Just Harvest
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of Just Harvest is to promote food sovereignty in Indigenous Black and other marginalized communities create sustainable food infrastructures within communities and reduce the social and economic impacts of hunger. In the 2024 year Just Harvest grew and donated over 1200 pounds of fresh chemical free whole food directly into local communities held 18 educational community-based workshops about regenerative gardening and BIPOC history and culture and participated in 7 outreach activities engaging with more than 620 community members.
- Income
- $145,636
- Spending
- $63,970
- Reserves
- 16.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $7,680, resource coordinator
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $29,434 spent. Historical and Cultural Education: Programming designed to correct historical narratives related to Black and Indigenous communities and promote the revitalization of Indigenous foodways and community building
- $22,884 spent. Food Security Education- Programs designed to provide community members with free educational resources on how to produce process and consume a diet focused on healthy whole foods. Additionally the program supports independent community organizations and groups to establish their own regenerative gardens by providing the resources and technical support.
- $2,807 spent. Gardens- Just Harvest grows chemical free produce using regenerative agricultural practices and donates the harvested food directly into the community
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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