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City Seed Inc

New Haven, Connecticut · EIN 83-0397621 · Food, Agriculture & Nutrition · tax-exempt since 2005

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 74.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended January 2025.

Graded against 7,366 food, agriculture & nutrition nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.4.4 months100
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.74% of practices74
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.31
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.73% from one source70
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.95.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.1%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.04not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jan 2025Form 990$1.39M$1.35M$38K$499K4.428B
Jan 2024Form 990$1.57M$1.23M$336K$461K4.526B
Jan 2023Form 990$994K$1.08M−$85K$124K1.430C
Jan 2022Form 990$945K$888K$58K$210K2.827A
Jan 2021Form 990$740K$678K$63K$152K2.725B
Jan 2019Form 990$510K$520K−$10K$80K1.99C
Jan 2018Form 990$417K$390K$26K$91K2.813B
Jan 2017Form 990$311K$342K−$32K$65K2.37B
Jan 2016Form 990$329K$376K−$47K$96K3.111B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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