Medicine Bowl Giving Circle
Donations deductibleMedicine Bowl Giving Circle's network
4 people2 organisationsi4 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (2) 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
4 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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia Gunder Chair | Board Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mary Hooks | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Nzinga West | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Valentina Winkfield | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kifu Faruq | Former Founding Director | $30k | |||
| Valencia Gunder | Board Chair | 3 | $2k | ||
| Valentina Winkfield | Secretary | 3 | $2k | ||
| Mary Hooks | Board Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Nzinga West | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Medicine Bowl Giving Circle
- EIN
- 863282091
- Address
- 1472 Brummetts Creek Rd, Green Mtn, NC, 28740-7741
- State
- North Carolina
- Mission
- Medicine Bowl is a constellation of movement organizers, farmers, and land stewards who are on a mission to nourish, feed, house & build alternative infrastructuresfor their communities and themselves. Nestled on 142 acres of land in the Green Mountains of Western North Carolina, Medicine Bowl is a home and a hub forhealing and movement building in the South. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C60 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2021
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2021
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsValencia Gunder
≥2years on the filingsMary Hooks
≥2years on the filingsNzinga West
≥2years on the filingsValentina Winkfield
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
- $1.7m
- Total liabilities
- $8k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $804k
- Program service revenue
- $586
- Grants and similar paid out
- $35k
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $699k | $673k | $25k |
| 2022 | $730k | $532k | $198k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.