2024-05-09T19:19:51-04:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 811747608 GROW OAK RIDGE % Rebecca Williams GROW 6856211385 301 BROADWAY AVENUE STE 101 OAK RIDGE TN 378314913 Rebecca Williams Director 2024-05-09 false Rebecca Williams XXX-XX-XXXX 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X https: growoakridge.org X X 83701 X 57211 10986 864 1199 -335 14116 10391 3725 524 119 405 71992 585 22576 5930 4818 640 24677 59226 12766 35967 0 48733 X 32833 47837 6557 4993 39390 52830 3423 4097 35967 48733 The mission of Grow Oak Ridge is to connect locally grown foods with the public through farmers markets community gardens and education. We produce the Winter Farmers Market Market-To-Go an online farmers market and Nourish Kids Club an educational program for children that provides free produce to children at our in-person markets. Our markets accept and double SNAP benefits. Our in-person markets include educational workshops on healthy cooking gardening and other health-related topics. Grow Oak Ridge produce two farmers markets in 2023: the Winter Farmers Market and Farmers Market To Go an online yearround farmers market. Both of these offer farmers a low-barrier venue in which to sell locally grown foods to the public. The Winter Farmers Market also features educational programming such as Nourish Kids Club for children and free educational classes for adults on topics such as growing your own food and on the preparation of healthy meals. The Winter Farmers Market had 10,000 visitors in 2023. It also accepts and doubles SNAP benefits for fresh produce up to $20 per day per eligible customer. Farmers Market To Go had about 500 customers and distributed double SNAP benefits of about $1,000 during the year. 0 23696 Grow Oak Ridge produced Nourish Kids Club at the Winter Farmers Market and several community events in 2023. Nourish Kids Club offers children 2 to 12 a free vegetable tasting and $5 in Produce Bucks to spend with local farmers on their own produce. The club also includes educational activities about how eating fresh fruits and vegetables is part of a healthy lifestyle. Nourish Kids Club served 832 children in 2023 and gave away nearly $4,000 in fresh local produce to children creating positive interactions between farmers and children. 0 7087 In 2023 Grow Oak Ridge began a program called "Grow Your Own: Backyard & Community Gardening," in which we helped 10 families grow their own vegetables both at home and in community gardening spaces. This program provided free seeds seedlings hand tools organic fertilizers and educational programs to the families. They were required to weigh their produce and they produced nearly 600 pounds of food. 0 16122 46905 Barbara Ferrell President 1 0 0 0 David Mowrer Secretary 1 0 0 0 Ella Mowrer vice president 0.2 0 0 0 Amy Wolfe Board Member 0.2 0 0 0 Christy White Treasurer 3 0 0 0 Jason Schmidt Board Member 0.2 0 0 0 Heidi Greenhalgh Board Member 0.2 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false TN Rebecca Williams PO Box 4913 Oak Ridge TN 37831 8654839124 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 0 42641 57211 99852 0 0 0 11689 0 11689 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54330 57211 111541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6540 0 6540 0 0 0 6540 0 6540 105001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3085 0 3085 0 0 0 57415 57211 114626 0.9160 0.00 0 0.00 X Part III - Line 1, Unusual Grant Lists | Name of the Contributor:, Date of Grant:, Year:, Amount:, Description:| Donor, 03 30 2022, "2022", $15511, Pandemic Grant| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 10 | Activity:, Grantee Name:, Grantee Address:, Amount:, Relationship:| Donated food to Fresh Fridge food pantry, Family Justice Center of Anderson C, "301 Broadway Ave. Suite 100 Oak Ridge TN 37830", $275.00, None| Donation to St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, St Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, "327 Vermont Ave. Oak Ridge TN 37830", $310.00, None| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Information Technology: Hardware software website email expenses, $3418.00| Travel mileage parking and tolls lodging and meals, $1917.00| Dues & Memberships, $460.00| Square fees, $385.00| Advertising and marketing of farmers markets and events, $5764.00| Program supplies and materials, $11087.00| Insurance, $337.00| Pinnacle Bank Fees, $112.00| Credit Card Processing fees MTG, $534.00| Taxes and Licenses, $363.00| Miscellaneous, $15.00| Training Conferences Registration Fees, $285.00| Part II, line 24 | Asset Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Undeposited Funds, $375, 0| Fixed Assets, $3812, $3259| Accounts Receivable, $1202, $496| Prepaid Expenses, $1168, $1238| Part II, line 26 | Liabilities Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Other current liabilities, $791, $1747| Credit Card Balance, $2616, $2275| Accounts Payable, $16, $75|