2025-12-02T10:24:09-08:00 2024-08-31 852567804 ADDUCCI VEGA FINANCIAL GROUP LLC 7808 WEST COLLEGE DRIVE STE 3W PALOS HEIGHTS IL 60463 990 2023-09-01 460944829 Genesis Garden GENE 3093263075 307 E Carroll Street Macomb IL 61455 Melissa Calhoun President 2025-12-02 true true James Adducci P00379643 7085943838 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Melissa Calhoun 307 E Carroll Street Macomb IL 61455 769244 false X www.genesisgarden.org X 2012 IL Sharing food, providing shelter and empowering community. 6 6 3 75 0 344645 768888 0 0 209 356 344854 769244 153425 542332 0 24558 130729 0 30 66516 80732 244499 753793 100355 15451 466232 504229 63977 86523 402255 417706 Sharing food, providing shelter and empowering community. false false 517085 345040 Housing Initiatives. Genesis Garden provides an continuum of services to assist individuals and families who are unstably housed or without housing. During the fiscal year, 74 individuals in 27 households received eviction prevention assistance, 21 individuals in 12 households were successfully diverted to housing options other than emergency shelter, 71 individuals in 43 households were provided emergency shelter, 95 individuals in 42 households who were without housing were re-housed in permanent housing through the rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing programs. Genesis Garden also participates in regional and state networks, sharing best practices, with a goal of making homelessness in our area brief, rare and non-recurring. 179766 160897 Food Initiatives.Genesis Garden serves as fiscal sponsor for Loaves & Fishes, Inc., an ecumenical organization with a pending application for 501(c)(3). Loaves & Fishes distributes food vouchers to McDonough County households for food purchases at area grocery stores. Loaves & Fishes serves an average of 430 households per month. Loaves & Fishes, Inc. expenses totaled $161,105.Genesis Garden also provides summer meals for kids through the ISBE/USDA SFSP program. During the summer of 2024, Genesis Garden provided 6,861 meals to children and youth under 18. Summer meals expenses totaled $18,661. 12481 13067 Community Empowerment Initiatives. Four new empowerment-focused initiatives were continued or launched during the year. (1) the Family Dinner Project which promotes food, fun and conversation about things that matter. (2) The Open Table which focuses on community assets that are renewable, sustainable, and transformational through organizing and investing relational and social capital. A group of volunteers develops long-term, reciprocal relationships with an individual or family. Tables meet weekly to share friendship and access social networks to support life goals. (3) Mental Health Resiliency training and peer supports to improve mental wellness in the community, and(4) becoming a HUD-certified Housing Counseling agency. As a Housing Counseling agency, Genesis Garden will offer groupeducation and one-on-one counseling to individuals on topic such as landlord-tenant interactions, improving credit scores,pre-home purchase counseling and foreclosure prevention. 709332 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false false 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 true 15 0 false 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false false false false false true true false true true true false false false IL X X Mark Merrill 3093263075 307 E Carroll St Macomb IL 61455 X Melissa Calhoun President 30.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Monninger Vice President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Merrill Treasurer 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kathryn Stoner-Lasala Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 William Thompson Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marie Blome Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 608752 160136 1033 768888 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 356 356 356 769244 356 0 542332 542332 0 0 0 0 114278 101820 12458 0 0 16451 14680 1771 0 209 134 75 15264 9806 5458 0 0 0 5500 3533 1967 42 42 2513 562 1921 30 8459 2895 5564 0 16008 16008 7286 3794 3492 0 0 2333 2333 0 8218 8218 6233 6228 5 Maintenance and repairs 6144 6144 MISCELLANEOUS 2493 1396 1097 Bank and services charges 30 30 0 753793 709332 44431 30 180729 137896 0 71050 167736 0 0 0 0 0 9457 1728 255975 59106 204996 196869 0 0 0 0 0 466232 504229 7751 15262 48807 43939 7419 27322 63977 86523 X 337996 335206 64259 82500 402255 417706 466232 504229 15451 X false true X false false X 449446 1430662 223733 344645 768888 3217374 0 0 449446 1430662 223733 344645 768888 3217374 0 3217374 0 0 1680 209 356 2245 3219619 0.99930 0.93200 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 8450 8450 17000 17000 229525 58106 171419 1000 1000 196869 Conditional contributions 27322 27322 769244 769244 769244 753793 753793 753793 true 0 0 Specific Program Assistance 520024 Program Meals and Supplies 22308 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The organization monitors the funds by compliance with requirements of funding sources. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A copy of Form 990 is provided to all board memebrs for approval before or after filing, depending on timing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Members of board of directors and key employees annually read and sign the conflict of interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Copies of tax returns and governing documents are available upon request by contacting the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.