EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC

Financials

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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

471 BROADWAY STE 8, EVERETT, MA 02149-3640

In care of

% KATHLEEN OBRIEN

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

KATHLEEN O'BRIEN, 471 BROADWAY 8, EVERETT, MA 02149

Signed the 990

KATHLEEN O'BRIEN, PRESIDENT

Phone

(617) 407-5995

Website

WWW.EVERETTCOMMUNITYGROWERS.ORG

Return prepared by

CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS (ECG) WORKS TO BUILD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH URBAN AGRICULTURE, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

Program accomplishments

• EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS (ECG) WORKS TO BUILD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH URBAN AGRICULTURE, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 2025 WAS A YEAR OF GREAT CHALLENGES FOR EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS (ECG) AND OUR WIDER COMMUNITY. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, WE HAVE MANY SUCCESSES TO REPORT, IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS. FROM OUR GROWERS IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHO HAVE NOT ONLY FED THEIR BODIES WITH FRESHLY GROWN PRODUCE, BUT ALSO THEIR MINDS AND SPIRITS AT COMMUNITY-LED HEALING CIRCLES; TO OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY TEAM MEMBERS, WHOSE DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY-LED CHANGE HAS RESULTED IN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERETT RESIDENTS TO UPLIFT THEIR VOICES AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. FROM OUR YOUTH CREW'S EFFORTS TO CREATE BELONGING THROUGH FOOD; TO EVERETT RESIDENTS NEW AND OLD, WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ECG'S WORKSHOPS, FARMSTANDS, AND CELEBRATIONS. THEIR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A JUST AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT IN EVERETT IS THE BACKBONE OF ECG.ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW: ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY STRENGTHENING:PROVIDED MONTHLY BENEFIT PAY FOR FULL TIME STAFFCREATED EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKCREATED ECG'S STRATEGIC VALUES PROVIDED FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE TRAINING TO STAFF AND MEMBERS STAFF GROWTH:HIRED FIRST DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS PROMOTED FARM TO COMMUNITY MANAGER TO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION TOTAL STAFF IN 2025: 13FULL TIME: 6PART TIME: 2SEASONAL: 5THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF ARE LONG-TIME EVERETT RESIDENTS, AND THOSE WHO RESIDE IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES CALL EVERETT THEIR SECOND HOME. MOST ADULT STAFF ARE PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN THE EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHILE YOUTH STAFF ARE EVERETT STUDENTS.VALUES IN ACTION: CULTIVATING FACILITATIVE LEADERS IN 2025, ECG MADE INVESTMENTS IN STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT CREATED CONNECTIONS TO A NATIONAL NETWORK OF FOOD JUSTICE ADVOCATES AND CREATED NEW LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ECG'S FARM TO COMMUNITY MANAGER-TURNED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION CO-FACILITATED A SESSION, "COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS: FACILITATOR WELLNESS", AT THE 12TH NATIONAL COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN BOSTON AS A MEMBER OF THE VITAL VILLAGE NETWORKS' COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS FELLOWSHIP. THIS 18-MONTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSE FOOD SYSTEM LEADERS TO BUILD THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITY, AND NETWORKS THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY DESIGN LABS ON PARTICIPATORY ENGAGEMENT AND HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN APPROACHES. IN 2026, THE VITAL VILLAGE INNOVATION GRANT WILL FUND A FOOD LITERACY EDUCATION WORKSHOP SERIES THAT FOCUSES ON HEALING THROUGH GROWING. ECG WILL TRAIN FIVE GROWERS FROM THE TSCG TO BECOME AGRICULTURE AMBASSADORS, WHO WILL RUN HEALING CIRCLES FOCUSED ON FOOD AS MEDICINE WITH A SEED TO PLATE STYLE COMPONENT FOR ALL EVERETT RESIDENTS.ECG ALSO CONTRACTED WITH THE INTERACTION INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (IISC) TO LEAD THE FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE TRAINING SERIES FOR 19 STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY GARDEN GROWERS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY TEAM MEMBERS AND YOUTH CREW.
  Expenses $10,331
• URBAN AGRICULTUREFARM HARVEST SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGESIN EARLY 2025, ECG LOST OUR BROADWAY FARM DUE TO A CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER AND LEARN ABOUT WHERE FOOD COMES FROM AND HOW IT CAN BE GROWN LOCALLY. THE FARM WAS ALSO EVERETT'S ONLY AUTHORIZED HEALTHY INCENTIVES PROGRAM (HIP) VENDOR. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRODUCE THAT ECG DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY FROM 2021 - 2024 CAME FROM THIS LOCATION. THOUGH IT WAS A SUDDEN LOSS, THIS DID NOT STOP ECG FROM ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE EVERETT-GROWN PRODUCE TO RESIDENTS. THE SEASONAL YOUTH CREW AND CORE STAFF CONTINUED TO GROW PRODUCE AT THE NORTHERN STRAND COMMUNITY FARM, ESTABLISHING A FREE FARMSTAND FOR DONATING PRODUCE. ADDITIONALLY, ECG CONTINUED TO DONATE TO BREAD OF LIFE AND TO SELL TO EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH WHITSONS SCHOOL NUTRITION, EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS' FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT COMPANY.IN 2025 WE HARVESTED APPROXIMATELY 500 POUNDS OF PRODUCE AT OUR FARM AND DISTRIBUTED BY:1. SELLING 55% TO EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS/WHITSONS SCHOOL NUTRITION 2. DONATING 35% TO LOCAL FAMILIES THROUGH A FREE FARM STAND AND OTHER ACTIVITIES3. DONATING 10% TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, BREAD OF LIFENEW PRODUCE DISTRIBUTION EVENTS IN 2025:OUR FREE FARMSTANDS WERE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE LOSS OF THE HIP-CERTIFIED BROADWAY FARM. CORE STAFF WORKED WITH THE YOUTH CREW TO ESTABLISH A FARMSTAND LOCATION OUTSIDE OF ECG'S OFFICES ON BROADWAY. IN ADDITION TO FRESH PRODUCE FROM THE NORTHERN STRAND COMMUNITY FARM, STAFF HANDED OUT FOOD ACCESS RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS. FARMSTAND CUSTOMERS ARE LARGELY LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND WHILE OUR FARMSTAND IS OPEN TO ALL, WE TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO FOCUS OUTREACH TO SNAP/HIP, EBT, WIC AND SENIOR FARMERS' MARKET COUPON RECIPIENTS. ALL COMMUNICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE 4 MAIN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EVERETT (ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND HAITIAN CREOLE), AND FEEDBACK IS REGULARLY COLLECTED AND USED TO INFORM AND IMPROVE OUR WORK. IN 2025, ECG ALSO PARTNERED WITH CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE (CHA) DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH TO PILOT THE PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM, A FRESH PRODUCE PROGRAM FOR EVERETT CARE CENTER PATIENTS WHO HAVE SCREENED POSITIVE FOR FOOD INSECURITY. REGISTERED PATIENTS RECEIVE PRODUCE GROWN AT EASTIE FARM IN EAST BOSTON AND FARMER DAVE'S IN DRACUT THROUGH A FREE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) MODEL, AS WELL AS FOOD RESOURCES, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES AND FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, RECIPES, AND LOCAL GARDENING PROGRAMS.TREMONT STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN (TSCG): CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GROWING FOOD AND COMMUNITY IN 2025 OUR TSCG GROWERS ARE 30 EVERETT FAMILIES THAT SPEAK 6 LANGUAGES. THE MAJORITY ARE LOWER-INCOME RENTER, MULTI-LINGUAL, MULTICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS, AND HAVE BEEN AT THEIR COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR 5+ YEARS. MANY ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS FORMS OF ECG ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK. OUTREACH FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN MEMBERSHIP IS PROMOTED LOCALLY IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, BUT MOST COME TO US BY WORD OF MOUTH FROM OTHER GROWERS. WE HOLD EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS AT THE GARDEN SITES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON ON VARIOUS TOPICS (E.G., SEED SAVING, POLLINATORS, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, SOIL HEALTH, ETC.) AND ENCOURAGE EXPERIENCED GROWERS TO LEAD THESE WORKSHOPS AS THEY ARE ABLE. IN 2025 THE TREMONT STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN HELD 14 ACTIVITIES: 1 OPENING CEREMONY; 6 CLEANING DAY CO-WORKING SESSIONS; 1 MEDICINAL HERB TINCTURE WORKSHOP; 4 HEALING CIRCLES; 1 TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION; 1 CLOSING CEREMONY.
  Expenses $119,389 · revenue $2,634
• YOUTH DEVELOPMENTROOTED IN COMMUNITY, GROWING THE FUTUREIN 2025, ECG'S YOUTH CREW PROGRAM EMPOWERED 5 YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES 15-20, MOST FROM MULTI-LINGUAL, MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES, TO GROW NOT ONLY FOOD, BUT ALSO GROW THEIR VOICES, SKILLS, AND CONNECTION TO PLACE. THROUGH HANDS-ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, YOUTH EXPLORED HOW FOOD SYSTEMS INTERSECT WITH POLICY, EQUITY, AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, GAINING CONFIDENCE AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN SHAPING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. INTERVIEW AND RESUME PREPARATION EQUIPPED THEM WITH PRACTICAL WORKFORCE SKILLS, OPENING PATHWAYS TO FUTURE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. BY ENGAGING DEEPLY WITH LOCAL NATURE AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, PARTICIPANTS DEVELOPED A STRONGER UNDERSTANDING OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHAT THEY GROW. TOGETHER, THESE EXPERIENCES CULTIVATED INFORMED, MOTIVATED YOUNG LEADERS ROOTED IN COMMUNITY AND INSPIRED TO BUILD A HEALTHIER, MORE JUST FUTURE.2025 YOUTH CREW ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 101 WORKSHOP INTERVIEW AND RESUME PREPARATION WORKSHOPS COOKING CLASSES WITH THE GREENROOTS TEACHING KITCHEN FIELD TRIPS TO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND MIDDLESEX FELLS RESERVATION ECG ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE FOR KIDS ONLY (FKO) AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM TO OFFER 20 EVERETT YOUTH IN GRADES 4-8 A MEANINGFUL, HANDS-ON GARDENING EXPERIENCE. THROUGHOUT 7 WEEKS IN THE SUMMER OF 2025, STUDENTS LEARNED BY DOING, CONNECTED WITH NATURE, AND STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY BY WORKING TOGETHER TO DESIGN AND BUILD A VIBRANT POLLINATOR GARDEN. THROUGH THIS PROJECT STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT FOOD JUSTICE, URBAN FARMING, AND HOW TO BE STEWARDS OF THE LAND THEY LIVE ON.
  Expenses $74,618
• CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTADVOCACY IN BLOOM - TURNING PARTICIPATION INTO POWERIN 2025, ECG'S CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMMING EMPOWERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND PLACE. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS MYRWA AND THE CITY TREE WARDEN, PARTICIPANTS PLANTED 100 TREES ACROSS GATEWAY PARK AND RIVERGREEN PARK IN EVERETT, STRENGTHENING URBAN GREEN SPACES WHILE BUILDING A SHARED SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP. ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION WERE CENTRAL TO THIS WORK. WITH FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, ECG PURCHASED 60 REAL-TIME TRANSLATION DEVICES, WHICH SUPPORTED ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THREE LIVE LANGUAGES. ON-SITE TRANSLATION SERVICES FROM ROSETTA LANGUAGES AND LIAISON INTERPRETER PROGRAM OF SOMERVILLE (LIPS) ENSURED MORE PEOPLE COULD PARTICIPATE FULLY. THIS COMMITMENT TO REPRESENTATION TRANSLATED INTO ACTION, WITH FOUR TESTIMONIES SUBMITTED TO DECISION-MAKERS, INCLUDING TWO AT THE STATEHOUSE AND TWO AT EVERETT CITY HALL. THROUGH COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, AND INCLUSIVE CIVIC PARTICIPATION, THE ECG COMMUNITY HELPED SHAPE A GREENER, MORE EQUITABLE EVERETT.COMMUNITY CARE IN ACTIONECG IMPLEMENTED 2 COMMUNITY-DESIGNED ACTION PILOTS THROUGH THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS STUDY (HNS), A 9-COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (PAR) PROJECT: HEALING CIRCLES AND HOMEGROWN PRODUCE, PROJECTS TO ENHANCE COLLECTIVE CARE, HEALING, AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO GROW PRODUCE AT HOME. IN ITS 10TH AND FINAL YEAR, HNS PARTICIPANTS COMPILED COMPELLING EVIDENCE FOR PAR'S ABILITY TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY-LED SYSTEMS CHANGE IN 2025, AND BUILT A DYNAMIC ACTION NETWORK MODEL THAT WILL SUSTAIN BOTH RESEARCH AND REAL-WORLD IMPACT. ECG'S ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION WILL HELP LEAD THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HNS ALONGSIDE THE CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION IN 2026 AND BEYOND. COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS "SHARING OUR STORIES" USING GREATER BOSTON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOLKIT "HEAT, TREES AND AIR" CONNECTING ECG'S CLIMATE-LED PROJECTS AND SHARING AIR QUALITY MONITORING RESULTS, RECRUITING FOR TREE PLANTING, DISTRIBUTE COMMUNICATIONS FOR EXTREME HEAT DURING SUMMER MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 101 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS STUDY AFFORDABILITY REPORT CARD EARTH DAY EVENT WITH ELECTRIFY EVERETT HOSTED 3 EVENTS FOR MA URBAN AGRICULTURE WEEKGUIDED SENSORY TOUR OF THE NORTHERN STRAND FARMFILM SCREENING OF "COMMON GROUND AND PANEL DISCUSSION WITH GROWERS10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE TREMONT STREET GARDEN TABLED AT EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESOURCE FAIR AND THE CITY OF EVERETT RESOURCE FAIR CONDUCTED 4 INTERVIEWS WITH EVERETT RESIDENTS FOR THE EVERETT STORYTELLING PROJECT - A SHORT FILM DOCUMENTING THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES IN EVERETT EVERETT STORYTELLING PROJECT COMMUNITY PRESENTATION
  Expenses $89,542

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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

87-3930983

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

2022

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Community improvement and capacity building (S99)

Assets (IRS master file)

$286,464

Income (IRS master file)

$392,988

Filing history

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 87-3930983).

Questions about EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC

What is the EIN of EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC is 87-3930983.

Is EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.

Are donations to EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC 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 EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names KATHLEEN O'BRIEN.

Who are the officers and directors of EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 5 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does EVERETT COMMUNITY GROWERS INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $392,988, expenses of $373,091 and total assets of $286,464 at year end.

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