2025-11-17T12:49:35-05:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 464120141 THE COMMUNITY PROJECT COMM 6146685625 506 North Parkview Ave Columbus OH 43209 Angelique Kidd Smith Director Treasurer 6146685625 2025-11-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.communityproject.org X X charity 70042 X 70042 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70042 8296 23780 0 1920 980 35798 70774 -732 34177 33445 34177 33445 0 0 34177 33445 34177 33445 We are establishing a K-8 model school for 1000 children a community center vegetable gardens and a farm in an economically disadvantaged area of Ethiopia. All structures are community-built with support from Engineers and Architects Without Borders. As part of our educational initiative: 1. We installed composting toilets to recycle waste into nutrient rich soil. 2. Established a Bamboo Propagation Nursery to train young farmers in cultivating this versatile crop for construction furniture and biofuel also serving as a food source. 3. Our Apple Orchards demonstrate planting techniques for this nutritious fruit not yet grown commercially in our region. Additionally we sponsor teacher training and launched the only Ethiopian STEM program for grades 1-12 in public school to enhance the educational experience. School construction is a primary commitment building classrooms to host grades K-8 in a safe and enriching environment and to host after-school micro business and educational experiences and skills training in the finished classrooms for 1000 children. We support and maintain the school buildings as we complete them until we transfer ownership to the Ethiopian Education Ministry. We are building micro businesses to use the shelter of the classrooms. 0 56513 Our model Saturday STEM program for 285 children including all grades is the first in Ethiopia in an elementary school. It is so popular we added high school classes and invited the children from the Beta Israel community who are now bussed across the city to join. We employ local university faculty to teach linking our disadvantaged students with the university knowledge base. We host 3 days a week STEM classes in the summer which is the only free educational offering in the city for elementary children, 0 7454 Our agricultural research successes are expanding the crops previously grown in the region increasing the economic and nutritional benefits to the community. We have proven bamboo apple and enset false banana a highly nutritional tuber thrive in our area and we are sharing the agricultural techniques with local farmers increasing the crop varieties grown in the region. We added 2000 sq.meters of vegetable farming to feed hungry people displaced to our area. 0 7243 71210 Angelique Kidd Smith Director Treasurer 42 0 0 0 Colleen Kaleda Cofounder 5 0 0 0 Dr Andrew Carlson Board Director 1 0 0 0 Dr Abiyou Tilahun Plant Biologist Academic Director 30 125 0 0 Prof Fikeremariam Negash Project Manager Structural Engineer 30 150 0 0 Dr Mitiku Garedew Community Liaison and Translator 3 15 0 0 Trhas Mozzobu Teacher Asst Toilet Manager 20 13 0 0 Dawit Guard Helper 40 12 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false Angelique Kidd Smith 506 North Parkview Ave Columbus OH 43209 6146685625 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 23733 12000 51171 34009 70042 190955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23733 12000 51171 34009 70042 190955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 190955 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 0 0 0 23733 12000 51171 34009 70042 190955 1 1 0 0.00 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Doing Business As Names The Community Project Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| School construction materials including rebar concrete eucalyptus sand aggregate paint metal doors and windows and labor. Agricultural expenses including tools boots plowing soil import seeds planting weeding watering fertilizing harvesting and labor. $335798, $35798| Part I, Line 12 | Explanation:| Salaries employee benefits STEM programming and university teachers: $23,780 Part I, Line 14 | Explanation:| Maintenance: pipe repair for agriculture pump maintenance replacement mattresses for the 4 kindergarten classes naps computer repairs gas for flood irrigation water meter replacement composting toilet maintenance $1920 Part I, Line 15 | Explanation:| Printing and shipping: posters cards handouts for presentations shipping of computers equipment for maintenance and classrooms. $980 Part I, Line 11 | Explanation:| Benefits Paid: Workshops conferences staff education food boots clothing and shelter support for the poorest of the poor solar training trip to the U.S. for 3 Ethiopian professionals sponsored by Twende Solar and The Community Project. $8,296 Part I, Line 16 | Explanation:| School construction materials including rebar concrete eucalyptus sand aggregate paint metal doors and windows and labor. Agricultural expenses including research travel and funding tools boots plowing soil import seeds planting weeding watering fertilizing harvesting and labor. $37033