2025-12-11T10:14:19-07:00 2025-07-31 990 2024-08-01 464364775 GROW SOME GOOD GROW 8082159228 PO Box 1902 Wailuku HI 96793 Scott Lacasse Executive Director 8082159228 2025-12-11 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Scott Lacasse PO Box 1902 Wailuku HI 96793 823986 0 X www.growsomegood.org X 501(c)(3) 2015 HI Grow Some Good, a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Maui, passionately promotes a local, thriving, and sustainable food system. The organization's Farm to School Program creates interactive, outdoor learning opportunities in school gardens, forging vital connections between students and their food sources while inspiring healthier nutrition choices. In addition, Grow Some Good has launched a pioneering initiative called Na Mala Kaiaulu that is designed to construct sustainable, intergenerational community food forests that offer educational opportunities, workshops, and social enterprise programs to serve underprivileged communities across Maui. 6 6 22 577 0 0 560867 590298 170346 222700 14091 10988 0 0 745304 823986 0 0 0 0 566485 637788 0 0 92974 140972 134146 707457 771934 37847 52052 593298 611745 133282 99677 460016 512068 Grow Some Good, a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Maui, passionately promotes a local, thriving, and sustainable food system. The organization's Farm to School Program creates interactive, outdoor learning opportunities in school gardens, forging vital connections between students and their food sources while inspiring healthier nutrition choices. In addition, Grow Some Good has launched a pioneering initiative called Na Mala Kaiaulu that is designed to construct sustainable, intergenerational community food forests that offer educational opportunities, workshops, and social enterprise programs to serve underprivileged communities across Maui. 0 0 369614 0 Our Farm to School Garden Program currently serves 75% of the Title 1 schools in Maui County. As such, 5,000 of the 8,000 students we educate are considered financially disadvantaged, as defined by an average of 57% of them living below the poverty level. Additionally, 4,300 of those students are eligible and enrolled in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program, which supports the nutritional needs of this vulnerable population. Of those 8,000 students, roughly 23% identify as Asian, 18% as Hispanic, 16% as White, 27% as Native Hawaiian, and the remaining 16% as Other. Furthermore, the curriculum used in the project is in part place-based and addresses the traditional plants and foods of Native Hawaiians and other local ethnic groups. 35898 0 The Kumu Mea Kanu project is designed to reconnect and strengthen students' relationships with their land, food, and community via hybrid garden learning. By increasing student exposure to various modalities of garden learning, we strive to spark an interest in students to pursue education in agricultural fields and support local agriculture. This fiscal year, Grow Some Good distributed 3422 student garden learning kits to 123 teachers across 20 schools on Maui. These kits connect students to their food and community through an impactful project and place-based learning experience that generated 3,967 student-grown organic food plants. These plants were then donated to the community through partnerships with the Maui Family YMCA, the Maui Farm, and Hungry Heroes, which cultivated, harvested, and incorporated the produce into tens of thousands of nutritious meals for families in need. 151379 0 Grow Some Good's Na Mala Kaiaulu Program (Community Food System Program) aims to improve food security and promote sustainable practices in Maui by creating a more equitable and sustainable food system through various activities such as youth apprenticeship programs, educational workshops, community-supported agriculture programs, and job training opportunities in sustainable agriculture and related fields, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable and resilient future for Hawaii's communities. 0 0 0 556891 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 HI X X X Scott Lacasse 8082159228 PO Box 1902 Wailuku HI 96793 Scott Lacasse Executive Director 40 0 X X 90000 0 0 Rosa McAllister Board President 2 0 X 0 0 0 Andrea Snow Board Secretary 2 0 X 0 0 0 Cristina Schenk Board Treasurer 2 0 X 0 0 0 Lehn Huff Board Director 4 1 X 0 0 0 Carissa Holley Board Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Katie Folio Board Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 90000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 171307 418491 40732 590298 Educational Services 900099 222700 222700 0 0 0 0 0 0 222700 10988 10988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 823986 233688 0 0 90000 21124 47643 21233 0 392352 320417 19927 52008 63035 49520 7695 5820 92401 67564 12335 12502 26330 26330 39963 39963 0 289 289 966 196 770 5564 1211 4308 45 3523 3523 1377 997 72 308 354 222 132 3975 3975 2699 2699 Program supplies, tools, etc 46835 46391 60 384 Taxes, licenses, fees, memberships 214 0 114 100 Bad Debt Expense 1480 1480 0 0 Misc 577 308 116 153 0 771934 556891 122069 92974 189688 159227 334343 245330 40710 63800 110425 4344 58218 6509 5467 51709 593298 611745 20782 7465 42212 112500 50000 133282 99677 X 0 0 0 0 460016 512068 460016 512068 593298 611745 52052 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 306164 768436 447477 560867 589799 2672743 62514 110716 149328 170346 222700 715604 368678 879152 596805 731213 812499 3388347 0 0 0 0 85314 202313 287627 0 85314 202313 0 0 287627 3100720 7 24 432 14091 10988 25542 7 24 432 14091 10988 25542 368685 879176 597237 745304 823487 3413889 0.90827 0.89840 0.00748 0.00490 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58218 6509 51709 0 0 0 0 51709 X 1 40731 Retail Value 0 0 0 Schedule M, Part I Pape Machinery of Wailuku, HI donated a new 2022 John Deere Tractor 3025E Compact Utility Tractor. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 The Board modified the By-Laws to eliminate the need for a Vice-Chair. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The review process for Form 990 requires that the completed draft be distributed to the President and Board of Directors for review and approval prior to filing with the State of Hawaii and the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Potential conflicts of interest were discussed, evaluated, and recorded during regular board meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Changes to salaries and/or new employment directors require BOD approval and typically involve the review of similar salaries for that position in the State of Hawaii. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Grow Some Good's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements were made available to the public and funders upon request