2025-08-01T11:44:11-05:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 270901122 Unity Gardens % Barbara Sutton UNIT 5742222266 PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 BARBARA SUTTON Treasurer 5743153843 2025-08-01 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Sara Stewart PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 944337 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 8 8 31 2879 0 0 595828 729247 0 70653 16442 86013 133665 752494 879354 0 0 326362 474248 0 74461 174825 185462 501187 659710 251307 219644 1412104 1494764 229026 39896 1183078 1454868 X To connect our community to healthy food,nature and each other We do this through supporting open gardens, free classes and programs false false 168596 2024 Free-Pick Orchards & Gardens: Unity Gardens connect 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 gardens where our community can pick fresh fruits and vegetables without any barriers to access. The main site has garden guides who will help harvesters navigate the garden and discover the fruits and vegetables, sharing recipes, information on our programs, classes and More. Through our satellite gardens and community partners we also add to the available produce with a sharing shelf for 8637 garden visitors to enjoy. An estimated 200,000 pounds of fresh produce distributed to neighbors. 256536 2024 Educational Programming: Unity Gardens hosts free gardening and orchard care classes both on-site in our education center and on-line. In addition we offer classes at our community partner sites. A 4-season off-the-grid Geodome to host field trips and connect youth to the joy of gardening and principles of renewable energy all year long. An Edgy Veggie bus takes our programs and classes on the road, reaching more deeply into our community to parks and community events. We have engaged over 1484 children with Edgy Veggie in 2024 at 19 events. 1211 Adults attended free gardening as well 870 kids at 147 classes. 94858 2024 Farm to Market: Unity Gardens has a dedicated, separated 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 soap, bees wax candles and balms, veggie pun cards honey based food with honey and dried herbs and pepper We have 2 market areas; One at the South Bend Farmers Market and another at our main garden Welcome Center. 519990 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 31 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 8 8 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false IN X BARBARA SUTTON 5743153843 PO Box 10022 South Bend IN 46680 SARA STEWART PresidentCEO 40.00 0.00 X 58000 0 0 BARBARA SUTTON Treasurer 10.00 0.00 X 14490 0 0 DON INKS Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIM EMERICK Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRENT SPRING Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DREW WARDEN Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARCIA MCCOY Secretary 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CARA LUPA Vice President 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 72490 0 0 0 false false false 89940 639307 10418 729247 16442 16442 69475 15095 54380 129173 49888 79285 879354 16442 0 0 72490 19508 23032 29950 368215 317681 18741 31793 33543 24486 5031 4026 7500 7500 6191 96 270 5825 3311 240 558 2513 9958 6632 3326 13098 13098 2262 2262 98 98 51896 51896 23651 18348 5303 Supplies 45603 44613 919 71 Bank Fee 2936 2238 415 283 Repair & Maintenance 18958 18793 165 659710 519989 65260 74461 204051 215202 72660 154429 41182 28570 38056 52233 5429 1006736 239192 807320 767544 221719 241801 27116 29556 1412104 1494764 13360 19563 215666 20333 229026 39896 X 1183078 1454868 1183078 1454868 1412104 1494764 219644 52149 0 X false true X false false X 312372 277964 526925 595878 728897 2442036 312372 277964 526925 595878 728897 2442036 360631 2081405 2442036 0.85230 0.71309 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 1 751780 117700 634080 184468 64783 119685 26347 23826 2521 44140 32883 11257 767544 Taste of Unity 50368 50368 1645 1530 Perfect Pairings 8000 8000 5751 468 11107 11107 5701 69475 69475 1645 5751 7699 15095 54380 Part VI Line 2 President/CEO Sara Stewart is the daughter of Board Member Marcia McCoy Part VI Line 11b A Copy of the tax return is provided to board members prior to the return Part VI Line 11b being filed. Part VI Line 12c Transactions are reviewed for conflicts of interest Part VI Line 15a or b Salaries are compared to local non profits with comperable positions Part VI Line 19 Documents are available on written request