2023-09-14T11:27:33-05:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 270901122 Unity Gardens % Sara Stewart UNIT 5743154361 PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 SARA STEWART PresidentCEO 5743154361 2023-09-14 SARA STEWART XXX-XX-XXXX false 1 AAL2 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z SARA STEWART PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 654127 false X www.theunitygardens.org X 2009 IN Unity Gardens promotes wellness by connecting our community to healthy foodnatureand each other through open gardensclasses and programs 9 9 26 2300 0 277964 526925 0 47492 -28519 65575 53770 391031 552176 0 0 236452 309293 0 23859 94606 125209 331058 434502 59973 117674 1006632 1180080 192553 248309 814079 931771 X To connect our community to healthy food,nature and each other We do this through supporting open gardens, free classes and programs false false 125518 In 2022 we hosted 34 "free pick" gardens to offer everyone in our community access to fresh nutritious food. Garden Guides greet visitor ,conduct tasting tours and give harvesting help to the 8923 guests at our primary site. Additionally, the Re Entry center garden, other hosted gardens and some local farmers donated over 3100 lbs of produce to our sharing shelves and 1300 lbs of produce to St. Margarets House, a day shelter for women. The amount of food available to our community far extended the 200,000 lbs of produce measured in 2021. 95176 Unity Gardens farm to market program has helped maintain revenue contributing to organizational sustainability. In 2022 Unity Gardens expanded our traditional crops to include garlic,cut flowers,onions, and rhubarb. In addition, value-added products have also increased including cold processed honey soaps, honeycomb,garlic powder, and dried herbs. Left over fresh produce continues to support those less fortunate through food pantries, shelters for those unhoused, and other help centers. 38987 Free gardening classes and education have been expanded with some of Covid restrictions limited. We continued to host virtual classes in addition to bringing back onsite education.We also hosted classes on gardening in over 6 library locations. Series help in onsite inluded Winter growing garden series of 11 classes, Spring Farm to Fork lunch and learn series, Fall Food Series highlighting harvesting, preserving,pickling the ample harvest of the season. Offsite Garden classes were hosted at multiple sites including libraries, food banks, community centers and schools. 259681 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 26 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false IN X X BARBARA SUTTON 5743153843 PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 X DON INKS Treasurer 1.000 X 0 0 0 TIM EMERICK Director 1.000 X 0 0 0 MARCIA MCCOY Secretary 1.000 X 0 0 0 CYNDI KINGMA Director X 0 0 0 VINCE BARLETTO Director 1.000 X 0 0 0 CARA LUPA Vice President 1.000 X 0 0 0 BRENT SPRING Director 1.000 X 0 0 0 BARBARA SUTTON Director 10.00 X 4340 0 0 SARA STEWART PresidentCEO 50.00 X 45000 0 0 49340 false false false 24000 502925 37736 526925 -28519 -28519 39757 36073 3684 114544 65878 48666 Award 1420 1420 1420 552176 -27099 45000 23400 3600 18000 242313 182720 59593 21980 15753 4850 1377 30 30 22 22 2411 717 678 1016 16051 6640 6405 3006 10436 213 10043 180 12329 3756 8573 935 370 565 20303 6735 13568 21812 6211 15321 280 Program Supplies 25380 4671 20709 Repair & Maintenance 15500 8443 7057 434502 259681 150962 23859 58731 44218 95947 209511 4042 15004 27262 36339 798835 134997 610319 663838 210331 199670 11500 1006632 1180080 1607 8309 190946 240000 192553 248309 X 814079 931771 814079 931771 1006632 1180080 117674 X false false false X 156255 405354 312372 277964 485510 1637455 156255 405354 312372 277964 485510 1637455 524059 1113396 1637455 0.67996 0.69060 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false 1 1 678879 63099 615780 61587 40187 21400 20968 15481 5487 37400 16230 21170 663838 Trust Fund 11500 11500 Taste 29415 29415 950 22500 1108 BBQ 5820 5820 3050 600 481 2 4522 4522 4313 3071 39757 39757 950 29863 600 4660 36073 3684 X 4 42898 cost false false false Part VI Line 2 Sara Stewart is the daughter of Board member Marcia McCoy Part VI Line 11b Board members receive an electronic copy of Form 990 and all schedules Part VI Line 11b prior to the tax return filing Part VI Line 12c Transactions are reviewed for conflict of interest Part VI Line 15a or b Executive Director Salary has not changed Part VI Line 19 Upon written request Part VI Line 2 Sara Stewart is the daughter of a board member Marcia McCoy Part VI line 11b Board members are furnished with copies of 990 prior to filing Part VI Line 12c All Transactions are reviewed for conflicts Part VI Line 18 Tax return is available on Guidestar.org and on request Part VI Line 19 All documents are available by written request