EIN 16-1585356

Massachusetts Avenue Project

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
32
Year formed
2000
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
Massachusetts Avenue Project nurtures a diverse and equitable community food system to promote local economic opportunities, access to affordable, nutritious food, and social-change education. It accomplishes this through its Growing Green program, which trains low-income youth in Buffalo on how to grow, process, and market healthy food and understand the impact of food on their health. The project also provides employment opportunities.
Total revenues
$1,130,309
2023
Total expenses
$990,215
2023
Total assets
$2,596,559
2023
Num. employees
32
2023

Program areas at Massachusetts Avenue Project

The growing green project provides training to low income youths in Buffalo. The training increases their knowledge of where their food comes from, how to grow, process and market healthy food as well as the impact food has on their own health and the health of their community. In addition, the growing green project has a youth enterprise which sells organic and locally made food products at several local venues. Growing green youths are also involved in peer education, visiting local public schools and conducting after school workshops about sustainable urban agriculture, healthy cooking and environmental stewardship.

Who funds Massachusetts Avenue Project

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (CFGB)Unrestricted Use; Joint Request With Botanical Gardens Project To Prepare for 2023 Season-Harvest To Serve Buffalo Families in Need; Map Trucks; Map Food Access Initiative; in Memory of$115,000
James H Cummings FoundationMap Mobile Market$63,880
The Western New York FoundationIcap Implementationicap Implementation: Operations and Director and Communications Manager$51,100
...and 14 more grants received

Personnel at Massachusetts Avenue Project

NameTitleCompensation
Diane PicardExecutive Director$61,515
Mark McGovernSecretary$0
Mayda PozantidesVice - Chair$0
Peter SchnorrTreasurer$0
Leah DokosChair$0
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for Massachusetts Avenue Project

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$958,429
Program services$144,743
Investment income and dividends$1,930
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$22,765
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$2,442
Total revenues$1,130,309

Form 990s for Massachusetts Avenue Project

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-06-05990View PDF
2022-122023-05-18990View PDF
2021-122022-05-16990View PDF
2020-122021-05-25990View PDF
2019-122021-02-19990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s

Organizations like Massachusetts Avenue Project

OrganizationLocationRevenue
Mason County Action GroupPoint Pleasant, WV$1,722,417
Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN)Detroit, MI$1,656,779
Bayfront NatoErie, PA$1,032,295
Chinle Planting HopeChinle, AZ$376,333
Neighbors Place theWausau, WI$1,474,339
Sowing Empowerment and Economic Development (SEED)Riverdale, MD$1,185,391
Stewpot Community ServicesJackson, MS$5,131,928
Neighbors Together CorporationBrooklyn, NY$1,274,409
Gathering of Southeast WiMilwaukee, WI$1,107,917
Shelby County Outreach MinistriesCenter, TX$1,071,865
Data update history
October 20, 2024
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $51,100 from The Western New York Foundation
August 14, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
August 13, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
July 11, 2024
Received grants
Identified 9 new grant, including a grant for $115,000 from Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (CFGB)
October 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 10 new grant, including a grant for $86,000 from Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (CFGB)
Nonprofit Types
Business and community development organizationsFood banksCharities
Issues
Human servicesCommunity improvementHunger
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
387 Massachusetts Ave
Buffalo, NY 14213
Metro area
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
County
Erie County, NY
Website URL
mass-ave.org/ 
Phone
(716) 816-0961
IRS details
EIN
16-1585356
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2000
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S20: Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement
NAICS code, primary
624210: Community Food Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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