Center for Agricultural and Food Entrepreneurship

Location
Candler, North Carolina
Sector
Community improvement
Founded
2016
Website
blueridgefoodventures.org
$625KFY2025 revenue
6Employees, FY2025

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $444,253 $444K FY22 FY2023: $690,891 $691K FY23 FY2024: $630,801 $631K FY24 FY2025: $624,898 $625K FY25

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Program revenue
$382K · 61%
Gifts and grants
$186K · 30%
Government grants
$54K · 9%
Other revenue
$2K · 0%
Total revenue on the 990
$2,648,015
Investment income
− $11,093
Donated goods and property
− $2,012,024
Revenue we count
$624,898

What it does

To provide educational assistance and technical training for limited resource individuals engaged in value-added food and agricultural production. Specific types of training include adherence to all regulatory issues affecting food production and distribution, use and maintenance of equipment necessary for food processing, and product formulation and development.

Our programing provides educational assistance and technical training for limited resource individuals engaged in value-added food and agricultural productions. Specific types of training include adherence to all regulatory issues affecting food production and distribution; use and maintenance of equipment necessary for food processing; and product formulation and development.
The Center for Agricultural and Food Entrepreneurship also has an organizational purpose to incubate and support new small businesses in a shared use kitchen, developing products in the State of North Carolina and surrounding area.

Leadership

Michael McDonaldExecutive Director
Smithson MillsBoard Member

Not on a current list. The figures above come from its latest filings.

EIN 81-4593322 · Full filings on ProPublica

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