City Seed Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.4m
year to 31 January 2025
Expenses
$1.4m
year to 31 January 2025
Total assets
$1.6m
$1.1m liabilities
Net assets
$499k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
14
4.4 years on average
Staff
28
employees, year to 31 January 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Lisa Bassani
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
City Seed Inc's network
14 people9 organisationsi14 people and 9 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (9) 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
14 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Kim Chair | Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Lisa Bassani Chair | Governance Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Alexandra Daum | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ashley Moore | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Chris Heitamn | Vice President | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Henry Elliman | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jordan Vega | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Luis Chavez-Brummell | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Nicole Najam | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Onyeka Obiocha | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Polly Labarre | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tabitha Sookdeo | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Veena Kapadia | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Yvette Houghton | Treasurer | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia Reese Masterson | Former Executive Director | since 2019 |
| Cortney Renton | Executive Director | since 2021 |
| Courtney Renton | Excutive Director | 2024 |
| Sarah Miller | Excutive Director | 2025 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 January 2025iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Miller | Excutive Director | 40 | $53k | ||
| Chris Heitamn | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christine Kim | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ashley Moore | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Yvette Houghton | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Bassani | Governance Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Luis Chavez-Brummell | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alexandra Daum | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Henry Elliman | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Veena Kapadia | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Polly Labarre | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nicole Najam | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Onyeka Obiocha | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tabitha Sookdeo | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jordan Vega | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- City Seed Inc
- EIN
- 830397621
- Address
- 162 James St, New Haven, CT, 06513-3845
- State
- Connecticut
- Mission
- To engage the community in growing a local food system that supports economic development, community development, and sustainable agriculture. We aim to accomplish this through a suite of food-based programs, including: improving access to fresh, healthy food through coordinating and managing a network of farmers markets with options for all income levels; providing cooking and nutrition... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- K40 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
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2004
- Principal officer
- Sarah Miller (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 2005
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsChristine Kim
≥7years on the filingsLisa Bassani
≥7years on the filingsNicole Najam
≥7years on the filingsOnyeka Obiocha
Latest return
year to 31 January 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 January 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.6m
- Total liabilities
- $1.1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $499k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1m
- Program service revenue
- $383k
- Employees
- 28
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4m | $1.4m | $38k |
| 2023 | $1.6m | $1.2m | $336k |
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.City Seed, Inc. 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: Connecticut Secretary of the State, business registry and officers (data.ct.gov n7gp-d28j and ka36-64k6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Connecticut
- Entity type
- Non-Stock
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 4 June 2004
- Registered agent
- Sarah Miller (city and state not held)
Officers (5)
- Ashley Moore Officer
- Christine Kim Officer
- Chris Heitmann Officer
- Sarah Miller Director
- Yvette Haughton Officer
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.