2024-05-06T18:45:30Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 161694531 FRIENDS OF FERNHILL PARK FRIE 5030 Schuyler St Philadelphia PA 19144 Jessamyn Melnicoff Treasurer Friend's of Fernhill Park 2024-05-06 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X Friendsoffernhillpark.com X X 89000 X 89000 89000 17825 600 9000 27425 61575 6948 68523 X 6948 68523 0 0 0 0 6948 68523 6948 68523 We are a small all volunteer group. We are registered in the Park Friends Network through Fairmount Parks and Recreation. We hold free events throughout the year, to bring positivity and neighborhood involvement into our park. We also hope to displace many of the negative activities that may go on in a park, such as vandalism, drugs and criminal activity. We liaise with Parks and Rec re issues in the park, have set up a neighborhood food forest, hosted "goat days", bird walks, tree identification tours, fall festivals, summer fun nights, National Night out, etc. We have a diverse neighborhood, and to include all who want to participate, never charge fees to belong to the Friends group or to attend our events. Food Forest: Set up many new fruit and nut trees, several vegetable gardens. expenses include equipment, watering apparatus, etc. Providing free food and gardening education to the community. 10000 3000 Fall Festival, Love your Park days, We Walk PHL, Earth Day, National Night Out, Kick ball games, etc. Each event has up to 180 people attending. 8000 6000 Playful learning grant 73000 17825 26825 Mekia Matthews Co Chair Friends of Fernhill Park 15.00 0 0 0 Sumanya Narra Co Chair Friends of Fernhill Park 15.00 0 0 0 Jessamyn Melnicoff Treasurer 8.00 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false PA jessamyn Melnicoff 5030 Schuyler Street Philadelphia PA 19144 2154324372 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 16000 16000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16000 16000 0 0 10000 6000 16000 10000 6000 16000 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 16000 16009 X 0.00000 0.00000 0.00060 0.00000 Part III, Line 12 We got the Activity Grant in the amount of $6,000 for the year 2024. We were also given $10,000 by our sister park, Vernon Park to support our organic land management activities. We had one unusual grant of $104,000 Part I, Line 10 In 2023 we paid $17,825 to Future Together for work on the playful learning play space, from the KABOOM! grant. We spent approximately $600 on printing and yard signs for events. Part I, Line 16 In 2023: From the playful learning grant, we so far disbursed 17,825 to our partners, Future Together, for the planning and development of our playful learning space. We will have spent the entire 73,000 plus the remainder of the $104,000 grant for building the Playful Learning space by the end of 2024. We spent about $6,000 on events in the park, including Love Your Park days, Earth Day, Movie night, Fall Festival, supplies for meetings such as chairs, microphone, etc. All events are free of charge. We spent about $2,000 for the Food Forest, including cabinets, trees, watering cube, etc. Part I, Line 8 We were awarded an activity grant from the City of Philadelphia in the amount of $6,000. (this was awarded in September 2023, but not disbursed until February 2024. )This is a grant we apply for most years. In past years we may get anywhere from 1,500.00 to 6,000. This year we also applied for and were awarded a grant from KABOOM! and The WIliam Penn Foundation in the amount of $104,000 to plan and construct a play space for children up to age 8. We had a partial disbursement in 2023 of $73,000. Our sister park donated most of the balance of a grant given for organic land management to help with expenses in our food forest. this came to 10,000 which was donated in September 2023. Part II, Line 24 We are a small volunteer park friends group. we generally have far less than $10,000 in our account. This year we were awarded a grant to imagine and build an educational play space for children up to age 8. This is why we need to do the 990 ez this year. in past we did a postcard return.