EIN 27-3611614

Arcadia Food

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
60
Year formed
2010
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Arcadia Food cultivates local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability from farm forward. The Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture is dedicated to this mission, striving to ensure everyone has access to high-quality food. Pamela Hess runs it, and it's located in Alexandria, VA.
Also known as...
Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food
Total revenues
$2,054,130
2022
Total expenses
$1,747,102
2022
Total assets
$1,571,636
2022
Num. employees
60
2022

Program areas at Arcadia Food

See schedule o for information about our sustainable agriculture programs; the veteran farmer program; farm education programs; and Food access and Food justice programs. 1. Arcadia's veteran farmer program trains military veterans, active duty personnel, and immediate family membersin the business and craft of farming. Since 2016, Arcadia has trained 145 prospective farmers, with nearly half farming on their own operations after completing training. There are three training tracks: the veteran farmer reserve, which meets one weekend a month for 12 months for classroom and hands on cultivation training, business training, and farm field trips to learn on site; the farm fellowship, which pays veterans to apprentice on Arcadia's nonprofit vegetable farm, preparing them to operate farms of their own or to work on other professional farms with the requisite training and experience; and the veteran farm incubator, which grants up to 1/4 acre of Arcadia farm land to graduates of either training program with a three year lease. The incubator farms are independent operations and give participants real life experience running of farm of their own, supported by our professional farmers, infrastructure, tools and connections to markets. 2. Arcadia works to expand sustainable and equitable Food access in the greater Washington, dc region. Arcadia's mobile markets have served Washington dc since 2012, connecting neighborhoods that lack access to fresh healthy Food with a complete diet of high quality, locally grown foods. Since 2012, the mobile markets had sold and distributed more than $1.6 million in healthy Food, with more than $1.3 million of that paid to small local farmers. The mobile markets accept and double federal nutrition benefits. While the markets are less than 2% of all farmers market revenues in dc, they redeem 45% of all snap benefits at farmers markets in the city. 3. Arcadia's farm education program offers farm camp and on-farm field trips for elementary school students, giving them immersive, hands on experience with healthy Food at its source. Since 2011, farm camp has welcomed more than 1200 campers, with more than 240 on full needs based scholarships. Field trips have educated more than 10,000 students. Arcadia's farm education program also encompasses the live, eat, grow program. In 2018, with funding from the northern virginiahealth foundation (nvhf), we launched the live, eat, grow (l.e.g.) Route 1 program which focuses on increasing nutrition security and health equity in under-resourced communities along route 1. The l.e.g. Programs are designed to empower communities. We listen to and workwith partner organizations and families to develop unique solutions to Food insecurity, includinggrowing Food sovereignty and creating opportunities for youth to engage in these efforts with the ultimate goal of growing a healthier route 1 community.along with supporting school gardens, Arcadia helps develop educational and productive gardens at community centers where residents can enjoy planting and harvesting Food for their families, and experience the proven physical and mental health benefits of gardening. Leg supports 13 school and community gardens with technical assistance, seedling, labor, volunteers, and educational workshops for teachers and garden educators. 4. Arcadia leads and manages the mid-atlantic Food resilience and access coalition (mafrac), which started in 2020 during the Food crisis engendered by the pandemic when groceries and farmers markets shut down, interstate trucking slowed down, and farmers were facing plowing under their crops. Mafrac raised more than $1 million to fund grants to more than 200 nonprofits ,Food pantries, and farms to purchase locally grown Food to feed residents of the midatlantic affected by the pandemic. These investments in both local farms and a direct relationship with front line emergency Food organizations strengthens and creates a more resilient regional Food system that will be more equipped to weather the next Food crisis. Mafrac gathers stakeholders from dc, Maryland, and Virginia in weekly calls to share excess Food resources, provide technical assistance, and support partnerships between like-minded organizations and farmers.

Grants made by Arcadia Food

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Community FarmshareProgram Support$11,820
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief RichmondProgram Support$10,000
AfrithriveProgram Support$8,100
...and 4 more grants made

Who funds Arcadia Food

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Reinvestment Fund (TRF)Funding To Expand Or Preserve the Availability of Staple and Perishable Foods in Underserved Areas With Low and Moderate Income Populations By Maintaining Or Increasing the Number of Retail Outlets That Offer An Assortment of Perishable and Staple Foods in Those Areas$140,301
Windward FundEnvironmental Programs$128,422
Freshfarm MarketsFood Distribution Grant$111,002
...and 12 more grants received

Personnel at Arcadia Food

NameTitleCompensation
Pamela HessExecutive Director$66,125
Matt MulderDirector of Operations
Ivy MitchellFarm Education Director
Andrea NealMobile Market Operations Manager
Andrea Neal MobileMarket Operations Manager
...and 11 more key personnel

Financials for Arcadia Food

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,955,060
Program services$81,022
Investment income and dividends$0
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$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$18,048
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,054,130

Form 990s for Arcadia Food

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-14990View PDF
2021-122022-11-08990View PDF
2020-122021-11-10990View PDF
2019-122021-02-26990View PDF
2018-122020-06-19990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 5, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 4, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
December 26, 2023
Received grants
Identified 6 new grant, including a grant for $140,301 from The Reinvestment Fund (TRF)
December 25, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
December 20, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Food banksFood and nutrition programsCharities
Issues
Human servicesAgricultureHunger
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsNational levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
9000 Richmond Hwy
Alexandria, VA 22309
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
Fairfax County, VA
Website URL
arcadiafood.org 
Phone
(571) 384-8845
IRS details
EIN
27-3611614
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2010
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
K30: Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs
NAICS code, primary
624210: Community Food Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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