.6M$4.3M2023$6M$5.2M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of PLANTING JUSTICE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$6,005,233$5,179,170$826,063$6,056,992$1,117,662$4,939,330
December 31, 2023990$5,563,800$4,325,586$1,238,214$4,973,288$851,263$4,122,025
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$5,517,089
of which government grants
$946,314
Program service revenue
$93,796
Investment income
$2,448
Net income from sales of inventory
$390,400
Other revenue
$391,900

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$128,273
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$362,657
Other salaries and wages
$1,776,820
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,493,951
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$26,605
Accounting fees
$44,250
Occupancy
$10,563
Travel
$28,501
Depreciation
$57,774
Program services (functional)
$4,332,740
Management and general (functional)
$677,414
Fundraising (functional)
$169,016

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$4,973,288
Total assets, end of year
$6,056,992
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,117,662
Net assets, end of year
$4,939,330
Land, buildings and equipment
$2,872,045
Net assets without donor restrictions
$4,939,330
Gross receipts
$6,005,233
Employees
58
Volunteers
50
Year formed
2009
State of legal domicile
CA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Raders GavinDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
40$106,687
Salvador MateoCEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$95,742
Chahrour AndrewDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
40$77,365
Lynn VidalPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
40$67,615
DeWayne HendrixDirector
Trustee or director
4$7,100
Luis OrtegaDirector
Trustee or director
40$5,748
Wires NicoleTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
4$2,400
Butler AmyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Garcia Cora LeeDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Jacobs JenniferDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Sheldon PaulDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Smith Erica MetaDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Stavropoulos AlexisDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Zandi HalehPresident
Trustee or director
40$0
Garzo MarceloDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
3 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Moore JoyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Ramrez VernicaDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Boas ChrisSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Raders GavinDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
40$78,838
Salvador MateoCEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$76,087
Lynn VidalPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
40$69,503
Chahrour AndrewDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
40$65,713
Luis OrtegaDirector
Trustee or director
40$32,975
Wires NicoleTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
0$3,600
Butler AmyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Garcia Cora LeeDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Jacobs JenniferDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Sheldon PaulDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Smith Erica MetaDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Stavropoulos AlexisDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Zandi HalehPresident
Trustee or director
40$0
Garzo MarceloDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Moore JoyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Ramrez VernicaDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
Boas ChrisSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0
DeWayne HendrixDirector
Trustee or director
0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
319 105TH AVENUE, OAKLAND, CA 94603-0000
In care of
% PLANTING JUSTICE
Mailing address (990-N for 2009)
5252 Claremont Avenue, Oakland CA 94618
Principal officer (990-N for 2009)
Gavin Raders, 5252 Claremont Avenue, Oakland CA 94618
Signed the 990
Salvador Mateo, CEO
Phone
(510) 756-6965
Return prepared by
JW Finance and Accounting Services

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 27-0334905 or by the name PLANTING JUSTICE.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

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.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • 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.
    Expenses $2,271,506 · grants $100 · revenue $390,399
  • Aquaponics Farm. Planting Justice acquired the historic Neishi Brothers Nursery site at 359 105th Avenue just down the block from PJ nursery, which has been vacant for 15 yrs, as the site for its Aquaponics Incubator Farm. With support from UC Davis Aquaponics program, PJ will build an educational aquaponics farm that is estimated to produce 170,000 lbs of certified organic vegetables herbs and over 150,000 nursery starts, each year, in a community that currently has zero access to organic, affordable produce. Like PJ nursery, this farm will be led by long-term residents in deep East Oakland with barriers to employment, and as an educational incubator farm, its goal is to create a replicable and scalable model for sustainable organic food production, economic justice, re-entry job creation, frontline BIPOC leadership, and cooperative land business ownership in Environmental Justice communities. Upon completion, PJ will open-source its technology and model to support a Producers Cooperative that can replicate this project on empty lots throughout East Oakland, owned and operated by long-term residents most impacted by economic social injustice. This farm is projected to create approximately at least 12 full-time living-wage benfitted jobs for formerly incarcerated youth and adults, recent immigrants, and others with barriers to employment, while serving as an educational center that will serve over 1,000 youth and adults per year with hands-on learning in sustainable urban agriculture.
    Expenses $559,351
  • 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.
    Expenses $530,272 · revenue $450
  • 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.
    Expenses $514,102 · grants $128,173 · revenue $91,871
  • The Good Table
    Expenses $314,006
  • Reentry
    Expenses $110,529
  • Sacramento Nursery
    Expenses $30,096
  • Grass roots canvass Program: The Planting Justice Grass Roots Canvass Team continues to raise over $250,000 per year for Planting Justice's operating budget in small donations from Bay Area community members. Sparking conversations about the prison system, corporate food control, backyard gardening and green job creation the canvass team spoke to over 51,750 people on the streets about food justice issues since its inception in 2012.
    Expenses $2,878
  • Fiscal Sponsorship: Lead to Life is transforming weapons into shovels for tree planting ceremonies at sites that have been impacted by violence or carry spiritual significance across Atlanta occupied lands of the Cherokee and Creek people and Oakland occupied lands of the Ohlone people. Mycelium Youth Network is dedicated to bridging the gap between increasing climate-related disasters and the abilities of young people to proactively respond.
  • Sacramento Nursery

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
27-0334905
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2010
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Environment (C42)
Assets (IRS master file)
$6,056,992
Income (IRS master file)
$6,005,233

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$6,005,233$5,179,170$6,056,992XML
990December 2023$5,563,800$4,325,586$4,973,288XML
990December 2022$3,413,336$4,114,461$3,802,203IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS
990-N for 2009
Officer: Gavin Raders
December 31, 2009≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-0334905).

Questions about PLANTING JUSTICE

What is the EIN of PLANTING JUSTICE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of PLANTING JUSTICE is 27-0334905.
Is PLANTING JUSTICE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
Are donations to PLANTING JUSTICE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does PLANTING JUSTICE file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of PLANTING JUSTICE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did PLANTING JUSTICE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of PLANTING JUSTICE?
The 990-N for 2009 names Gavin Raders.
Who are the officers and directors of PLANTING JUSTICE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 18 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $106,687 (Raders Gavin, Director).
How much revenue does PLANTING JUSTICE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $6,005,233, expenses of $5,179,170 and total assets of $6,056,992 at year end.

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