Financials

Where the money comes from, and where it goes.

In 2025, our income and operating budget stayed stable, and we completed our second organizational audit.

93%

of our spending goes to direct services, keeping responsibility and agency with program directors in their school communities. The other 7% is the administration that keeps those programs running: insurance, audit, accounting.

A resilient funding mix

No program leans on a single source, which mattered this year as nonprofits nationwide absorbed sudden federal funding cuts.

See our 2025 impact report
Revenue by source$3,565,809
Government grants$1,515,007 · 42%
Fee for service (schools, PTAs, districts, CBOs)$1,260,144 · 36%
Sales of product$515,834 · 15%
Foundation grants$230,000 · 6%
Individual donations$44,824 · 1%
Expenses by program$3,370,372
Environmental education$2,104,007
Green schoolyards installation$538,659
Fresh food access$455,068
Administrative staff time$147,382
Overhead (insurance, audit, accounting)$96,436
CA School Garden Coalition$22,500
Trees$6,320
The paperwork

Our audited financial statements and IRS Form 990, posted for every audited year.

FY 2024-25Audit complete; report and 990 post here when our auditors deliver them.
FY 2022-23Form 990First year as an independent 501(c)(3); audits began the following year.

Fiscal year: July 1 to June 30; figures reflect calendar year 2025. EIN 88-2293022. Printed copies: hello@growingtogetherprojects.org.

If these numbers earn your trust, put them to work.