EIN 26-3552858

Vetri Community Partnership

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
65
Year formed
2008
Most recent tax filings
2023-08-01
Description
The mission of the Vetri Foundation for Children is to help Children experience the connection between healthy eating and healthy living.
Also known as...
Vetri Foundation for Children
Total revenues
$2,093,830
2023
Total expenses
$2,208,519
2023
Total assets
$3,523,610
2023
Num. employees
65
2023

Program areas at Vetri Community Partnership

Vetri Community Partnership nourishes minds, bodies, and communities with nutrition education through cooking. Our core services offer hands-on cooking and tasting opportunities of recipes that are nutritious, vegetable-focused, affordable, and, most importantly, delicious. We inspire people of all ages to develop the knowledge and confidence to make nutritious choices and build life skills for a healthier future. Continued on schedule ovcp's nutrition education services take place in school and Community settings, as well as our own teaching kitchen, to build culinary confidence and encourage cooking at home. We are committed to providing approachable and accessible programs for people of all ages that foster a sense of belonging for members of our Community. During fy23, vcp hosted 1,653 workshops leading to over 30,000 experiences for participants to cook or taste a nutrient-dense and delicious recipe. Our five core services are supplemental nutrition education program-education (snap-ed), Vetri cooking lab, mobile teaching kitchen, culinary medicine, and teaching kitchen.as a contracted local partner of Pennsylvania snap-ed, we aim to improve the likelihood that families eligible for snap benefits can make healthy food choices within a limited budget. Vetri Community Partnership's snap-ed team works with schools on evidence-based systems and environmental changes that help families make healthy choices with programming that takes place during the school day for students with additional family and caregiver activities taking place during out of school hours. During fy23, Vetri Community Partnership snap-ed educators hosted 816 cooking classes with 16,905 experiences for school-aged and adult participants. Vetri cooking lab is an out-of-school time cooking program that inspires students to develop the knowledge and confidence to make nutritious choices and build life skills for a healthier future. This weekly, curriculum-based program engages students in hands-on cooking paired with important nutrition lessons like eating a rainbow, reading nutrition labels, and incorporating "any vegetable, any way." Participants work together to build recipes, taste their creations, and share their opinions on what they like, what they'd change, and ways they would make it for their families. Vetri cooking lab empowers young people to become mindful and educated food consumers by increasing exposure to nutritious foods, practical cooking skills, and nutritional knowledge. During fy23, Vetri cooking lab educators led 501 workshops that created 5,198 opportunities for student engagement after school and in the summer.mobile teaching kitchen is a Community nutrition program that brings nutritious and delicious recipe samplings and cooking demonstrations to food distribution sites, food pantries, and farmers markets in the philadelphia region. The program offers educational resources, recipes, and the opportunity for participants to taste recipes made with what is available for purchase or selection that day. Our goal is for residents in every Community to feel confident that cooking at home will lead to a nourishing and delicious dish. During fy23, mobile teaching kitchen educators hosted 123 demonstrations and tastings leading to 6,492 opportunities for participant engagement.culinary medicine is an integration of food, medicine, and wellness that supports Community health through culinary education. With culinary medicine, patients, practitioners, and medical students develop practical cooking skills while preparing recipes tailored to support specific health populations. Medical education classes empower current and future physicians to apply the principles of food as medicine into their practice while practicing empathy and respect for social determinants of health. Community-based culinary medicine classes engage patients and members of the public to develop and enhance their own cooking skills, utilizing recipes to support their personal nutritional needs. During fy23, culinary medicine educators partnered with 10 health centers and medical schools leading to 821 experiences for patients and practitioners to learn about health topics including diabetes, heart health, renal health, mental health, and pregnancy.during fy23, Vetri Community Partnership opened its first teaching kitchen, a 2,000-square-foot space located in philadelphia's west poplar neighborhood. The teaching kitchen has cooking stations for up to 40 people with culinary equipment and tools that translate to cooking at home. In the teaching kitchen, groups and people of all ages and backgrounds are welcome for cooking classes, Community events, and more. During fy23, workshops for neighbors, Community partners, and other organizations led to over 600 experiences.

Grants made by Vetri Community Partnership

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)To Assist With the Organization's Mission.$159,381

Who funds Vetri Community Partnership

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Forman Family FoundationVetri Community Partnership Pledge (Installment 3 of 3)$150,000
Daniel B and Florence E Green FoundationGeneral Fund$65,000
Firefly Scientists FoundationDonation $ 5000; Grant Toward Staff Support for New Community Kitchen $ 40,000$45,000
...and 38 more grants received totalling $614,527

Personnel at Vetri Community Partnership

NameTitleCompensation
Maddy BoothChief Executive Officer$84,009
Christin KwasnyDevelopment Director
Emily OppenheimBusiness Intelligence Manager
Mary BullockProgram Director
Tom WhitneyFinance Manager
...and 14 more key personnel

Financials for Vetri Community Partnership

RevenuesFYE 08/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,904,997
Program services$154,270
Investment income and dividends$65,478
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-30,915
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,093,830

Form 990s for Vetri Community Partnership

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-082024-02-27990View PDF
2022-082023-02-01990View PDF
2021-082022-05-20990View PDF
2020-082021-04-12990View PDF
2019-082020-08-25990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s
Data update history
November 26, 2024
Received grants
Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Ann B Zekauskas Family Foundation
October 18, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
August 25, 2024
Received grants
Identified 9 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution for Poor Boys and Girls
May 26, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsCorporate foundationsDisease research fundraisersHealth organizationsCharities
Issues
Health
Characteristics
Conducts researchFundraising eventsReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
915 Spring Garden St 103
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Metro area
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
County
Philadelphia County, PA
Website URL
vetricommunity.org/ 
Phone
(215) 600-2630
IRS details
EIN
26-3552858
Fiscal year end
August
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2008
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
E12: Health Care Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
NAICS code, primary
813212: Health and Disease Research Fundraising Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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