2024-10-22T11:43:35-05:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 270901122 Unity Gardens % Sara Stewart UNIT 5743154361 PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 SARA STEWART PresidentCEO 5743154361 2024-10-22 false 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z SARA STEWART PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 839367 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 33 1750 0 526925 595828 0 -28519 70653 53770 86013 552176 752494 0 0 309293 326362 0 28219 125209 174825 434502 501187 117674 251307 1180080 1412104 248309 229026 931771 1183078 To connect our community to healthy food,nature and each other We do this through supporting open gardens, free classes and programs false false 179122 2023 Free-Pick Gardens: Unity Gardens connects our community to fresh food, nature and one another through 40+ free pick gardens and orchard sites. The 7 acre main site is the hub of operations. Through this site, we support over 40 satellite Unity Gardens where our community can pick fresh fruits and vegetables without any barriers to access. The main site has garden guides-employees who will help harvesters navigate the garden and discover the fruits and vegtables, sharing recipes,information on our programs, classes and more! Through our satellite gardens and community partners, we also add to the available fresh fruits and vegtetables by putting them on the sharing shelf for garden visitors to enjoy. 142522 2023 Educational Programming: Unity Gardens educational programs have expanded in depth and breadth with new infrastructure and classes We have onsite classes hosted in our new Welcome Center, a 4 season off-the-grid Geodome designed to host field trips and connect youth to the joy of gardening and principles of renewable energy all year round and an Edgy Veggie bus to take our best programs and classes on the road,reaching more deeply into our community.In addition to our ongoig garden and nature classes, we have engaged over 700 children with Edgy Veggie in 2023! 99907 2023 Farm to Market: Unity Gardens has a dedicated, separate area at the main garden to grow food for sale, creating revenue for organizational sustainability and mission support. In addition to fresh fruits, herbs and vegetables, Unity Gardens creates value added products such as cold processed soaps, bees wax candles and hand balms, veggie pun cards, and honey based foods. We have 2 market areas; One at the South Bend Farmers Market and another onsite at our main garden Welcome Center. 421551 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 33 true false false false false false false true true 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 BARBARA SUTTON 5743153843 PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 DON INKS Treasurer X 0 0 0 TIM EMERICK Director X 0 0 0 MARCIA MCCOY Secretary X 0 0 0 CYNDI KINGMA Director X 0 0 0 VINCE BARLETTO Director X 0 0 0 CARA LUPA Vice President X 0 0 0 BRENT SPRING Director X 0 0 0 BARBARA SUTTON Director 15.00 X 7580 0 0 SARA STEWART PresidentCEO 40.00 X 58000 0 0 65580 false false false 242850 352978 2872 595828 70653 70653 46097 17007 29090 126764 69866 56898 Honoraian 25 25 25 752494 70678 58000 38350 3600 16050 245201 216763 20938 7500 23161 19482 1877 1802 537 537 2793 1997 540 256 17558 14148 1244 2166 5733 2110 3623 11228 8900 2328 1799 1623 176 51894 49704 2190 25735 14118 11386 231 Repair & Maint 15013 14422 591 Program supplies 40112 39397 667 48 Bank Fees 2423 2257 166 501187 421551 51417 28219 44218 204051 209511 72660 15004 41182 36339 38056 994616 187296 663838 807320 199670 221719 11500 27116 1180080 1412104 8309 13360 240000 215666 248309 229026 X 931771 1183078 931771 1183078 1180080 1412104 251307 X false true X false false X 405354 312372 277964 526925 595878 2118493 405354 312372 277964 526925 595878 2118493 607811 1510682 2118493 0.71309 0.67996 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false 1 1 751780 90520 661260 184468 52486 131982 25045 21692 3353 33322 22598 10724 807320 Community Foundation 27116 F 27116 Taste of Unity 30089 30089 969 1594 Perfect Pairings 8250 8250 3827 221 3 7758 7758 4362 1250 4784 46097 46097 969 8189 1250 6599 17007 29090 Part VI Line 2 Sara Stewart is the daughter of Board member Marcia McCoy Part VI Line 11b The 990 is emailed to board members prior to filing for review Part VI Line 12c All expenses paid are reviewed for conflict before they are paid. Part VI Line 19 Documents are available upon written request.