EIN 83-3749203

KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
28
State
Year formed
2018
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
The Farm School at Gibbs Road offers on-farm vocational training with a mission to serve the community. Gibbs Road hosts over 20 market growers in their community greenhouse and has distributed over 5000 pounds of food through market, CSA, barter, and The Kansas City Food Hub. They also sell plants and soil amendments. In addition, their Farm School programming has successfully served over 1000 people through workshops, field trips, job skills training programs, volunteerism, food outreach, and digital media.
Also known as...
The Farm School at Gibbs Road
Total revenues
$468,564
2022
Total expenses
$427,090
2022
Total assets
$144,739
2022
Num. employees
28
2022

Program areas at KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

On three acres, we grow food in the city for our neighbors demonstrating that food production in the city is possible and that a living can be made in this way. We grow food to provide access to our county with the lowest socioeconomic status and poorest health outcomes in the state of Kansas. We share our resources with other food producers. In our 6000 square-foot greenhouse, we served 20 culturally diverse market growers by providing early-season plant propagation space, water, heat, and soil amendments. This space allowed the other market growers to get an
In 2021, we welcomed the community back on-farm, hands-on for educational events, field trips, to learn to farm through apprenticeships, at our on-site farmers market, for social events, workshops, farm tours, for a festival. We maintained our online store so that community members could access our food and our plants virtually. We developed and filmed videos about urban food production, water garden conservation methods, native plants, beekeeping, following your dreams, and food logistics so that individuals staying at home could access information, feel connected,

Who funds KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Health Forward Foundation2022 Healthy Communities Funding$85,000
Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSupport To Fully Implement and Pilot the Organization's High School Apprenticeship and Workforce Development Program As A Pathway To Agricultural Careers. 202205-12408$25,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$10,000
...and 2 more grants received

Personnel at KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

NameTitleCompensation
Alicia EllingsworthExecutive Director$0
Kira KirkEducation Manager
Karan GuptaBoard Chair$0
Lacy StephensBoard Vice Chair$0
Loretta CraigBoard Secretary$0
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$358,773
Program services$109,791
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$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$468,564

Form 990s for KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-03990View PDF
2021-122022-12-13990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-12-23990EZView PDF

Organizations like KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

OrganizationLocationRevenue
Poughkeepsie Farm ProjectPoughkeepsie, NY$866,002
Fauquier Education FarmWarrenton, VA$185,660
The Cornucopia ProjectPeterborough, NH$280,430
North Union Farmers MarketCleveland, OH$415,647
TRACTOR Food & FarmsBurnsville, NC$560,283
AgrIInstituteDanville, IN$264,359
Greener PartnersNorristown, PA$815,242
Minnesota State Horticultural SocietyRoseville, MN$1,049,657
GreensgrowPhiladelphia, PA$383,863
Mountain Roots Food ProjectGunnison, CO$1,506,573
Data update history
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 23, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
January 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $85,000 from Health Forward Foundation
July 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 28, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 11 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Employment organizationsAgricultural programsCharities
Issues
EducationHuman servicesAgricultureHunger
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedState / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
4223 Gibbs Rd
Kansas City, KS 66106
Metro area
Kansas City, MO-KS
County
Wyandotte County, KS
Website URL
kcfarmschool.org/ 
Phone
(913) 313-8456
IRS details
EIN
83-3749203
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2018
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
K20: Agricultural Programs
NAICS code, primary
61151: Technical and Trade Schools
Parent/child status
Independent
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