EIN 26-4527988

DC Greens

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
30
Year formed
2009
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
DC Greens uses the power of partnerships to support food education, food access, and food policy in the nation’s capital. We’re working toward a city where food education is on the menu in every classroom, where doctors write prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables as a matter of course, where urban agriculture is a valued element of our cityscape, and where zipcode doesn’t determine life expectancy. By leveraging existing infrastructure, resources and talent, and doing the work of collaboration, we are building a healthy food system that can be a model for the nation.
Total revenues
$3,905,736
2022
Total expenses
$4,472,260
2022
Total assets
$2,160,007
2022
Num. employees
30
2022

Program areas at DC Greens

Food Access (Produce Rx): DC Greens' Food Access programming reflects our belief that access to healthy food is a basic human right. Our Produce Rx program advances a "food as medicine" approach, equipping physicians to prescribe fresh fruits and vegetables to lower-income patients coping with chronic disease (diabetes, pre-diabetes, and hypertension). Adult patients redeem their prescriptions at grocery stores and receive $80 per month to spend in the produce aisle. Another component of our food access portfolio is Produce Plus, which we incubated and managed until 2021, providing vouchers for over 25,000 low-income DC residents annually to shop for fresh, local produce at farmers' markets citywide. This program, launched by DC Greens in collaboration with DC Health, changed the landscape of healthy food access in the city and secured the market for four new farmers' markets to open east of the Anacostia river. At the end of 2021, DC Greens completed our management of Produce Plus.
Food Policy: DC City Council and government agencies share our desire to build a healthy food system in the nation's capital, as evidenced by the breadth of existing food related legislation. DC Greens collaborates with colleagues and legislators to craft food policy that will advance health equity, such as the No Senior Hungry Act, and advocates for policy that supports the sector's work on the ground, such as Give SNAP a Raise. We also collaborate with city agencies to build channels for community input (e.g., School Food Collaborative; community voice within the Food Policy Council), offer best practices and opportunities from across the country (e.g., Good Food Purchasing Program, Healthcare Finance opportunities around Food as Medicine), and are involved in helping to shape policy at all levels of DC government.
The Well at Oxon Run: The Well at Oxon Run is DC Greens' place-based iniative and up-stream intervention to address health equity. The Well is a farm and intergenerational community wellness space in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast DC. We spent three years visioning this space together with community leaders and long-time neighborhood residents, and have hired staff from within the community to guide the space as it grows. We officially opened The Well in 2022.
General programs: General program support includes but is not limited to: DC Greens' participation in commissions and collaboratives that advance our mission of health equity in the District; collaboration and strategy sessions with other nonprofit leaders that span multiple programs; getting general information to the public about our programs and mission as a whole; general programmatic support that is not specific to any one program but benefits all programs. In an effort to work collaboratively, we have partnered with more than 80 non-profits.
Lobbying: Activities to pass and amend legislation that creates a more just and resilient food system.

Who funds DC Greens

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
ImpactAssetsEat the Change Impact Grant$525,000
The Hillside FoundationTo Support the Exempt Purpose of the Organization$500,000
A James and Alice B Clark FoundationGeneral Operating and Strategic Planning Support$329,591
...and 32 more grants received totalling $2,340,717

Personnel at DC Greens

NameTitleCompensation
Tiffany FitzgeraldExecutive Director
Lauren Shweder BielPast Executive Director$124,625
Martina BuckleyTreasurer$0
Catherine ByeVice Chair$0
Dominique HazzardChair$0
...and 7 more key personnel

Financials for DC Greens

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,898,593
Program services$1,950
Investment income and dividends$1,350
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$0
Miscellaneous revenues$3,843
Total revenues$3,905,736

Form 990s for DC Greens

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-06-12990View PDF
2021-122022-07-06990View PDF
2020-122021-05-21990View PDF
2019-122021-01-21990View PDF
2018-122019-07-23990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s
Data update history
February 4, 2024
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $525,000 from ImpactAssets
October 22, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $2,500 from The Nussdorf Family Foundation
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 34 new grant, including a grant for $625,000 from The Hillside Foundation
August 2, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
August 2, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsBusiness and community development organizationsCharities
Issues
Community improvement
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
810 7th St Ne
Washington, DC 20002
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
District of Columbia, DC
Website URL
dcgreens.org/ 
Phone
(202) 601-9200
Facebook page
dcgreens.org 
Twitter profile
@dc_greens 
IRS details
EIN
26-4527988
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2009
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S20: Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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