Sanctuary Farm Phila
Donations deductibleRevenue
$554k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$406k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$729k
$99k liabilities
Net assets
$630k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
4.1y av
Staff
9
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
9
named in Part VII
Sanctuary Farm Phila's network
12 people3 organisationsi12 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
12 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 16 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 12 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbe Stern | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Carolyn Clark | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Catherine Gormley (also filed as Kate Gormley) | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Donta Rose | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| King Paramore | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Lester Cohen | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Lisa Greenspan | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Maria Termini Romano (also filed as Maria Romano) | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Melissa Hamilton Morris (also filed as Melissa Morris) | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Patrick Sillup | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Paul Justice | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rhonda Carter | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Callahan | Company secretary | since 2023 |
| Diane Scutti | Treasurer | since 2021 |
| Jay Thayakaran | Treasurer | since 2023 |
| Marie Kelly | Company secretary | since 2021 |
| Metty Vithaythil | President | since 2021 |
| Metty Vithayathil | President | 2023 |
| Michelle Sipics | President | 2024 |
| Saideep Raj | Vice-President | 2024 |
| Shivanee Raj | Vice President | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Thayakaran | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michelle Sipics | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Saideep Raj | Vice-President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Paul Justice | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lester Cohen | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kate Gormley | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carolyn Clark | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Maria Termini Romano | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Callahan | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rhonda Carter | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Greenspan | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Abbe Stern | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Morris | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| King Paramore | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Donta Rose | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patrick Sillup | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Sanctuary Farm Phila
- EIN
- 820901546
- Address
- 2337 W Berks St # 2345, Philadelphia, PA, 19121-2048
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- Sanctuary Farm seeks to address the health inequities resulting from systemic racial oppression and economic injustice by converting abandoned and neglected areas in our community into spaces that promote safety, hospitality, nutrition and growth. With the help of neighbors, volunteers, and other non-profit partnerships, Sanctuary Farm "broke ground" on an empty lot in North Philadelphia in... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- K30 Food, agriculture and nutrition
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2017
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 2018
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
- Principal officer
- Andrea Vettori (Form 990-N, tax year 2019)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥5years on the filingsCatherine Gormley
≥5years on the filingsLester Cohen
≥5years on the filingsMaria Termini Romano
≥5years on the filingsMelissa Hamilton Morris
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $729k
- Total liabilities
- $99k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $630k
- Contributions and grants received
- $554k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 9
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $554k | $406k | $148k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Sanctuary Farm Phila. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 3 April 2017
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (3)
- Andrea Vettori Governor
- Metty Vithayathil Board Chair
- Saideep Raj Board Vice Chair
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.