2024-05-13T10:56:47-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 872905372 URBAN FRESH GARDENS INC URBA 8609400108 48 Hawkins Street Waterbury CT 06704 Gregory Knight President 8609400108 2024-05-13 Gregory Knight 999009999 1 0 11 1 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.urbanfreshgardens.com X X 51087 X 50210 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 877 1847 -970 0 49240 0 0 0 14229 0 2812 10661 27702 21538 7207 0 28745 7207 4345 0 24400 0 0 7207 28745 0 0 7207 28745 Urban Fresh Gardens is a non-profit urban farm and education center dedicated to teaching tangible and intangible skills to youths ages 14 to 18. Program participants are provided with an opportunity to learn transferable life skills, contribute to their community, and form meaningful connections that can take them beyond the limits of the Greater Waterbury Community. Youth Development occurs in the following outreach areas: Urban Agriculture, Urban Community Projects, Learn-To-Earn Program, Urban Apprenticeship and Mentorship Program and English-Language Education. Urban Fresh Gardens' Learn to Earn Program was able to serve 25 individuals in 2023 with afterschool, summer and weekend jobs on a per diem basis in the urban garden. Individuals learned the basics of agriculture through the process of building garden beds, filling with soil and compost, planting various seeds, installing irrigation systems, weeding, harvesting and marketing farm harvest. 0 14229 Urban Community Projects where youths participating in the Learn to Earn program commits to volunteering 2 hours per week to learn how to build and repair bicycles to donate to members of the community. 0 415 Urban Apprenticeship and Mentorship Program - Identified and mentored two program participants who learned all aspects of operating a farm. This included visits to other farms to learn best practices, meeting with elected officials to learn how business is conducted at state and local levels and taking leadership roles in projects on the urban farm. 0 3750 18394 Gregory Knight President 40 0 0 0 Tanisha Knight Secretary 5 0 0 0 Fanny Marrone Board Member 1 0 0 0 Monroe Webster Board Member 3 0 0 0 Lisa Eldemire Board Member 0 0 0 0 Simone Preston Treasurer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CT Simone Preston 48 Hawkins Street Waterbury CT 06704 2035721426 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 7099 50586 57685 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7099 50586 57685 57685 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57685 0 X 7099 50210 57309 0 0 0 7099 50210 57309 57309 0 0 0 7099 50210 57309 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other Operating expenses related to urban farming such as soil, compost, fertilizers and building materials for garden beds Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Land acquired for $1 via quit claim with an appraised value of $24,400